British Columbia MR2 Owners Group

Saw the first one today on CL.
wow, this guy was asking quite a bit, I wonder where the market for these will be at.

Maybe Kin could share some light as to how much after all said and done importing privately.

there are multiple threads and stickies on how to import US cars.

camshaft wrote:there are multiple threads and stickies on how to import US cars.

look buddy, I was inquiring about cost, not "how to"
sheesh...

What Cam was getting at is the costs well documented in these threads

http://www.bcmr2.com/forums/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7249

http://www.bcmr2.com/forums/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1957

http://www.bcmr2.com/forums/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6988

nevermind, those threads are general.
I was asking about his car in particular (MKIII) "all said and done"
those threads don't give an exact figure for purchase price, importing, inspection, duty.

Well, from my import how-to thread;

At the border you pay the RIV fee + AC tax, then you pay GST and Duty. The inspection is about $60, then you pay PST when it's registered.

This is the same for every car (15 years old or younger), so add those to your purchase price, and you have your number.

The only other thing to add in is insurance permits. The Temporary Binder of Insurance is approx $50 and then a US permit which changes price depending on which state you buy it in.

For example, if you find a Spyder for $15k;

RIV + AC Fee = $306.70
GST @ 5% = $750
Duty @ 6.1% = $915
Inspection = $60
PST @ 7% = $1050
Insurance Permits (being overly cautious) = $100
My permit in Oregon was $20 and lasts for 21 days (think about that ICBC!)

Total = $3178

plus he was refering it because they are probably cheaper here in the u.s.

Thanks Russ

i pointed to the number of stickies where people like Russ spent a great deal of time to post up.
Where you can take your US car value and read the sticking and come up with a price.

immorality wrote:Well, from my import how-to thread;

At the border you pay the RIV fee + AC tax, then you pay GST and Duty. The inspection is about $60, then you pay PST when it's registered.

This is the same for every car (15 years old or younger), so add those to your purchase price, and you have your number.

The only other thing to add in is insurance permits. The Temporary Binder of Insurance is approx $50 and then a US permit which changes price depending on which state you buy it in.

For example, if you find a Spyder for $15k;

RIV + AC Fee = $306.70
GST @ 5% = $750
Duty @ 6.1% = $915
Inspection = $60
PST @ 7% = $1050
Insurance Permits (being overly cautious) = $100
My permit in Oregon was $20 and lasts for 21 days (think about that ICBC!)

Total = $3178