raindropsandroses

Sadly you do still have to pay the 15% sales tax on used vehicles when you buy privately, you just pay it to Access Nova Scotia when you go to register and plate the vehicle, instead of the dealer collecting it at point of sale.

Atlantic Xpat

Indeed. The is a Canada wide phenomenon. Tax is collected every-time a vehicle (car, truck, boat, rv, atv, motorcycle - essentially something you have to register with the provincial govt) has a transfer of ownership. Buying from a dealer or a private seller makes no odds in this regard. It is usurious tax on tax but, like the Canadian winter, bitching about it will change nothing. :-)

dbd33

Minivans are less fashionable and more practical than SUVs, there might be a better bargain to be had on, say, a Dodge Caravan.

Atlantic Xpat

Well, yes but then you are driving a Dodge Caravan. Even the softest of offroader minivan's masquerading as a SUV is better than that.

dbd33

I appreciate the fine calibration of your discernment and am delighted that I have no need to learn to detect such subtle differences.

Atlantic Xpat

I'm highly comfortable with my Hyundai Santa Fe XL (The XL is the important part). It is a mighty offroad steed, why it even has hill descent control and will tow 5000lbs. That it has a third row of seats (like a minivan) which prove useful in carting kids and friends around is entirely coincidental.

dbd33

I shall doubtless wish I had one of those whenever I have need to attend a cheese rolling event at which all the participants have died and the cheese needs fetching in a trailer. Today, not so much.