kaydeejay wrote:
wsfurrie wrote:
You might be better off flying into the USA, possibly Seattle. Find a camper there and drive it to Canada. It is only a few hours from there to Vancouver. You would have no trouble taking it to Canada and then back to the USA. You could also research used rigs before you left. There are several sites on the WEB. RV Trader is just one.
Careful, he would be on very shaky ground with this one unless he had a US address for registration, license and insurance. Otherwise Canada would think he was importing it and all the Safety/Emission/Compliance and tax rules would apply.
I own a Class B--it's our second one in fact--and I live four miles from the U.S. border with B.C. I drive my Class B up there all the time and actually looked into buying a Canadian unit (we have a Pleasureway, which is made in Canada) and bringing it down here.
For that particular brand, the Mercedes Sprinter would meet even the strictest emissions standards (California's) so no issue there, but there would definitely be some hoops to go through in re-registering it (which would likely include paying a sales tax on its present value). Ultimately, even though we bought a Canadian-made unit we decided to buy it here vs. importing it (another downside: the speedo reads in kilometers, and that would hurt at resale).
One thing to consider: you wouldn't make any money on it if that's what you were thinking--they sell at about the same price here as there, and Canuck buck has been steady at .90 to the U.S. dollar so you'd lose 10% of your investment just driving it over the border.
Since 9/11 border crossings, particularly INTO the U.S., are stricter than they used to be, but offhand I don't know what issues there would be if you, a UK citizen, bought a vehicle here in the U.S. and crossed over into Canada on vacation, and then crossed back eventually on the same vacation. You'd certainly have to pay for it be licensed
somewhere, and you'll have to pay a sales tax somewhere. I can assure you that you'd be time and headaches ahead if you plan to sell it here by purchasing it in the U.S. It's possible that all you'd need do is rent a mailbox at one of these Mailbox Etc kind of places to establish a U.S. address.
