Getting one home

luckynuts

luckynuts
Hi all....new to the SY/Ty forums but not to the turbo Buick ones.....thinking about adding to the collection and have seen a couple people taking advantage of the $$$$.....how hard is it to get a Sy into Canada and what changes has to be made....I'm in ON so still have to worry about emissions testing for a couple more years......thanks in advance.....Dave
 

Norm

Donating Member
Re: Getting one home

it's more than 15 years old. Drive it to the border, pay your taxes and then get it safetied. Pretty darn easy. There's a few guys in your neck of the woods that have sy/ty's. Just make sure the U.S border has a copy of the title for 72 hours before you bring it across.
 

AWD

New member
Re: Getting one home

i thought it was just to overseas import ban that was on vehicles under 15 yrs?
 

BoostedAT

Member
Re: Getting one home

It's not a ban but rather an extra step for going through RIV if it's 15year+newer. Still need a safety and emissions to get the license plate.

I think ON did away with the 20year exemption on cars from 1987+newer
 

luckynuts

luckynuts
Re: Getting one home

Thnanks for the posts guys.....I didn't figure it would be too hard with the age....but was looking at an SRT Crossfire and found out it needed $2500-$3000 work to comply.....what did Canadian Tire have to do to bring it in line for safety.....daytime running lights? emissions? Thanks again....Dave
 

Ty One On

Member
Re: Getting one home

My local GM dealership is also aproved to do the Canadian aproval saftey. They let me by with out doing the changes. At the time the sy`s were no problem to bring in but the ty I was luckey to get it into Canada. When I was looking to bring a sy across the boarder a few years back it was going to cost about $25000 by the time it landed. You can now get a great truck For under $12000.
 

janeto72

New member
Re: Getting one home

When your ready to buy....let me know and I can help you get all the paperwork in order to import a sy/ty into Ontario and then guide you through registration.Sy's are easy to import.Ty's are a little harder...but it can be done with minimal difficulties.Several of us have imported in the last year.
 

luckynuts

luckynuts
Re: Getting one home

Thanks again to all....Courtice isn't all that far away so I will defiitely take you up on your offer when the time comes.......when that time will be????????? is the question......I'm currently a week out of back surgery so I have waaaaaaay too much time on my hands right now to shop lol......hopefully sooner rather than later
 
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