I'm moving to Montreal Quebec this year and wanted to know if it is worth it to bring my ITR with me? Will I have a lot of issues with importation procedures? I was wondering how different US and Canadian ITRs are interms of crash safety regulations and emissions. Also for all you MTL ITR owners, are you guys seeing a lot of theft problems like the rest of us? Any help will be appreciated. i have a 97 with 22k miles on it, stock apart from the Greddy exhaust.

thanks in advance

Amit


[Modified by djafactor, 10:09 PM 5/28/2002]

 

I want to give you a head up. As far as I know, Montreal has the highest R's missing rate across Canada. Lock it up for sure. I know people in Montreal will agree with me.

 

I can vouch for this as I bought my stock air box from a guy who sold his ITR because of theft problems.

 

all you will have to do to register the car here is pay tax on it. it will go through some kind of safety test in montreal, basically, everything that came with the car must be in working condition. they don't relly care about "mods", just make sure it's not too low.

other then that, it's a piece of cake...plus, you have a very low# ITR, 57 out of 500 for 97 so I would hold on to that

I wonder who has 97 ITR #001??

 

since it's a 97 - you might be exempt from the importation tax.

I would contact Immigration regarding your query.

 

You will have to have the car inspected by Transport Canada for compliance with Federal safety regulations. The inspection costs $180, and is done once the car is in Canada. There are not many differences between the US and Canadian cars, so you should have nothing to worry about. The things that I recall when I brought home my American 89 hatchback were:

Daytime running lights
Child safety seat anchor
Kilometers per hour on speedometer
Outstanding safety recalls from Honda

Are you moving here permanently, or just coming here to study? If its just for school, you will not have to worry about any of this, as your permanent residence remains in the US, and you will be living here on a student visa.

If its a permanent move, I think your biggest worry will be the daytime running lights. I didn't have to worry about the lights, as my car was manufactured 3 months before the lights were mandated. The child seat anchor does not even need to be installed. Its just has to be in the vehicle. Honda Canada ships the cars to the dealer with the anchor kit in the glove box.

Once you've gone through the federal hoops, the provincial safety inspection is next. Here is where they check to make sure your brakes are good, the body is not rusted through into the passenger compartment, the exhaust has no leaks, the lights and horn all work properly, etc...

Then you can plate the car in Quebec. You will not have to pay any duties or taxes, as it is your personal car. You are not importing the vehicle. You are bringing it as part of your posessions. Is the car paid for? If not, you may encounter some difficulties plating it here, since the leinholder would have trouble reposessing the car if you chose to not make the payments.

 

What about bringing in an R the other way? Like if I want one of those badass White/Red Canadian R's what is involved in bringing it to America? Can it be done? Has it been done? How much does it cost? How hard IS it? Im interested, I miss my R and I really like the 2001 White ones... Selling 01-756 was THE biggest mistake I've ever made, and a Bimmer has nothing on an R... get back to me, I want another R, but I wanna know abour Canadian ones.
-Jeff

 

Thanks for all your responses. I am moving to Montreal for good. I'll be leaving the M3 behind though. I'm thinking of purchasing a Mini Cooper S as my daily driver or a 97-98 M3. Excited to meet all the Montreal ITRs. How many are up there?

Amit

 

Montreal is a wicked wicked city. You will enjoy it.

 

Montreal has an F1 GP and really good strippers

 

Amit, cool, another Desi R owner That makes you, me and SpeedPak!

 

TorontoR, what are you buying next? I saw from another post that you are also 24. I'm moving to Montreal sometime between September and December. I love the vibe in Montreal, especially since I live in the Indianapolis. Negative about Indy it's Flat and pretty boring. The Plus?....no one really seems to know anything about ITRs. I think there are only 4 in Indy right now. I have a couple of cousins in TO so i'll be up there quite a bit. Plus i'll be helping to expand the business I'm in into TO. hope to see you sometime......brownies HO!

Amit