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Elio In Canada

Peter Beens

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RUCRAYZE

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Hey Andrew! Sorry for the late reply but I just joined this forum and only now saw your post.

As Jambe pointed out, I'm #2305. I'm located in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Do you have a reservation already? According to this map it still looks like I'm the only Canadian.

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/viewer?mid=zyf_-Il3CzMQ.k-OXGE3Ag61E

I think the Elio is small enough to smuggle in!!- Back in the day, doing grad work at Plattsburgh, we'd do beer runs in to Canada, and aside from a little marker on the road, you wouldn't know you crossed the border!!

'can't you buy one in the states and drive it home??
 

Peter Beens

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That would have been my goal, but without Elio being on the approved motorcycle list it becomes more complicated.

http://www.tc.gc.ca/motorvehiclesafety/safevehicles/importation/usa/vafus/list2/Section8_0.htm

I'll face that hurdle closer to when the time comes.
I don't think you'll have to face it by yourself, EM has made great progress in resolving these type of problems- Is it a MC?do you need a helmet?, can you go in HOV lanes? - small plate etc. Right now I don't think State MV's would know what do do with the Elio, but iin he planing of the autocycle I'm sure EM's got a well thought out stratigy
As we start to see that there are now only a few states that haven't changed their helmet law- reflects the ground work that's being developed. I think it will be a non issue when we get there
 

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Andrew Hurst

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Hey Andrew! Sorry for the late reply but I just joined this forum and only now saw your post.

As Jambe pointed out, I'm #2305. I'm located in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Do you have a reservation already? According to this map it still looks like I'm the only Canadian.

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/viewer?mid=zyf_-Il3CzMQ.k-OXGE3Ag61E
Hi Peter, I've been off line for a while and just saw your post. Glad to hear that I am not the only Canadian. I'm only "all-in", not reserved yet. I am fantasizing about fighting my way through the red tape, buying one in the US and driving it home. I'm not at a point yet where I have the time to start even researching for and planning my battles. I have bought two "antique" cars from the US in the past ( a '65 Triumph Herald Convertible, and more recently an '88 Volvo 240 Wagon for my son ) and the red tape was not a big deal. This might be a whole other story though. I will let you know if I learn anything and hope you will do the same. I sure hope the Canadian dollar comes back out of the ditch before it is time to buy!

I lived in London, Ontario for 10 years and the only area that I really liked to visit and drive around was the escarpment, particularly your end of it. I wonder what the Elio's hill climbing capacity will be? On the plus side it will be light and aerodynamic, on the negative, I don't expect the engine to be very torquey.

Andrew
 
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