touringteg

$3800 USD ... wow. Note to self: Buy a truck and trailer.

The usual duty is 2.5% to import to the USA. (I confirmed this with US Custom 2 weeks ago). So they are adding a 0.35% processing fee which is $70 USD. Comes out to $2565 USD ($3400 CAD today).

Certainly would be a lot cheaper to fly up and drive it home yourself. Say $1000 USD for flight, hotels, fuel, insurance, and trip permit.

Barriers would be time (you would need 3 days at least), up to date passport and adding mileage to the car.

And yes US banks can convert to CAD funds. I received CAD funds from Wells Fargo via wire and then a draft for the balance in person. As a Canadian, if I receive payment in US funds and have to convert my bank will charge me 2.0 to 2.5% above the posted rate. The shipping company doesn't want to have to pay that fee to convert.

tony_2018

Or don't drive it and trailer it home.

99-014

Agreed. 00-1223 drove his itr from Seattle to Cali!!!

dave7

I'd consider driving it, but might not be the best time of year to drive through Canada. Plus, what if it rains on the R?

Stripped Honda

i am also waiting on my compliance letter from American Honda its been 8 working days since they received all the information they requested. they said it would take 7-10 working days, they will be E-mailing me a copy and snail mailing me a hard copy i have a 08 Silverado 4x4 diesel and i am borrowing a trailer to bring mine back to socal, i just couldn't see spending that kind of cash on shipping so i will be driving 1378 miles each way i hope to drive up there next week to get mine .. only thing stopping me is the compliance letter

DC2-ProdUcTiOnS

iTrader: (2)

I searched for almost 8 years to get my first R that I finally settled on that fit my criteria. I put a deposit on it the day I saw it, and came back the next weekend to pick it up more than 3 hours away. And you know what??? It was such a shitty, rainy, grey, bullshit day. I thought to myself of not driving it in that weather that day to get it home..... for about a second and a half. Then i realized I was so damn excited idgaf about anything except getting that caR home.

She has been caught in our American government chemically tampered rain only once for about 5 minutes after that day since Ive owned heR....

Go get it. Makes a whole other part to the story of getting it. Plus no waiting, or questioning if it ok parked in some overnight lot unattended while Jambo Jim is gettin a train tugger from Wendy behind the dumpster of Hooters. Any problems at the border will be in paperwork to you and you will be there. Rent a trailer, go get it. God forbid there are any problems and it gets left at the border?? ouch...

dave7

Sweet man. I'll consider that. In this case though the drive would be like 26 hours. And there is a decent chance of actual snow on the roads in Canada.

Jnice1

Are you a bit nervous to spend 25k on a car that you haven't test drove? Or even trusting the seller with the money that you wired

dave7

Not sure where you get this 25k from. Lol def not that high.

Jnice1

Sorry maybe pulled the price from another thread..well whatever price your paying for that matter

dave7

In this case the seller is very easy to work with. I have a copy of his license/know where he lives and works etc. But in a situation like this, I gotta take some risks.

jryKC

Great thread! Keep us updated.

99-014

Where is the car located? The weather has been great in Vancouver. I think April 1st is when manditory snow tires/chains are lifted from Coquihalla highway. Keep an eye out for a good patch of weather and drive it down

dave7

Edmonton.

99-014

I take that back! That's a crap drive, all the big rigs kicking rocks single lane high ways. It could be cost effective to get it shipped to Vancouver then drive down?

dave7

Yep shipping to vancouver then driving is one option I'm considering.

Punkaddic

although if the weather is good, it's an amazing drive. Go to Jasper and drive the glacier parkway towards Banff, then if it's you want the nicest drive ever go to Lilloett then Vancouver

dave7

Sounds pretty epic man.

TheRedMouse

Dave i purchased my canadian R in january but lucky for me the guy i purchased it from did all the grunt work of getting it imported into Baltimore, MD. I flew out and drove the car back home nearly 700 miles in January. Through some light snow, rain, blisteringly cold conditions, and it was absolutely amazing. I smiled the entire time, this is gonna be an awesome option for you if you have it shipped to a closer spot in Canada and drive it home BTW i was in Canada this weekend near Toronto and it snowed a good inch or two in certain spots

dave7

Update. We got the recall letter from the Acura dealer in Canada! Woohoo, one step closer.

RTW DC2R

What recall letter? I didnt even realize there was a recall lol

Im in the process of trying to get the service records for my caR from a stealership here in NY. Its proving quite challenging because they could care less.

white rocket

A recall letter is just a standard letter from the manufacturer stating that the vehicle in question does not have any outstanding recalls thus making it available for export/import. It's a liability thing.

dave7

Yea I believe it's required at the border when the caR is imported.

Stripped Honda

as others said the recall letter is because it is illegal to import a car that has open recalls so they must check to see if it has open recalls and will issue a letter stating that along with the compliance letter

dave7

Great info thanks for clarifying. When all is said and done, I think this thread will clarify and simplify the process for people importing caRs from Canada in the future.