British Columbia MR2 Owners Group

by **Cameron** » Wed May 25, 2005 10:07 pm

Hmmm, wonder if this is insurable or ???

http://www.canadatrader.com/result/deta ... 448&pgno=1

by **dutch** » Wed May 25, 2005 11:01 pm

adam L and i saw this already. Adam called; they brought the car up, then where informed about it and have to get it back south in 45 days. A clever bunch.

I dont know why they are still trying to sell it!

by **Dustin** » Wed May 25, 2005 11:16 pm

Saw a few Spyders for sale at dealers in Vancouver too

Never figured out what they were thinking

by **Cameron** » Thu May 26, 2005 7:01 am

dutch wrote:adam L and i saw this already. Adam called; they brought the car up, then where informed about it and have to get it back south in 45 days. A clever bunch.

I dont know why they are still trying to sell it!

HAHAHA, So you could go buy the car, "be the only one in Canada" for about a month, then you're screwed.

by **UFO** » Thu May 26, 2005 9:03 am

how would ownership transfer work? the car isn't/can't even be registered in canada, and im quite sure potential owners will figure this out before forking any money over

by **adam** » Thu May 26, 2005 12:13 pm

The small dealership was notified that they made a f-up by a guy out in Nova Scotia that also has done the same thing.

by **Cameron** » Thu May 26, 2005 12:48 pm

I wonder if they get the duty they paid on the car bring it up back? Thats going to be a double slap in the face if they don't.

by **redface** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:33 pm

Out of my ignorance and curiosity, aren't mkIII's insurable in Canada? Why not?

redface

by **MR2MK1SC** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:04 pm

redface wrote:Out of my ignorance and curiosity, aren't mkIII's insurable in Canada? Why not?

I think it comes down to two small words..."Crash Test".

- D

by **UFO** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:25 pm

i dont think that its so much the mk3 couldnt be made to be compliant with canadian frontal crash tests, toyota was just too lazy (read not enough of a market in canada) to make the appropriate changes.

by **dutch** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:34 pm

UFO wrote:i dont think that its so much the mk3 couldnt be made to be compliant with canadian frontal crash tests, toyota was just too lazy (read not enough of a market in canada) to make the appropriate changes.

agree with this and believe it far more than the bumper or seatbelt rumors.

i have yet to see proof of those rumors.

the mkiii only sold 4500 cars a year in the states.

by **adam** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 6:10 pm

It has nothing to do with anyone being 'lazy' and everything to do with market.

Low new sales, and losing Canadian used car sales to the USA leads to inadmissibility

by **immorality** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 6:21 pm

Just look at how many U.S. mk2's are in the club.

by **UFO** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:09 pm

dj_twin_turbo wrote:It has nothing to do with anyone being 'lazy' and everything to do with market.

Low new sales, and losing Canadian used car sales to the USA leads to inadmissibility

in other words, too 'lazy' to make it worth their while.

by **immorality** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:07 pm

It wouldn't be worth their while if they tried. I don't think they would even sell enough cars to cover printing of brochures.

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