Question about buying a car in Canada

[dan juhasz]

I'm from New Jersey. If I buy a car from Canada what should I expect when I cross the border? Will I have to pay any tariffs, taxes, fees etc when I enter the US? Or is it all addressed when I title and register in my state? If Legendary Motorcars is involved in the sale does it change anything?

 

[dadsbee]

Peter will take care of everything if you're buying from him at Legendary, but I've never had that large of a cheque book to pay his mark up.

Buying solo / private I don't know what the deal is going South.. but it's gotta be a LOT easier than the BS of us buying North. We have to give the border 72 hours notice.. IE submit all the paperwork, title, etc, 3 days before we can show up at the border with a car AND A PRIVATE CITIZEN APPARENTLY CAN'T do the paperwork, you have to pay the single prep company to do it for you and hope they are on time. Then you present yourself to US customs to deregister the car in the US and then report to Canada customs and pay the GST/HST on the purchase price and get our forms signed so we can register the car in Canada. Makes buying a car on a whim an absolute PITA!

 

[44070dart]

Buying any car over 25 years old is a breeze ..two papers to fill out and your on your way in 15 minutes ..if you go over border with more than 10k DECLARE IT ! you can lose it if you don't. No gst/hst for old cars from private sales, I don't know about dealer sales.

I sold a car to a Canadian guy, I will never do that again. There was a ton of paper work, which the seller completed and sent them, and sent me copies, and they still busted my balls about the sale price being to low. They thought something was up, which it wasn't. They kept me there three hours to finally get the permission to take the car to the shipper about 10 miles into Canada.

 

[gkent]

I sold a car to a Canadian guy, I will never do that again. There was a ton of paper work, which the seller completed and sent them, and sent me copies, and they still busted my balls about the sale price being to low. That thought something was up, which it wasn't. They kept me there three hours to finally get the permission to take the car to the shipper about 10 miles into Canada.

Y'see there's the problem ... YOU took the car across the border. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER do that. ALWAYS make the buyer come to you OR make the buyer hire a broker. This applies both ways. If you buy a car in Canada, go get it yourself - there will be far less hassles. Likewise if you sell to a Canadian, make them or their representative come to you. Cross border purchases are a breeze - if you do it right !!

To the OP's question, there will be NO duty. At some point you're going to pay tax on the declared value - but probably only when you go to register it in your state.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Be sure to bring a case of Molson for the border agent.

 

[69BBody]

Be sure to bring a case of Molson for the border agent.

Make sure it's new and infused...

 

[slimt]

A bill of sale to the buyer . A copy of the registration . And a broker/shipping outfit. The car must have a working emergency brake and drivable. The buyer is responsible for shipping and fees. If you fly up and drive back to the U.S you should have a broker setup on arrival at U.S customs.

I sold a car to a person in Michigan he set up all the details after purchase. It took three weeks from the time it left my door to his.

 

[6PKRTSE]

My buddy borrowed my open trailer to go look at and buy a 69' Mustang Fastback from MI to Canada. He was back with car and trailer several hours later. The border just let him drive right across with no issues or delays...