[s-cars] The truth about "admissibility" importing to Canada

[Tony Curran]

Hey,

If your car is a 95, then it's only TEN (10) years old and as such will have
to meet Canadian import regs. One of them would be the dreaded DRLs (daytime
running lights). See link that has useful info...

http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/mj/import.htm and
http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/importation/impusae.htm

It appears you will be required to have a km/hr instrument cluster. These
are approx $1000 from Canadian stealers. Just so happens I have a spare
instrument cluster that is not 100% and has 114000kms on it. It doesn't
light up when the headlights are turned on. Deal in the making?

Hope the links help.

Tony
96 S6

-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Edward
Sent: October 12, 2005 1:34 PM
To: s-cars
Cc: Dave Forgie
Subject: Re: [s-cars] The truth about "admissibility" importing to
Canada


Hello Dave and all,
I was searching the s-car archives for information about importing my '95 S6
(sedan) when I move to Vancouver later this month (from Massachusetts). I
was wondering if you could share your experience with the US to Canada
import. I read on that linked US Vehicle Admisibility PDF that my S6 sedan
*IS* admissable (and is more than 15 years old). Does this mean I can just
drive up to the border, show them my door-jam sticker, cough up some $$ and
drive on? Somehow I imagine there's more to this!

Is there an agency in Vancouver I can chat with about the details?

Thanks!

Ed


On 5/21/05, Dave Forgie <forgied at direct.ca> wrote:
>
> For some reason, I have decided that I like C4 Audi 100 or A6 avants.
> S4 or S6 avants would be wonderful too. However, no S4 avants made it
> to North America and the S6 avants were imported to the US but not
> Canada. In fact, the Audi 100, A6 and S6 avants are all deemed to be
> "inadmissible" into Canada, at least while they are younger than 15
> years (we can import almost any vehicle that is older than 15 years).
> Check "Audi" listings under Volkswagen-Audi on the Transport Canada the
> website at:
>
> http://www.riv.ca/english/US_vehicle_admissibility.pdf
>
> I figured the problem was bumpers or child seat tethers or day-time
> running lights. All things that could be "fixed" so I phoned Transport
> Canada in Ottawa yesterday. Left a message (after hours in Ottawa
> relative to Vancouver). A gentlemen phoned back today (Friday).
>
> I told him the story and suggested that there can't much different
> between the two countries model specifications because there are Audi
> 100 and A6 wagons here in Canada already. I can see a 100 wagon across
> the street from me and my mechanic drives an A6 wagon. The Transport
> Canada guy and I talked bumpers and DRL, etc. but at the end of the day,
> the guy says, "Well, in any event, we don't actually put the cars on the
> inadmissible list. The whole thing is self-administered by the
> manufacturers and THEY put the cars on the inadmissible list".
> (WTF!!!) (I was, as the Brits say, gobsmacked)
>
> So what it comes down to is Audi, in its wisdom (NOT), must have decided
> (for reasons not clear to me) that they wanted to restrict the movement
> of avants/wagons across the border. If you check the list, they have
> also restricted newer models like the 2004-2005 RS6 from being imported
> into Canada.
>
> Since there is very little difference, if any, in the bumpers and the
> crash testing protocols are probably pretty close, in my opinion, the
> list is BS. Its just Audi protecting their markets and Transport Canada
> doesn't want to get involved.
>
> D*mn. And there is a lovely avant on Audifans too.
>
> There is no justice.
>
> Dave F.
>
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