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Originally Posted by cs-slik
Chris:
I am about to purchase a Cayman S in the US and can only imagine how angry you must be feeling about this outrageous charge for a fictitious "inspection". I am very upset that any reputable Porsche dealer in Canada would do such a thing. These types of onorous levies can only be classified as malicious and fraudulant since no ligitimate business justification exists. I was told by the dealer in Ottawa last week when I checked with him about buying a Cayman in the US that all remaining US warranty would be honoured by them for my US bought car, but they would not provide "goodwill" warranty after the warranty expired. But he did say they charged a flat fee of $600 to "Canadianize" the car such as installing relay for activating the daytime running lights, and kilometers readouts in the instrument displays.
Definitely, I would write to Porsche Canada and file a complaint against the Montreal dealer, and request the charge be reversed. I am assuming your car has already been Canadianized and registered in Ontario, and would certainly not require any "Confirmation of Imported Vehicles".
I would very much like to hear from you (could you PM me) regarding your US purchase experience, including the recall clearance letter, customs, inspections, etc.
Wish you the best, and keep us posted.
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I paid the US dealer $85 to switch on the DRLs after they had done a PPI for me. They also did the MPH to KPH switchover but that is nothing as you can do it yourself on board.
As for RIV etc etc I paid to have the car shipped and import certified. It was super simple. And even though I am not thrilled with the nuisance charge for the warranty switchover looking at a $95000 2008 PDE CS in the showroom (essentially my car with some Alcantara and painted bits less
Sport Chrono) I felt pretty smug about how much money I had saved.
Chris