Importing the car, part 2

[Cantwait2gethome 0]

Well after going round and round between Vintage Vehicle/Canada GM/US GM/US dealerships, finally got some progress today!

The gentleman I spoke with today at Vintage was finally of some help . He stated that for the most part US and Canadian cars are made pretty much identical except for (he quoted the differences here) and the emissions. He stated that for my particular make and model, that when canadian gas companies were allowed to additives to their gas that it changed the emission control systems, and because of the additive change, the check engine light doesnt come on as quickly as cars in the US , therefor it would not pick up any problems until it was almost to late. He said that all I will have to do is get it recalibrated to meet the US standards.

When explaining everything I have been through and reading others experiences, I told him I was leary of taking the car into the US. He explained that so long as I have my letter from GM with the letter head, that I would be able to drive my car into the US. He said that the border is mainly wanting to see that letter (to show proof that owner is aware that it cannot be titled and licensed until changes are made), that many of them are aware that cars need to be brought into states to be brought up to complience(depending on what state you live in, there could be other minor factors). I know when we activated hubbies visa, the officer there did state so long as we had letter from manufacturer that we could bring car in but we would have time frame to bring it into complience.

The agent said all I will need to do is show the complience letter to a GM dealership in the area in which we are going to live, and the dealership will call the GM Service Center and then they will know exactly what to do to bring car into complience. After the work is done, I need to bring the letter from GM and a letter from the dealership to show car has been changed, and then back to poe to import vehicle.

Sounds like so much work Although I do not want to have a car payment hanging over my head every month, therefor whatever needs to be done, will be done

So now I get to pay my $75.00 and he will fax it to me One more step closer to moving!! Hopefully we will be back in Illinois by the time christmas is here

[Flames9_RN 358]

Glad you got some info, too bad you have to pay!!! Seems like Ford and GM charge ya $$ for the letter, why the so called "imports (most made now in N. America) are happy to provide it free!!

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Goodie! Another thing we did when we arrived was get the lights re-fixed... as in they don't light up automatically as they did in AB.