Re: Canadian to US conversion

["linus d. toy" <linust@interramp.com>]

At 09:57 AM 1/6/96 -0500, Bob D'Amato wrote:

>For both cars being easily and relitively inexpensive available here in 
>the US, It would be best to just buy them here. The 90 is a different 
>body than here tho (closer to 4000) but the costs of importing a 
>'regular' car is rather prohibitive.  Crash tests... 
>catalytics...bumpers, lights etc etc etc.

My old roommate bought a used '86 honda civic a few years back that had
originally been delivered in Canada.  Previous owner moved to the US and
brought the car with her.  Apparently minimal hassles getting the car
registered/titled here (Washington state).  The speedometer was never
converted from kmh to mph--scares passengers when you're on the freeway and
the speedo says "100" and they don't know about the car :)

I don't recall the source or exact details, but I read something about
Canada requires auto manufacturers to offer essentially the same vehicle in
Canada if it's available in the US--if not, they can offer their ROW car.
So for example, you can find a Toyota Landcruiser in 2 door hardtop version
in Canada as well as the 4 door station wagon version while we get only the
latter, so this may not be so tough afterall.
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