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11-21-2015, 09:20 AM | #24 |
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I think you'll be hard pressed to find anyone who imported from Canada into US, it's usually done the other way.
Do a search online and you should be able to find a government site with information on importing cars. |
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11-21-2015, 10:28 AM | #25 |
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bummer. You're right though. Well, rightnow it's either i cough up $29k for the '13 x1 26kmi OR $27k for '13 RDX with 40kmi (non cpo both). How I wish I could import the car. I'm actually 3hrs from Quebec (Montreal).
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11-21-2015, 12:02 PM | #26 |
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I'm absolutely sure that you can import it. Spend fifteen minutes researching it. Plus I'm sure that someone has posted about it in the forums as well.
Also don't forget to include the taxes into the price when you're researching. We have federal and provincial taxes. Federal are 5% and provincial vary obviously (Alberta is 0% while BC is 7%). Might be worth it not to restrict yourself to Quebec. That said I'm not sure how the taxes work for vehicles bought for export. Again I'm sure your research will answer that question |
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11-21-2015, 06:16 PM | #27 | |
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I do appreciate your motivation and encouragement tho. My wife is exhausted from all of this while I'm nearing that as well. I'm actually now considering a '13 328i (minus cold weather pkg) as it has 9kmi. Time will tell what we decide on. Wife dragged me to a local dealer today to test drive a Mazda6 (just because) and we came away not surprised yet again. |
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11-21-2015, 06:22 PM | #28 |
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Our runner-up was the Grand Touring CX-5. If you are looking for something SUVish you might want to look at it. It does not have the premium feel of the X1, but it came the closest for me in the fun to drive category out of anything in the sub $30K category.
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11-21-2015, 07:38 PM | #29 |
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I'm a good 30 hour drive from Montreal. You wouldn't pay any taxes on a private sale. You'd need to have the car saftied, which wouldn't be difficult given the age and mileage. The only thing that would be annoying is the fact that the Canadian cars only show speed in KM. No smaller numbers for MPH.
You would have to pay for the sales taxes in your home state given their policies for items bought from a private seller (i.e. not a business). I think there's a standard import fee for registration and then the licensing and what not as well. Would be still cheaper than buying in your area by the looks of things.
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Either way, it'll be still cheaper @ $26,000 + import fees, + 8% tax + $399 reg. fees. It'll be close but probably not far off $29900. The jury is still out on our decision. |
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11-22-2015, 05:08 AM | #31 |
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I liked the cx-5 looks. Although the interior felt cheap. Sure it gets bettet mileage on the road compared to the x1 and more spacious. We also looked at a cx-3 two days ago and my wife is undecided on it. It looks nice but the asking price was $26k and she immediately said no.
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11-22-2015, 09:41 AM | #32 |
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We checked out the Mazda's as well but didn't go for it as it didn't have memory seats as options. I'm 5'11" and my wife is 5' and its our only car so the memory seats were a must. As a bonus the side mirrors are part of the memory seats too!!
As for MPH you can code the car to show you speed in mph on the digital display. That said I don't get why US models have both mph and kph and Canadian models only show kph. Given how many Canadians drive to the states it's really annoying. |
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As for the mph / kph options, it seems as though it was done intentionally. Speaking of CAN importing, a friend of mine just bought a 2006 911 that was originally imported from the U.S to CA and he told me today that it is much easier if the car was originally made for US than the other way around. |
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I'm pretty sure the seat memory button saves both the seat and mirror positions, but am not certain since it automatically does it with my key fob. |
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11-22-2015, 04:08 PM | #35 |
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Yeah there's no coding required for the memory mirrors option. Just push the button and they move together with the seat - no comfort access required.
That said I do have comfort access and can confirm that the seats and mirrors move to the last position for each key. But either way the only thing you have to move is the rear view mirror and the steering wheel (if you adjust it at all). As for importing into US - if the car was intended for a specific market then obviously bringing it back into that market is easier as it has all the market specific modifications. But the discussion started off with how to acquire a BMW in an inexpensive manner. Speaking of which - US imported vehicles always go for below market value so if you can find one in Canada then you would get an absolutely awesome deal and an easier import experience in the process. |
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Twix has some photos of his car posted here:
http://e84.xbimmers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=986700 A good one of the front end is posted here http://e84.xbimmers.com/forums/showt...wrapped&page=2 30 hour drive is quite a trip though. |
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I am of the opinion that there is button next to the r/v mirror adjustment buttons to fold them. Could you please confirm? |
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11-22-2015, 10:48 PM | #39 |
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Mine are powered and there is a button to fold them where you're saying. When I get around to coding the car I'm going to do the auto fold thing as well.
Keep in mind that my car is pretty loaded so I'm not sure if it's a standard feature (or indeed how it changes between US and Canadian configurations). PS: I'm assuming you're talking about the side view mirrors, not the rear view that's in the middle of the windshield :-) |
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I can attach the user guide here if you need but a quick Google search should locate it |
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Just a concern of mine anyway. If we get the X1, I'll probably do a remote coding with Alex guy at some point. |
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11-22-2015, 11:36 PM | #42 |
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Also the mirrors already trap some small amount of water during car wash. Add brutal winter weather to the mix, I could see how the motors could be impeded easily during winter
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11-23-2015, 12:26 AM | #44 |
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I don't have the car coded yet, so the mirrors only fold and unfold at the press of a button (with the exception that they unfold when you accelerate past some nominal speed)
I don't remember the exact packages but if I recall correctly I have premium, executive, and lighting packages. If you like PM me your email address I'll send you the pricing guide that describes all the packages in detail. |
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