Originally Posted by Abby
Why do we have this silly restriction, in the first place, though? Is this to prevent Cdn citizens from sneaky ways of bringing US car purchases into Canada or something?
Exactly so. It's been there for as long as I can remember (which is a very long time indeed

). Back in the 60s-70s the difference in new car prices US-Can would have made this a very lucrative loophole.