That’s the point dip and I are trying to make. So long as you agree to keep it off of public roadways (via the signed declaration) you can do with it as you please. Track it, take it off sweet jumps in your moms backyard, hard park it in your garage, whatever.
The ammendment: Note: A souped-up Porsche or Trans-Am is not a competition car and would be subject to the requirements outlined for a passenger car
Is stated to prevent “Joe Iroc” from driving his “competion car” on the street without propper licencing.
You CAN import the car (with the written declaration) because it’s now not subject to Can. traffic laws. Of course you’d have to pay taxes and duty the same as any other item comming over the border.[/quote]
You are not making points, you are making assumptions. I’ve made points with actually showing you where I have found information. Yes, at first glance of the site I thought maybe it could enter but…
Look at the definition of a competition car “A four-wheeled vehicle designed for use exclusively in closed-course competition.”, then take the fact that the CBSA is not going to list all sorts of cars, but simply give exmaples of what people might consider to be a competition car and put all that together and this car dosen’t qualify… off road or not… Not 15 years plus, not entering Canada. It is a passenger car by definition and is subject to the requierments there of.
Again, With no a**hole under-tone implied, please let me know if you have found anything different. This is something I would love to be wrong about![/quote]
Uggh. Ok, I’ll make my point one last time then shut up. Given that a) whomever buys this car will be treating it as a “competition vehicle” there are methods of importing it as such.
http://www.transportcanada.com/roadsafety/importation/pre/menu.htm#Competition_
D. Competition Vehicles
If your vehicle is a “competition vehicle”, as defined in the regulations, you must obtain a letter directly from the manufacturer, stating that the vehicle was designed exclusively for competition use, listing the design characteristics of the vehicle that exclude it from normal use, and listing the race sanctioning body it was designed for. If you are not on the pre-clearance system, you may submit the letter to TC prior to shipment, along with photos of the vehicles (or a web site address that has clear photos of the vehicles in question). This same information can be supplied in a Stage 1 application, if the competition vehicles are to be pre-cleared in a shipment along with other vehicles. When TC is satisfied, using the letter and photographs, that the vehicles are in fact “competition vehicles”, the vehicles will not need further compliance, such as a bilingual label, since true competition vehicles are not regulated. Stand-alone shipments of competition vehicles are not processed through the pre-clearance program.
Now, what that means is once you provide evidence from the seller (in this case Signal Auto) that the vehicle was built and used for competition purposes, and that YOU the buyer intend to use it for those same purposes you may then import the vehicle. After that the only other legal stipulations you’d encouter would be in relation to fuel usage under gov’t guidlines.
There are other methods of importing a vehicle of this nature, those being dissassembly and re-assembly, or conditional permits.
Do not assume that I am making assumptions. If you’d care to take your research farther than just one gov’t web page than you’d find that there are methods of importing “grey market” cars such as this. If you are truly serious about doing so take the time and talk to a Customs/Import lawyer who would glady provide you with additional information.
Was trying to make the same point you just did