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[eucalyptus]

So. How about that Canadian dollar?

And when will the bleeding car manufacturers drop their freaking prices, because I'm in the market and there's no reason why we're still paying 20-30% higher. For cars made HERE, no less!

Argh, people. Super argh.

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[eucalyptus]

OMG YES. Best books ever and I'm so excited you loved them! You have to post complete thoughts in your journal so we can agree/disagree on the awesomeness of [blank]. I know you said you saw the trailers--even the 3 minute one with the new Iorek voice? :DDD

I've got to go too but see, I did my beta reader thing, yay. ♥

[jiayi]

Can you buy your car in the states and drive it up to Canada?

Also I was just thinking with the Canadian dollar so good, are you thinking about the your trip to Terminus? WINK WINK!!

[plazmah]

Can you buy your car in the states and drive it up to Canada?

Seconding this idea. Apparently, even paying the taxes to take the car over the border, it can come out to a good deal.

[eucalyptus]

Only if I buy used. You currently can't buy new because car manufacturers are making dealerships in the US refuse to sell to Canadians. Literally the only car maker that not's doing it is Subaru. Downside to buying used is, you have to pay GST and PST on it at the border -- if you were buying new, you wouldn't have to.

Plus, there are some odometer conversions that you have to have done, plus warranty concerns when you are asking a Canadian service centre to service a car with an American warranty!

So all of that pretty much spells out NO. :(

[jiayi]

Refuse to sell to Canadians?! Money is money!

I bet that if you guys ran across the border to buy US cars, it'd skew up the regional data for dealerships. :\

PS - HI!!

[plazmah]

HI YOU, it's been so long! :)

[eucalyptus]

You are on my wish list for an email from me tomorrow, oh yes! SO WATCH OUT FOR THAT FRIEND. ♥

[plazmah]

Oooh, now I'm excited! *happy dance*

[eucalyptus]

I had a bad day, Smitha, one more day, I PROMISE. Today was, unbeknownst to me, the first day that flu shots were available, plus there was this big awkward confrontation with someone whose off work re: WSIB and how they were going to get to work since they can't drive or something with the injury. I didn't get a chance. Tomorrow -- I want details on something you mentioned to me in your email!!

[shimmeree]

My parents are thinking of getting a cousin in the States to buy a car for them so they can buy it from him and get it around 7 grand cheaper. Hell of a pain in the ass, though.

[eucalyptus]

Dude, I would not go to those lengths. I've decided to be stubborn and HOLD OUT! They WILL eventually drop prices when push really comes to shove, and I'm not going to be one of those suckers who buys a car right before they do. However, it bothers me that retailers and car makers claim the dollar's rise was meteoric, because HELLO, it wasn't meteoric, it has climbed slowly for the past five years, and never in my life have we ever had parity with the US dollar, so STFU now. You know?

[shimmeree]

I know.

I'd wait out the price drop, too. It's gotta happen sometime.

[paintedinflames]

For some reason I though the Canadian dollar was about the same at the American dollar nowadays. *shrugs*

& omfg ♥ your icon. :D

[eucalyptus]

It is the same, but Canadian car prices haven't come down to coincide with American prices. They should be ROUGHLY the same, give or take some due to differing corporate taxation and stuff, but right now, we're still 20-30% higher, meaning I could buy a Toyota Corolla here in Canada for $22,000 total and an American could buy the EXACT SAME CAR for $17,000. It blows.