simandang

I have a deposit on a C63 that was previously owned in Canada. The car was then titled in Ohio and converted to US spec (speedometer is now in miles) and ready to be registered in any state.

I am told the warranty for canadian car is honored in america as long as its converted properly to us spec.

Would you guys pass on a canadian spec car if it has the options/packages that you want? I plan on keeping this car for a while but am worried the resale value might be affected?

tpliquid

whats the difference?

simandang

The only difference is the speedometer shows KM but digitally reads MPH. Also the outside temperature is in celsius but there is probably a setting to change it to fahrenheit I imagine. GPS, maps, etc should all work fine.

The car is built for North American market so I hope no other difference, if anyone else can chime in that would be great.

computertom

I believe the mirrors will fold in automatically too.

zcct04

Can anyone confirm this? I carried a Garmin on a trip into Canada a couple years ago and was dismayed to find that it was loaded only with US maps. Did Mercedes indeed load maps for all of North America?

Edit - Most of the Comand discs on ebay appear to be labeled "North America: US and Canada".
Not sure what happened to Mexico . . .

Jasonoff

It's on the other side of the wall...

tphss

Did they actually replace the whole cluster to a KM/H cluster?

350Zed

Considering that C63s were made in Germany where KM/H is the norm, I think you have it backwards.

tphss

Haha, you're right. I was actually wondering if people need to change their cluster when importing from US to Canada. From Canada to the US do the US require a MPH cluster?

Diabolis

Bringing in a US car to Canada is... well, painful. Yes, the cluster needs to be changed if it doesn't already have km/h markings on it (which the c63 doesn't... dual mph & km/h are OK), it needs to have DRLs that you can't turn off, 8 km/h bumpers, and a front licence plate holder IIRC - and it all has to be done by an approved (read: MB delership) service center. You'll also need to get and compile a fairly thick stack of papers, and then the federal and provincial transportation regulatory bodies take their chunk of money to go through said paperwork until they are completely satisfied that you will never, ever even dream of embarking on such a project again.

In other words, they make it extrememly painful and expensive for you to bring in a reasonably new car (something that you would use as a DD). If it's an older (collector) vehicle or perhaps a race car that doesn't need to be street-legal and thus plated, then the process is considerably simpler and easier.

simandang

Yeah. It's impossible to import a new US car to Canada as Canadian dealers control everything up there and the laws are set up in their favor.

350Zed

Impossible? No.

Hard? Yes.

It has nothing to do with dealers. Most of the complexity comes from the Canadian subs of the non-Canadian car manufacturers wanting credit back from their international peers from warrantying their cars.

tphss

You mean the digital read out on the dashboard in KM/H is not enough for them? We can set a KM/H speedometer in the dashboard in the C63, but they require changing the entire cluster? It doesn't make sense at all...
Also, in my car for some reason the lights are always on regardless of the lightswitch position (even on "0"), so I'm assuming they'll accept that as DRL?
The bumpers we have are not the same as in Canada? They look identical.

I am considering relocating to Toronto, and taking my C63 and Range rover with me. But I don't want to start changing bumpers and clusters and this is discouraging.

tphss

What if your car is out of warranty already or you agree to give up the warranty? Did you import your C63?

skratch77

I almost imported a Canadian spec 507 coupe because it was the color combo I was looking for and the us dollar was so strong.i think it would of cost me 59k for a 14 507 at the time but found a 13 p31 coupe with the same options for 54k

does anyone know how hard it is to import in the USA? I was told I have to pay an import tax and a few other things and was a mess to get it inspected

thesaintusa

I have imported cars from the USA to Canada and it was not that much of a hassle.

Just paperwork being faxed to the border 48 hrs before crossing.
RVI forms.
Inspection for DRL

The cars I imported have KM/hr markings on the dashboard so nothing was needed there.
DRL was a module.

As stated warranty was an issue. For Subaru, you would be responsible for the upfront costs and then be reimbursed by SOA. Other cars were off warranty so not an issue.

Have not imported Canada -> USA so cannot comment on that direction.

With the weak Canadian dollar lots of trucks are heading south.

simandang

Apparently in USA all cars warranty is honored even if car is from Canada unless the car is a Chrysler.

I got the car and the only issue is the temperature cannot be changed from C to F which is no big deal.

Diabolis

The cluster needs to be changed unless it has km/h indicators. I am fairly certain that the auxilliary digital readout wouldn't satisfy the requrement (otherwise you could just get an aftermerket $100 OBD port plug-in speedo and be done).

AFAIK the original manufacturer warranty on a US car is honoured by Candaian dealers as well. At least it was on my 2006 Audi 25quattro, and on both of the the SL65 BS coupes that were brought to Canada from the US in 2010 with MB's help.

tphss

Why wouldn't the digital read-out for KM/H satisfy them? Do you have a link to the guidelines for the speedometer?

I decided not to import to Canada for other reasons not related to cars, but still interested if there's logic.

c63AMGee

I am doing the same on importing a 507 from canada to the US. The dealer is using a broker and noted that the electronic display of MPH is sufficient, so I won't be swapping the entire cluster (at least not right away).

From what I can tell from researching, there is absolutely no way to switch the Celsius temp to Fahrenheit, which sucks! But I'm wondering, is there a way to switch your odometer to read miles traveled instead of KMs? Also, this car comes with AMG Performance Media...any way to switch it over to Fahrenheit & LB/FT for torque?

Thanks!

marcadelic

My cars Canadian and I didn't have any problems importing it. Took the car to airport customs in tampa with the previous owner he had to sign some paper work and he fork over around $250 in import fees but that was it. Whole process probably took 45mins.

Adi-Benz

You also get some extra features (e.g. folding mirrors)

RW507

I spoke to someone from Mercedes Canada about this so that I could answer enquires made on my care from some of the US forum members. Apparently, the number of canadian cars being exported into the US has been on the rise for awhile (no doubt driven by the favourable exchange rate). In fact, Mercedes has included the following link on their website to address this matter easily:

http://www.mercedes-benz.ca/content/...ssibility.html

You will see that all W204s are admissible into the US. The required compliance letter can also be requested through the link (I requested mine and received within a few days).

c63AMGee

Yes, I was directed to the same link. Thanks for your insights! Now, if I could just figure out whether the AMG Performance Media option can be converted from metric to US units (NM to Lb/Ft for torque)...

c63amg507

hi im canadian and had a guy who wanted to buy my kanuk 507........its stupid simple to import a late model merc to us . cars a are both canada us compliant .go to u.s. customs web site than go e.p.a. the funny requirement ......car needs to have underside .....steam cleaned......no no its not a joke go read it . you need a manufacturer letter to confirm the car is california compliant , wich it is , they even give you the merc phone number to call . there is an import fee . if you dont want to do paper work they even give you authorized import brokers who can do it for you . then there is your state registration . like i said its easy .