Re: Driving from USA into Canada

[Trevor <pmarshal@uoguelph.ca>]

Front plate don't matter; only BC residents need front plates in BC. If
your home state/province doesn't require a front plate they can't ask you
to put one on for your holiday, that'd be downright lame.
As for declaring stuff at the border - find out what your exemption is
BEFORE you buy anything. It should increase according to duration of your
stay. You can pick up all sorts of pamphlets at the
border on you're way in. Duty can be pretty rough coming back into Canada
from the US, I know. Find out how much you'll have to pay on expenditures
over your exemption. Keep reciepts.
I'm from Canada so all my experience is from crossing the opposite
direction you will be; shouldn't be much different.

HTH
- -TRev
86 8v


On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, A. Bjorkheim wrote:

> 
>   I plan on heading up into BC for a VW show over the weekend and all this
> talk of taking pictures of plates really scares me.  What I want to know
> is can they do anything about me not having the front plate on my car?
> Should I have any problem going into Canada or coming back without a front
> plate?  Also, what is the tax rate for buying stuff in Canada and then
> declaring it at the border.  I wouldnt otherwise but the stuff I might
> buy, tires, are too large to go unnoticed.
> 
>  Andre'
>  Neon Green 79
> 
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