Import a Canadian Cat November 24, 2007, 04:51:14 PM Anyone know if a Canadian 1988 Cougar is compliant with US Emissions and Safety regulations?If it is, how much of a PITA is it to buy and they drive it home and register it in the US?Thanks Quote Selected
Import a Canadian Cat Reply #1 – November 24, 2007, 06:23:30 PM I believe the emmission are the same ,Changing the title fromCanada to US could be a hassle.Some one else on the border can answer better. Quote Selected
Import a Canadian Cat Reply #2 – November 24, 2007, 09:52:22 PM On another forum that I am on, that same question was asked and this was the answer from someone that has actually done it."...Not a big deal if the car originally was sold in Canada since they had the same safety and smog stuff that's required in the US...work through a customs broker. It'll cost $150 or so, but well worth it. They know what forms need filled out and how to do it. It struck me as sort of a bribe/payoff type thing, but very effective and time saving. With the skids so greased, I slid into the US without even an inspection or glance by Customs. I could have been driving an entirely different car loaded with whatever I wanted."The only issue that you may run into is if it is a XR-7. They may make you change the speedo to one that is a MPH dominant one. Brent:cougarsmily: Quote Selected
Import a Canadian Cat Reply #3 – November 25, 2007, 09:26:24 AM Quote from: BCA;189521They may make you change the speedo to one that is a MPH dominant one. freaking americans. WHen you import a car to canada you don't have to change it to KMS. That's useless especially because it already has the MPH on it.. Way to keep the metric system down:shakeass: Quote Selected
Import a Canadian Cat Reply #4 – November 25, 2007, 11:26:39 AM Quote from: baxo;189563freaking americans. WHen you import a car to canada you don't have to change it to KMS. That's useless especially because it already has the MPH on it.. Way to keep the metric system down:shakeass:But Alex, change is bad. We all know that. :hick: Quote Selected
Import a Canadian Cat Reply #5 – November 25, 2007, 11:39:32 AM By Gawd, ye'll NOT take away my miles! :hick::D Quote Selected
Import a Canadian Cat Reply #6 – November 25, 2007, 12:56:35 PM I don't think the US requires MPH to be above KPH, if they're both viewable from the driver's seat and the position of the officer that pulled you over for going 100 mph instead of 100 kph.I did hear Nancy Pelosi wanted to change that.... just to piss off one of our allies. Quote Selected
Import a Canadian Cat Reply #7 – November 25, 2007, 12:56:40 PM it's just another one of those half-assed, pointless laws that really throws a wrench in the works and slows down the process as a whole. here in davis county, utah, the emissions laws say that your vehicle can't have a motor bigger than factory option. my 1977 429ci f150 (stock size is 351 can only be registered as a farm vehicle (for some reason farmers don't have to obey that). but i don't have a farm so i can't register it at all in davis county. however, if i move to tooele county since they have no emissions laws, i could register it just fine. Quote Selected
Import a Canadian Cat Reply #8 – November 25, 2007, 12:58:41 PM Quote from: xjeffs;189595if they're both viewable from the driver's seat and the position of the officer that pulled you over for going 100 mph instead of 100 kph.why would that matter unless the officer was in the car 2 see the position of the needle at the time of speeding? see what i mean? retarded laws!! Quote Selected
Import a Canadian Cat Reply #9 – November 25, 2007, 05:27:30 PM A speedo is an easy thing to change. Quote Selected
Import a Canadian Cat Reply #10 – November 25, 2007, 05:38:32 PM I never gave that a thought if i bought a car from Canada.I guess I wouldn't notice if it was mph or kmh. I ended up learning the conversion being only 5 min from the border. almost all the stuff I watch and listen to is from Ontario. Right now its 7 deg. C. in Buffalo Quote Selected
Import a Canadian Cat Reply #11 – November 25, 2007, 05:58:58 PM the only things they care about is the safety equipment and emmissions related are brought up to u.s. standards for the year of production. we could sit here all day talking about what needs to be done but the only ones who will be able to confirm for you what "really" needs to be done is someone who already has done this legally or a registered importer.i had links for all this stuff but cant find any of them:mad: i dont remember when they started this(2002 i think) but all cars produced in the u.s. and canada meet the same requirements Quote Selected
Import a Canadian Cat Reply #12 – November 25, 2007, 06:04:09 PM If no one finds out by fri. i'll ask someone i'm seeing on fri. they live in Canada and U.S. they will probably know about the situation Quote Selected
Import a Canadian Cat Reply #13 – November 25, 2007, 07:49:59 PM Digital speedo? Push the E/M button. Quote Selected
Import a Canadian Cat Reply #14 – November 26, 2007, 06:29:05 PM Quote from: daminc;189635If no one finds out by fri. i'll ask someone i'm seeing on fri. they live in Canada and U.S. they will probably know about the situationThanks, it appears that no one knows the whole deal. Quote Selected
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