Date:         Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:27:01 -0700
Reply-To:     don spence <dkspence@TELUS.NET>
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From:         don spence <dkspence@TELUS.NET>
Subject:      Re: mporting a vehicle to Canada - need advice
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Nathianiel
  As all Vanagons are now 16 years old the age exemption should
apply.  Can you offer some specifics on the importation of Vanagons,
and in particular, Westfalias into Canada.  ( I'm assuming from your
note that you have successfully done this).  I'm in Alberta where we
also are required to have an "out of province inspection" done prior
to licencing.

Thank you
Don
On 30-Oct-06, at 4:01 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:05:33 -0800
> From:    Nathaniel Poole <npoole@TELUS.NET>
> Subject: FW: Importing a vehicle to USA - need advice
>
> Not to muddy the waters (which you know as soon as somebody says
> that they
> invariably do), but for the Canucks on this list they should know that
> importing into Canada is actually rather tricky. Most non-US
> vehicles CANNOT
> be legally imported, unless, as Jeff says, they are older than 15
> years. I
> just bought my van from the US so I had to go the whole route -
> anything
> less than 15 years old must meet federal standards and is subject
> to federal
> inspection, for a fee, and must be upgraded to meet federal
> standards at
> your cost (and that's only if the vehicle is on a narrow list of
> importable
> vehicles). You also have to prove to have cleared all recalls for that
> vehicle. Once this is done, you must them submit the vehicle for
> Provincial
> inspection, again for a fee, before you can license the vehicle in
> Canada.
> If the vehicle is more than 15 years old you still have to pass the
> very
> rigorous provincial (> 60 point in BC) inspection. If you try an end
> run-around this and bring a non-acceptable vehicle into Canada, you
> will be
> forced to immediately export the vehicle or have the vehicle
> impounded and
> destroyed. I know of no legal way to get around these procedures
> and have a
> vehicle that can be insured and licensed in Canada.
>
> Nathaniel