Originally Posted by airbus320
Salisbury5: ....now for the important question.
Was it worth the effort to save the money?
The savings was CAD$13,000 or about 19%. I probably would not have bought the car in Canada at the Canadian price point. Since this was the car I wanted, yes I would say it was worth it. All told, it was no big deal (see above posts). YMMV since the safety issues for Canada for my car are expected to be really easy.
The best analogy would be to what you have to do to buy a used car. When you buy a used car privately, there is no dealer to handle licensing, etc. so you have to do that yourself. Here, you have to do the same stuff yourself as you would for a used car in Canada and add on only a few extra steps.
Would I do it again? Yes, most certainly. I would really do it again if there was a car I wanted that as manufactured in North America (like the ACURA MDX made in Alliston, ON). You then save an additional 6.1% duty.