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Originally Posted by 2fast0
Can us citizens cross over the border and buy from a Canada dealership? It's about 16,000usd cheaper.
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There is always a way if one is motivated enough, but:
a) I had to sign a non-export agreement. This time it has no teeth, but back in E46 M3 days, it carried a contracted $20K penalty.
b) BMW Canada has pretty tight control over regional sales. Didn't try on this round, but back in E46 M3 days, a dealer in a town 100km away wanted to but couldn't sell to me because my provided residence address was not in their range. Apparently BMW would punish dealers. Ought to be illegal, but Canada is pretty socialist.
c) You'd have to deal with BMW Assistant adding "eh" to everything. 8 months in, that's pretty irritating even for a Canadian.
There are other issues (like warranty, etc.), all likely can be dealt with, but may end up being too much hassle. But I think a fair trade would be that US underground railroads spare tire kits to Canada and gets G05 X5s in return.