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Mark IV · #1 (**permalink**) 08-07-2021, 06:15 AM

A Canadian cannot drive a US registered car into Canada unless it is a rental with a valid rental agreement. We had a Canadian who has a home in Florida who wanted to purchase a GT40 and register it to his Florida address. No problem driving it in the US, however it would not be allowed over the Canadian border with him driving. They have the loopholes pretty well closed.

patrickt · #2 (**permalink**) 08-07-2021, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark IV

A Canadian cannot drive a US registered car into Canada unless it is a rental with a valid rental agreement.

We had a Canadian who has a home in Florida who wanted to purchase a GT40 and register it to his Florida address ... it would not be allowed over the Canadian border with him driving.

Why not have his brother-in-law own the car and just rent it from him with a nice valid rental agreement?

mrmustang · #3 (**permalink**) 08-07-2021, 04:11 PM

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Why not have his brother-in-law own the car and just rent it from him with a nice valid rental agreement?

Canadian authorities have been known to seize and crush vehicles found to be brought in under such and other nefarious circumstances.

patrickt · #4 (**permalink**) 08-07-2021, 04:14 PM

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Canadian authorities have been known to seize and crush vehicles found to be brought in under such and other nefarious circumstances.

That's why you have your brother-in-law own it.

cycleguy55 · #5 (**permalink**) 08-08-2021, 01:46 PM

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Canadian authorities have been known to seize and crush vehicles found to be brought in under such and other nefarious circumstances.

I can see no scenario where "it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission".

The message here, and in some other comments is this: Don't attempt to 'beat the system' or do any kind of 'end around' on the rules and regulations. CBSA and the Canadian Government have zero tolerance and seemingly quite willing to make an example of anyone who attempts to do anything other than 'play by the rules'.

mrmustang · #6 (**permalink**) 08-08-2021, 03:14 PM

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I can see no scenario where "it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission".

The message here, and in some other comments is this: Don't attempt to 'beat the system' or do any kind of 'end around' on the rules and regulations. CBSA and the Canadian Government have zero tolerance and seemingly quite willing to make an example of anyone who attempts to do anything other than 'play by the rules'.

Exactly, those who believe they can reinvent the wheel are the ones who have been the downfall of many others. What happened in California many years ago when they were revoking titles and registrations after they caught someone trying to not pay their fair share of sales taxes by using "Titles Unlimited". Then someone in Canada who attempted to bring in a finished SPO series car (crushed if I remember correctly , as an example to others) as a "vintage automobile", again, to circumnavigate around the costly taxes that would have had to be surrendered. Countless states that then followed California's lead and started looking much harder at anything that did not fit in their round holes properly. What started out as a simple titling procedure, has now, in most states, been brought to an end as loophole after loophole has been sealed shut. In closing, and as a warning to others going forward, do not think that state motor vehicle agencies do not silently troll sites just like this looking for such posts and threads just like this one. They are not as stupid or as mismanaged internally as one might think when it comes to garnering every penny of revenue they can for their state coffers.

Bill S.

patrickt · #7 (**permalink**) 08-08-2021, 03:27 PM

Hmmmm, I bet you can get a special endorsement that covers governmental forfeiture. Then, if your agreed upon value is above what you had in the car to begin with, you'd actually come out ahead in spite of the whole mess.

cycleguy55 · #8 (**permalink**) 08-09-2021, 12:15 PM

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Hmmmm, I bet you can get a special endorsement that covers governmental forfeiture. Then, if your agreed upon value is above what you had in the car to begin with, you'd actually come out ahead in spite of the whole mess.

Lloyd's of London will insure against a lot of perils, but I just don't see that in their portfolio.