Great cars for sale!

[MosportGreen66]

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Apparently my GTO is highway robbery.

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Not one bit... just slipped my mind. I think its a nice car for the right money. Might take a unique buyer with the non-endura nose, however. Hold out for the right money!

[Late BrakeU2]

I think the collector car values follow the housing directly,top of the market on both were nealy two years ago.Sellers can ask whatever they want but I don't think much is moving right now-too much uncertainty and oil isn't helping.Like it or not BJ will be the barometer(as it has been for the last few years)and it could continue to trend down.

Good thing is the sharks might have to find different revenue streams to feed from, and the term hobby might actually be used again.

[Hylton]

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Like it or not BJ will be the barometer(as it has been for the last few years)and it could continue to trend down.

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Anyone who is putting a car in BJ this year with their no-reserve has balls of steel.

[427king]

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Anyone who is putting a car in BJ this year with their no-reserve has balls of steel.

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[Canucklehead]

Shopping for cars in the states, i've been finding that with the strong Canadian dollor lots of Canadians are gobbling up anything they can get there hands on. Allas they are getting stopped at the border to find a 3wk waiting list to bring them into Canada. As such the Canadians are getting frustrated and not bothering. Which is what the American government is hoping for as they are trying to stop their vehicles from leaving their country. Hmmmm sour grapes, the states have been doing it to us for many years, now when someone does it to them they get all pissy. As far as new vehicles the manufacturers are not hounoring any warrentys on american vehicles bought in the states and residing in Canada. Canadians are in an uproar as there is as much as 10's of thousands differences in price when the dollor is basically at par. Which proves that for yrs American car manufacturers have been giving it to Canadians.

[budnate]

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Shopping for cars in the states, i've been finding that with the strong Canadian dollor lots of Canadians are gobbling up anything they can get there hands on. Allas they are getting stopped at the border to find a 3wk waiting list to bring them into Canada. As such the Canadians are getting frustrated and not bothering. Which is what the American government is hoping for as they are trying to stop their vehicles from leaving their country. Hmmmm sour grapes, the states have been doing it to us for many years, now when someone does it to them they get all pissy. As far as new vehicles the manufacturers are not hounoring any warrentys on american vehicles bought in the states and residing in Canada. Canadians are in an uproar as there is as much as 10's of thousands differences in price when the dollor is basically at par. Which proves that for yrs American car manufacturers have been giving it to Canadians.

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I call BS! fact is the red tape on the Canadian side is stupid and the average guy cannot navigate it, I recently had my truck sold to a guy in Vancouver and after 2 weeks of him being on the phone most of day he could not get all the answers and paperwork to make sure he could bring it home without getting stuck at the border with a truck he owns but cant bring across legally, and he didnt want to pay a broker to bring it across and I cant blame him for that, I wouldnt either, they should have a folder of the rules and forms to follow for the average person. I may be wrong but I hear to often the same story of guys having trouble getting a car across, a bill of sale, title and some border paperwork/fee's should make it easy ??

[L78M22Rag]

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No, this is not a for sale ad. I don't think it's my imagination , aren't there more quality cars for sale now, as compared to a year ago? And when there is more quantity, price reduction usually follows. I don't wish any real car enthusiast any finical misfortune but I would love to see a large correction so I can afford to play again. m

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It's the guys waiting to jump into the market that are going to keep the market from bottoming out. There's still a strong market for good quality cars... you just said it.

WRT the Canadian border issues... With vintage cars (which I expect you're talking about) you just have to supply them with a bill of sale, copy of signed title - front & back, copy of driver's license and 72 hours to process it... and if you're polite when you show up, you're good to cross the border.

[prototype]

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Shopping for cars in the states, i've been finding that with the strong Canadian dollor lots of Canadians are gobbling up anything they can get there hands on. Allas they are getting stopped at the border to find a 3wk waiting list to bring them into Canada. As such the Canadians are getting frustrated and not bothering. Which is what the American government is hoping for as they are trying to stop their vehicles from leaving their country. Hmmmm sour grapes, the states have been doing it to us for many years, now when someone does it to them they get all pissy. As far as new vehicles the manufacturers are not hounoring any warrentys on american vehicles bought in the states and residing in Canada. Canadians are in an uproar as there is as much as 10's of thousands differences in price when the dollor is basically at par. Which proves that for yrs American car manufacturers have been giving it to Canadians.

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I call BS! fact is the red tape on the Canadian side is stupid and the average guy cannot navigate it, I recently had my truck sold to a guy in Vancouver and after 2 weeks of him being on the phone most of day he could not get all the answers and paperwork to make sure he could bring it home without getting stuck at the border with a truck he owns but cant bring across legally, and he didnt want to pay a broker to bring it across and I cant blame him for that, I wouldnt either, they should have a folder of the rules and forms to follow for the average person. I may be wrong but I hear to often the same story of guys having trouble getting a car across, a bill of sale, title and some border paperwork/fee's should make it easy ??

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I'm not certain either of you have any first hand experience. I've brought in at least a dozen cars this year and even brought a car through Coutts/Sweetgrass on Nov 11, which is a holiday to many.

The US side is by far the biggest problem, if you want to call it that. You must have your paperwork in 72hrs in advance and if you show up and there are any problems, back you go. On Nov 11 it was a one hour wait at US Customs.

On the Canadian side customs typically fills out the paperwork for you and takes a visa card for payment, not a big deal at all, just pay your taxes. As a matter of fact on Nov 11 it was so busy customs officers allowed importers to fill out their own paperwork and they behaved like clerks, it was all of 10 minutes.

If you need to bring a car from the US into Canada there are brochures available at customs. The easier way is to follow this link:

Registrar of Imported Vehicles

Hope this helps!

[firez]

i have never had a problem with bringing cars in to Canada. Same old story have everything in order when you arrive at customs. We brought a Vette back not 3 weeks ago and drove directly to Canada customs and paid the taxes. I did not even bother stopping at the Buffalo side of the border.We have spent longer at the customs after a day of christmas shopping.

[Zedder]

Yep, no problems with older cars. The new glitch is with new(er) cars. RIV now requires a recall letter from the manufacturer and many of them are not releasing these letters or charging between $250 and $500 for one. Also, very few '08's are admissible at this point in time because the manufacturers have not provided safety compliance data to RIV yet. Some speculate that this is an attempt by the manufacturers to stop the import of new vehicles into Canada and get around the currency exchange issues. Like others said, bringing old car in is no sweat!