Ah, wasn't thinking of the selling/buying bit. Just the vehicles that have been on the road for ever. You know the ones, shards of rusty metal hanging off, bumpers held on with duct tape.

Here in NB we have an annual Motor Vehicle Inspection regardless of age of the car. Required to get the MVI and insurance evidence as part of Car Tax (much like UK)

It's one of the thing that frustrates OH no end. The amount of cars he works on that wouldn't pass an MOT and then he sends them out on the road as the customer won't pay for the repairs.

It's crazy, really crazy.

i think if your buying a second hand car (private sale) in Ontario (GTA) it has to have had/passed an independent safety inspection in the previous 30 days.

You need the safety inspection certificate + emission test to register the vehicle.

Don't think you can sell kids on E-bay. Bit of an extreme measure to get a better car eh!

thats the husband keeps threatening it but fortunatley i WILL NOT let him!

This is correct. Better to try Craig's list, sell and buy anything on there.

And yes, you must have a safety before you can tag and attach a plate to a used car in Ontario.

You might want to enquire on the cost of car insurance and ensure you have an abstract from your current insurance company and a photocopy of your UK licence. Both my wife and I have held our UK licences for over 30 years but they wanted to class as 'new drivers' at a cost of $3000 per year! Only after we could prove we both had clean licences and 7 years no claim bonus did they reduce the cost down to $1300 each!

We could do all that and still noone would give us a decent price.