Import a CLK 63 Black Series or wait for 2012 C63 to replace my 2009 C63
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Import a CLK 63 Black Series or wait for 2012 C63 to replace my 2009 C63
There is no CLK 63 Black Series officially import by the MB of Canada, is there anyone successfully imported one from US to Canada? I was told by a Auto Broker here he could import it legally to Canada from US, any comment!!
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your going to have to jump through some hoops to get it "imported" into Canada but you can't just "bring it over" like a lot of other cars
read this thread: https://mbworld.org/forums/clk63-bla...le-canada.html
read this thread: https://mbworld.org/forums/clk63-bla...le-canada.html
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If you know a US resident with a Canadian work Visa, put the car under their name, and it can be brought up here, insured, registered as a temporary import (for the duration of the work visa).
Or you can get it plated and insured in the US, and drive it up here for no more than 6 months of the year (to comply with Insurance).
I started out with the former, and now I'm the latter. It's much easier for warranty work if you're just a "visitor" in Canada. I have full work and residence privileges in both countries now, so it's easy for me to bring the car back and forth across the border. If you're a Canadian with no business in the US for work or residence, they can deny you coming from US to Canada in a US plated car.
Or you can get it plated and insured in the US, and drive it up here for no more than 6 months of the year (to comply with Insurance).
I started out with the former, and now I'm the latter. It's much easier for warranty work if you're just a "visitor" in Canada. I have full work and residence privileges in both countries now, so it's easy for me to bring the car back and forth across the border. If you're a Canadian with no business in the US for work or residence, they can deny you coming from US to Canada in a US plated car.
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the broker I talked to he said he will arrange all the updated, recalls, technometer ect. and he will handle all the paper work for importing. He also said that any car sell and sold in North America should have no big problem to bring in. I knew, he did brought in couple of Japan Models that was sold in US and not in Canada, may be with the manufacture dealer's technical support. I will take yours guys advice wait for the 2012 C63 available before the decision.
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the broker I talked to he said he will arrange all the updated, recalls, technometer ect. and he will handle all the paper work for importing. He also said that any car sell and sold in North America should have no big problem to bring in. I knew, he did brought in couple of Japan Models that was sold in US and not in Canada, may be with the manufacture dealer's technical support. I will take yours guys advice wait for the 2012 C63 available before the decision.
http://www.tc.gc.ca/media/documents/...fety/VAFUS.pdf
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Bigleafer is correct. If your broker brought in cars from Japan, they're 15 years old and isn't covered by the RIV program. Anything newer than 15 years old MUST go through the RIV program, which means US spec cars only. There are some weird exceptions such as some Lamborghinis that can make it to Canada from EU, but very very rare. The CLK 63 BS is on the non-admissable list, so it's rejected by RIV right off the bat. My loopholes with the temporary import bypasses the RIV program.
The CLK 63 BS can be legally imported into Canada in 2022 or 2023, depending on manufacturing date.
The CLK 63 BS can be legally imported into Canada in 2022 or 2023, depending on manufacturing date.
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I just talk to the used car dealer to-day in Markham that they brought in a Black last summer, they said that the car is legally imported from US and they can located another one if I am looking for it, the car they sold presently has Ontario Plate on and the car is located in Toronto, I do hope I can meet the owner and find out the detail.
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I just talk to the used car dealer to-day in Markham that they brought in a Black last summer, they said that the car is legally imported from US and they can located another one if I am looking for it, the car they sold presently has Ontario Plate on and the car is located in Toronto, I do hope I can meet the owner and find out the detail.
Mine had AB plates for a while, and AFAIK is the only BS in Canada with Canadian plates. She's got Montana plates now that I'm "legal" in the US.
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It is Illegal to import a vehicle that is listed as in-admissible on the RIV. I would say you are talking to some dumb salesman who doesn;t know jack about the process.
1. To Import a Mercedes you need a Certified letter of Compliance from MB Canada. I high doubt you will get that from them if its on the inadmissible list.
2. There would be no warranty, cause I doubt MB would do a Compliance inspection on a car that is not allowed in the country.
Now there may ways around it, but the car would be titled a regular CLK63, No Warranty, and Depends if the spection center not saying anything about it being a Black Series( IE Canadian tire goofs). Additionally you might need some creative paperwork. I have imported many cars, and they don;t look too closely at most of the paperwork, as long as they have what they are suposed to have infront of them, it should clear the sniff test.
However should you do this I am pretty sure transport could seize the car if they ever found out. Not worth the headache in my books.
1. To Import a Mercedes you need a Certified letter of Compliance from MB Canada. I high doubt you will get that from them if its on the inadmissible list.
2. There would be no warranty, cause I doubt MB would do a Compliance inspection on a car that is not allowed in the country.
Now there may ways around it, but the car would be titled a regular CLK63, No Warranty, and Depends if the spection center not saying anything about it being a Black Series( IE Canadian tire goofs). Additionally you might need some creative paperwork. I have imported many cars, and they don;t look too closely at most of the paperwork, as long as they have what they are suposed to have infront of them, it should clear the sniff test.
However should you do this I am pretty sure transport could seize the car if they ever found out. Not worth the headache in my books.
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So this appears to be the most recent thread on importing a CLK63 Black Series into Canada. I have recently become smitten by this car, and am beginning the process to find one of my own. In doing my due dilligence, I have to also consider that we may be moving to Ontario, Canada within the next 2 years. I do not have any interest in the new C63 Black Series, so that is off the table. I only want the CLK63 Black Series.
I am a US citizen and resident now. I have family that lives in Indiana (my parents) and family that lives in Ontario, Canada (my wife's family). We are still working through the process to find out how to get myself into Canada to live and work legally long term (my wife is a Canadian citizen with a legal Resident Alien Visa to live and work in the United States now, but retained Canadian citizenship).
So I would hate to go through the trouble of finding a CLK63 Black Series only to have to start the process of selling it only a year later. The first option is to be able to legally bring it with me to register and plate in Ontario, and am curious if anything has changed since this thread was last active, and how it was done. If nothing has changed with bringing it in and legally plating, registering, and insuring it, then how would the process go about registering and plating in the United States, if my main residence would be in Ontario, Canada? Also, if I mainly lived in Ontario, and the car was registered and insured in Indiana, what conceivable issues (if any) would I have if a claim for damage or theft were to occur?
I appreciate any help the group can give. The Black Series has me completely captivated, and I must have one.
I am a US citizen and resident now. I have family that lives in Indiana (my parents) and family that lives in Ontario, Canada (my wife's family). We are still working through the process to find out how to get myself into Canada to live and work legally long term (my wife is a Canadian citizen with a legal Resident Alien Visa to live and work in the United States now, but retained Canadian citizenship).
So I would hate to go through the trouble of finding a CLK63 Black Series only to have to start the process of selling it only a year later. The first option is to be able to legally bring it with me to register and plate in Ontario, and am curious if anything has changed since this thread was last active, and how it was done. If nothing has changed with bringing it in and legally plating, registering, and insuring it, then how would the process go about registering and plating in the United States, if my main residence would be in Ontario, Canada? Also, if I mainly lived in Ontario, and the car was registered and insured in Indiana, what conceivable issues (if any) would I have if a claim for damage or theft were to occur?
I appreciate any help the group can give. The Black Series has me completely captivated, and I must have one.
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As long as you stay in Canada to live/work using a work visa, you're good to go to get a CLK Black into the country. This is the exact method I used to get mine in. The only catch is, the car is only allowed for a maximum of 36 months, where it has to go back to the US, and reshipped back up and the process repeated. Not a huge deal, just annoying.
Call your CBSA office to confirm the process in your area. It should be the same, but different offices might do things differently. Tell them that you are coming to Canada on a work visa, and want to do a temporary import. The process for me was the car is shipped up to the local CBSA bonded area, the shipper knew that it's a temporary import, hence no paperwork or taxes necessary, just require the US title and plates on the car. Once it arrives at the CBSA office, get insurance on the car and a temporary transport permit. Go to the CBSA office with your work visa, you get a Form 1 filled out that's necessary for registration. They'll cross off the RIV section, and you'll get box f checked (Vehicle entered by a visitor, a tourist or a person holding a valid work permit or student visa). That's the secret to bypassing RIV's inadmissible requirement. Drive off and get it registered.
Insurance wise, you may have problems with some insurers, as the VIN won't really show up properly in the Canadian system. However, I've done all the work with TD/Meloche Monnex to get my car insured, so the CLK Black Series is in their system with the proper valuation.
Good luck! If you have any other questions, PM me your #.
Call your CBSA office to confirm the process in your area. It should be the same, but different offices might do things differently. Tell them that you are coming to Canada on a work visa, and want to do a temporary import. The process for me was the car is shipped up to the local CBSA bonded area, the shipper knew that it's a temporary import, hence no paperwork or taxes necessary, just require the US title and plates on the car. Once it arrives at the CBSA office, get insurance on the car and a temporary transport permit. Go to the CBSA office with your work visa, you get a Form 1 filled out that's necessary for registration. They'll cross off the RIV section, and you'll get box f checked (Vehicle entered by a visitor, a tourist or a person holding a valid work permit or student visa). That's the secret to bypassing RIV's inadmissible requirement. Drive off and get it registered.
Insurance wise, you may have problems with some insurers, as the VIN won't really show up properly in the Canadian system. However, I've done all the work with TD/Meloche Monnex to get my car insured, so the CLK Black Series is in their system with the proper valuation.
Good luck! If you have any other questions, PM me your #.
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As long as you stay in Canada to live/work using a work visa, you're good to go to get a CLK Black into the country. This is the exact method I used to get mine in. The only catch is, the car is only allowed for a maximum of 36 months, where it has to go back to the US, and reshipped back up and the process repeated. Not a huge deal, just annoying.
Call your CBSA office to confirm the process in your area. It should be the same, but different offices might do things differently. Tell them that you are coming to Canada on a work visa, and want to do a temporary import. The process for me was the car is shipped up to the local CBSA bonded area, the shipper knew that it's a temporary import, hence no paperwork or taxes necessary, just require the US title and plates on the car. Once it arrives at the CBSA office, get insurance on the car and a temporary transport permit. Go to the CBSA office with your work visa, you get a Form 1 filled out that's necessary for registration. They'll cross off the RIV section, and you'll get box f checked (Vehicle entered by a visitor, a tourist or a person holding a valid work permit or student visa). That's the secret to bypassing RIV's inadmissible requirement. Drive off and get it registered.
Insurance wise, you may have problems with some insurers, as the VIN won't really show up properly in the Canadian system. However, I've done all the work with TD/Meloche Monnex to get my car insured, so the CLK Black Series is in their system with the proper valuation.
Good luck! If you have any other questions, PM me your #.
Call your CBSA office to confirm the process in your area. It should be the same, but different offices might do things differently. Tell them that you are coming to Canada on a work visa, and want to do a temporary import. The process for me was the car is shipped up to the local CBSA bonded area, the shipper knew that it's a temporary import, hence no paperwork or taxes necessary, just require the US title and plates on the car. Once it arrives at the CBSA office, get insurance on the car and a temporary transport permit. Go to the CBSA office with your work visa, you get a Form 1 filled out that's necessary for registration. They'll cross off the RIV section, and you'll get box f checked (Vehicle entered by a visitor, a tourist or a person holding a valid work permit or student visa). That's the secret to bypassing RIV's inadmissible requirement. Drive off and get it registered.
Insurance wise, you may have problems with some insurers, as the VIN won't really show up properly in the Canadian system. However, I've done all the work with TD/Meloche Monnex to get my car insured, so the CLK Black Series is in their system with the proper valuation.
Good luck! If you have any other questions, PM me your #.
Thank you for the information. I am glad to know that there is a possible solution for this, even if I have to repeat it every few years. I will PM you my contact number. Very much appreciated.
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I had a funny conversation last nigt about this. I told a friend of mine that I no longer had interest in getting a Porsche 911 Turbo or GT3, and that I instead was going to find myself a CLK63 Black Series. He asked why, and I said, 'Have you ever seen one', and he replied that he had not. I asked, 'When was the last time you saw a Porsche 911,' and he replied he saw one yesterday. I said, 'Exactly! You probably will never see another one, and it just happens to be a bad *** pure drivers car'. He still did not understand. But with the CLK63 Black Series, I think you either 'get it', or you just don't.
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