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Old 06-06-2018, 08:06 PM   #1
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Buying in Canada

Has anyone bought a unit in Canada and live in the U.S.? Was there any complications or extra tax? Or any other problems.
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Has anyone bought a unit in Canada and live in the U.S.? Was there any complications or extra tax? Or any other problems.
Are you considering buying new or used and do you like the metric system? Unless the gauges are electronic and can be switched between US or Metric you'll have to live in the metric world. I'll let others address the other questions. Cheers.
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Are you considering buying new or used and do you like the metric system? Unless the gauges are electronic and can be switched between US or Metric you'll have to live in the metric world. I'll let others address the other questions. Cheers.
Distance is just a matter of a unit of measure. 100 km/h is the same as 62MPH. You still travelling 62 even though the gauge says 100. It's not like it's a different world.

My concern would be the effect on the exchange rate, taxes and emissions. It might wind up costing you more in the end buying a unit that was built in the U.S. but sold in a foreign country and then brought back. That's a lot of currency exchanges so you'd want to make sure that the fees associated with those would still make the deal reasonable.

I think you're also going to have to pay taxes in the jurisdiction that you're buying it and in the one you're bringing it to but I would check on that. This would include duties that you'll have to pay crossing the border.

You also might want to make sure that it meets all emission standards. I had a friend who purchased a car overseas years ago and he had to work with a broker to bring the car to the U.S. and get it approved. This page touches on some of that:

https://www.cbp.gov/trade/basic-impo.../importing-car

So you'll want to add everything up and see if the deal still makes economical sense vs. what is available here.
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I recall that for Sprinter based models that the Canadian manufacturers needed to build US bound RVs on a US assembled chassis to avoid foreign truck taxes. Canadian chassis come straight from Germany. US chassis get disassembled in Germany and the are reassembled in South Carolina to avoid these taxes. I don’t know how this will change with the new Sprinter factory in South Carolina.
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I received an email from the dealer today. He said that they would have to pay 6 1/2 percent to take my trade and I would have to pay 6 1/2 percent tax to take a new one to the states. Plus the warranty from Mercedes would be void on both units.
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I received an email from the dealer today. He said that they would have to pay 6 1/2 percent to take my trade and I would have to pay 6 1/2 percent tax to take a new one to the states. Plus the warranty from Mercedes would be void on both units.
So probably not a good idea?
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Distance is just a matter of a unit of measure. 100 km/h is the same as 62MPH. You still travelling 62 even though the gauge says 100. It's not like it's a different world.
Not quite. Its not just the odometer and speedometer but other measurements too like temperatures, oil pressures, TPMS readouts, and weights. Besides not all posted speeds are 100kph.
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We have a MH that was built in the States.
We have had no problem converting speed,
temp, etc. Just becomes part of you.
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