franfluff

Hi i already have a post on here regarding time limit for LMO but was alos wondering if anyone has had any experience in exporting their car out to Manitoba/Canada. We are hoping to bring our Landrover with us in a container (its a R reg so qualifies for the age limit) just wanted to know how strict they are before it goes into the container ie what it involves and when it gets off the container, what is expected... does it need some sort of inspection on arrival? what it all involves etc! Its already kitted up for extreme cold weather (went to Nord Kapp in april in it) and its a offroader so would love if the old girl came along with us. Any info much appreciated again xxx

Former Lancastrian

Read this for CFIA requirements
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/animals/.../1323826425974

Gazman

"its a R reg so qualifies for the age limit"...what the f@€# does that mean???

Novocastrian

I see you're from Ireland. That explains it. UK number plates started by ending in an A (A reg) in I think 1963. An "R reg" I count out on my fingers is roughly 16 year after that, so circa 1979. More than 15 years old therefore OK to bring (all things being equal).

MillieF

I can't tell you about a Landrover, but I brought my 2CV this summer. I did a full garage inspection prior to leaving, as I thought it would simplify things on arrival, and I had the bottom steam pressure washed by a specialist garage....Canada is very sensitive about loose soil or earth being on the bottom of the vehicle. I put my car in the container and all went well. When the container arrived it was pulled off for inspection by customs, which is apparently the norm for a container with a vehicle, so that costs extra. Then when the container arrived at the house, the customs man came to verify it was the correct vehicle, he gave me the necessary import forms. I got a provisional insurance on her, whipped her to a garage who did a vehicle check, filled in the forms, which I took to the vehicle department and paid the vehicle tax and got my new number plates. Hey Presto. Good luck.

Novocastrian

A Deux Chevaux? Magnifique! Bien fait Madame. (I bet that turns a few heads in New Brunswick).

MillieF

Novo, I could have sold her a thousand times over. The Francophone customs chap rocked up with his mates and they all had their photo taken in her, as did all 8 removal men, and I get bits of paper shoved under the wipers with 'cool' and 'cute' and smiling emoticons; it's all very sweet. I've taken her off the road now till spring, when I am going to have a leaflet to hand out about her explaining about her engine, I get sick of repeating myself. I admit I'm a nut on 'em, I've have always had one or an Acadian hanging around in the hinterland.

mkmicky1

can you remember what your paid to ship your car over, as i to am thinking about shipping mine out when i move,
and is there any problem with the speedo reading mph and kph as ive seen a few comments about involving needing new heads due to the mph being the larger of the 2 digits?

MillieF

Eek, sorry but I moved from France! So the km bit would not have been a problem. However I used a UK Shipping Company, The Moving Partnership and they were brilliant. Bearing in mind I had a container anyway, the additional space was £400 for the car. There is a hell of a lot of information available around, and if you know a specific make and model query, I will get my husband to respond...I'm not useless! But he's better.

dbd33

I've brought cars from the US and registered them. There's never been an issue over the size of the numbers on the speedo.

Oakvillian

shipping costs vary considerably depending on exactly what service you buy. For a car with sole occupation of a 20' container, loaded by driving into said container at the freight forwarders' Southampton yard, shipped to Montreal, CFIA inspected, transferred by rail to Toronto, customs cleared at railhead, trucked to a yard where I could drive it out and to its new home, it cost somewhere around 5k GBP. It would have been less if it had come over at the same time as all our other worldly goods, more if we'd taken a door-to-door service.

No difficulty at all with RHD, mph-dominant speedo, or (though there should have been; the safety inspector was not exactly diligent) with the wrong-sided headlamp dip pattern.

Novocastrian

Of course, I'm now tempted to ask, "How many removal men can you get in a 2CV?"

MillieF

But I couldn't tempt you too far could I Novo? You must remember that these were all clean living good Canadian boys...so probably two!

Novocastrian

Enough nonsense, but you really have tempted me. How much does a 2CV cost in France these days? I've always wanted one.

Gazman

Oh wow, you're just the right person I was hoping to discover here!...much respect to you for bringing over your 2CV!!! I desperately don't want to sell my old Toyota Liteace MPV/camper when I move to Canada, it 's very special...could you give me some further guidance as to importation?
Mine is a 1988 Toyota Liteace, it came from the factory as an MPV and I converted it to a campervan. DVLA class it as a 'Van with windows' (to keep the police happy) but my insurance company class it as a campervan because I use it as a campervan.
I understand it will need a Canadian MOT and all that rigmarole but I no nothing about getting it into a shipping container I'd be very grateful for your advice........