Canadians!!! Wouldn't you buy E70s in the US?

[briandwlee]

Hi.

I am planning to buy an E70 in the US and bring it to Canada. Since all E70s are made in the US, we don't pay duty on them and we just pay GST !!! (We anyway pay GST on card we buy here) Thanks to the state of our Canadian dollars, my calculation indicates we coud save easy $10,000 CDN for a good-equipped 3.0.

Of course, we will experience some hassle; three-day window period to report at a border, inspection, km vs. mile, daytime running lights, and so on.... But... it's $10,000 !!!

I personally think BMW Canada is not treating us fairly even for the German-made BMWs. US impose duty, and we impose duty. Before sales tax, all the cost involved should be pretty much equal... But, why do we always pay more???