Liftback from Canada?

[raneej]

I live in NY and like many others here, am having trouble ordering a Yaris to my specifications.

I was wondering if it would be possible to order a Yaris from Canada, which seems to have more availability, and then bring it back to the states. I'm not sure if this only complicates things, or if Canada has similar availability problems, but I thought it might be worth consideration.

Does anyone have information about this? Thanks for any input!

[ChinoCharles]

Wouldn't you have to pay a tax to bring it across?

[raneej]

Yea, probably. But if it's within reason, I'd be willing to pay it to cut down on the wait time, which at this point looks to be at least 6-8 months.

[ChinoCharles]

What are your specs? Something to think about... a lot of us are ordering our cars without some of the specs we may have wanted and putting them in aftermarket. I stumbled across a bone stock liftback in June and bought it on the spot... I wanted a different color and the power package but I am just putting power windows and door locks in aftermarket.

[raneej]

I would like the power package, but more specifically I want ABS, which I was told is only available with the power package. I thought I about adding all that stuff aftermarket but I assumed that to install ABS would be such a monumental job that it wouldn't be worth it.

Still, I haven't completely abandoned the idea. I just want to explore all the options first. If I can get everything direct, it would be a lot easier.

[riceboy]

toyota.ca use the price your toyota function.. keep in mind that our cars are available in a higher trim level.. if you end up dealing in southern ontario.. lemme know.. i can hook you up!

[Boo]

If I am going to buy one from Canada.. I would take the advantage to get a 4dr. hatch.:thumbup:

[RSboyz]

Yea, probably. But if it's within reason, I'd be willing to pay it to cut down on the wait time, which at this point looks to be at least 6-8 months.


you have to wait 6-8 months for a hatch down at new york? :eyebulge:
thats crazY! i placed an order for my 5 door hatch back in late feb or early march i forgot and my car came in late march and now i always see lots ot yaris parked outside dealer's yard but i live in the west coast of canada in vancouver so it might be different from east side cuz from what i know is that freight ships unload eveyrthing here at vancouver then they train by train to the east coast so i guess thats why it was faster but again 6 months thats ridicously long :thumbdown:

[ChinoCharles]

I don't miss ABS. Had it in my last car, don't have it in the Yaris.

[mikeukrainetz]

I dont know what the rules are in the US for imports but I know here you cant import anything newer than 15 years old from overseas. I did look into importing a cadillac from the US late last year (about 8K difference in price) but there are huge rules, fees and taxes. Contact your government agency responsible for imports (usually a department of customs) ours is right in the phone book and they can tell you exactly what youll need and pay.

Youll also be paying a pile more for the Yaris here in Canada than you will in the US, like others on this forum you may just want to check other states for availabilty.

[raneej]

I did look into importing a cadillac from the US late last year (about 8K difference in price) but there are huge rules, fees and taxes. Contact your government agency responsible for imports (usually a department of customs) ours is right in the phone book and they can tell you exactly what youll need and pay.

I'm not sure of the rules either but suppose I buy in person from Canada and then drive the car back into the US. Is that still considered an import, or would I simply have to pay taxes on it when I register the car at the DMV?

[raneej]

you have to wait 6-8 months for a hatch down at new york?

Yea, the wait is pretty bad. Even for a stripped down Yaris the wait is something like 3 months.

[jmew0ng]

you should be able to import it over but you're going to pay some extra $$$...
a few guys at the echoforums brought over the echo HB. So i would think it'd be possible with the yaris too

[OxyG3nE]

i waited exactly 3 days to get mine.. and in live in quebec :P

[casterqc]

i waited exactly 3 days to get mine.. and in live in quebec :P

Keep one thing in mind tho if you buy a car from Canada...here the Odos are in km/h...not in mph. It's no big deal but to me it would be annoying on an everyday use.

[mikeukrainetz]

I think ive looked at my odo' about three times.
You can buy a car here in canada, but you would have to jump through hoops at the dealer, you may have to permit it to get it back into the US (you prob wouldnt be able to register the car here). You will have to let customs know in advance of what your buying, where your buying it and when your planning to bring it back. Theres a website I had at one point for all the rules etc but I dont have it anymore, maybe search google.
You will pay a pile more money for the car buying it here (even exchange isnt that great anymore), the car is probably worth a few thousand more than there, taxes, duties, registration, safety inspection?. I would just place an order and wait rather than spend thousands to have a car NOW.

[hhcchen]

if you can get a rs...
and tachometer...
that might be worth it...

[raneej]

Thanks for all the great info. I'm probably going to end up ordering one from the US to avoid the headache. But I also sent an email to Toyota Canada asking for more specific information.

I'll let you know what comes up.

[raneej]

Just got this from Toyota Canada:

Thank you for your recent correspondence.

We would like to take this opportunity to explain that, as the Canadian distributor, Toyota Canada Inc. and its dealers do not sell Canadian-specification vehicles for the purposes of export. This would be a violation of our agreement with Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan, and is an infringement upon territories belonging to other Toyota distributors.

Thank you again for taking the time to write and for allowing us the opportunity to comment.

Sincerely,

James McWade
Toyota Canada Inc..

I guess I'll just have to wait...

[riceboy]

I'm sure there are ways around it... we had scion's and mr-s's up here and they are US only vehicles

[Slummy]

I live in MD and put a deposit down on a LB w/ ABS and it didn't have the power package, it did have the side airbags though. then the car in the wrong color.:thumbdown: the search continues!

Don't give up hope, the right one will come your way.

[jdgriswald]

I was wondering if it would be possible to order a Yaris from Canada, which seems to have more availability, and then bring it back to the states. I'm not sure if this only complicates things, or if Canada has similar availability problems, but I thought it might be worth consideration.

Does anyone have information about this? Thanks for any input!
I covered the trouble with import here: http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4685#post4685

Still hoping I can work something out like trading a just purchased Scion xB for an RS, just haven't done the legwork to find a Canadian dealer interested.

[Bidoup]

I cant belive its so hard for you guys to find a yaris in the states! My dealer has about 30 yaris in his lot and thats not BS. I ordered mine on a monday and friday of the same week I was driving my Yaris... I would never wait 6 months to get a car, god, I would turn crazy and shoot myself after 2 weeks:rolleyes:

[Driver]

:smile: I was in Ottawa last month and Yaris is like locusts, they're all over the place. That's what got me interested in them and when I got back here I went to one dealer and gave the salesperson my order and options I wanted and was writing out the deposit check when the sales manager tells the salesperson Oh, there are no cars like that in the country and there won't be any till next year.
I go to another dealer and he goes into his computer and finds what I wanted except for the color at an out of state dealership and I said I'd take it anyway. I left a deposit and left. After two and a half weeks I called and someone else had gotten to the other dealer first. He said the I'll have what I want in three weeks. So it'll be over a month. I'm waiting because I really want the car.

[stuffy]

I was in Ottawa last month and Yaris is like locusts

no sh*t, there are so many on the road here now that i don't leave my house without seeing one,
i have also seen dealer lots here that have had multiple yarii sitting in the lots for extended periods of time