bobsallyh wrote:

I went with a Canadian friend of ours last winter here in Yuma to purchase a car. Absolutely no problem, vehicle stays here in Yuma year round, is licencesed and insured in Arizona. The only thing he can't do is put "storage" insurance on it while it sits covered under a carport during the summer, as he must pay the premium, just as he were here. He is from BC. Numerous Canadian citizens in this park do the same thing and have for years.

freewilley wrote:

makes more sense???

You would have to pay the gst and pst to bring it back to Canada...just so you can take it back to AZ????????????

I have the car, no problem getting insurance (go with progressive and make the agent check with the company and you will get credit for your Ontario driving record?
Going to DMV before I go home as it came with CA plates good for the winter (in my name)

bjbear wrote:

Don't want to "rain on your parade", but if you are a Canadian citizen, you will have some problems with registering and insuring the car. If you have an Ontario drivers license, you cannot register nor insure the car in Arizona. You would have to import it to Canada (i.e. drive it across the border), then register and insure it in Ontario before bringing it back to Arizona. You can get a temporary permit (90 days??) to drive it in Arizona after you buy it, but you need to insure it in Ontario.

Albertaguy wrote:



I really don't know how these myths get started, but I will say that it makes more sense to buy the car down south drive it back to Canada, pay the tax and then register it in whatever province you live in and then when you go back the following fall you can now leave it there and just bring the updated registration and insurance with you when you go back down. That is what my brother was going to do, he bought the car in Phoenix drove it back to Alberta on a temporary registration and then was going to drive it back this fall, unfortunately he passed away in May so his widow sold it in Alberta.
He talked about registering it in Yuma but found it was just too expensive but doable.