Salut Ben! I've done this two times and the advice/comments that Frank C. gave reflects my experience at the NB/Maine boarder. US Customes were very rigid about having the original certificate of title 72 hours before bringing the vehicle across. I made photocopies of the certificate of title to get the temporary registration from the state in which I was buying the vehicle from (check the internet for the state Department of Motorvehicle requirements and emails/phone numbers). The last time I did this I had some problems with my insurance company who would not give me insurance until the car was registered in my name...and in NY I could not get the temporary registration until I had proof of insurance...I had to tell a half truth. In the end it was not that difficult, and my 84 Westy was less trouble than the 97 Subie because it was older and did not require the CND federal inspection...the bigest pain is those damn MPH speedometers and odometer :o). I lent my Subie to a friend last week and he told me that my speedometer was not working, I said it worked that morning...he said he was doing 75 and it felt alot faster than 75 km/h...I called him leadfoot and told him it was in MPH and not km/h!!!. Pascal |
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