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Title: Inspection of out-of-province vehicle
Post by: spindle3 on April 18, 2015, 04:49:29 PM

Hi all, I'm in the midst of bringing a car up from Seattle and was wondering if some inspection garages are better than others--especially maybe sympathetic towards vintage vehicles.  I know Can. Tire does inspections, anyone use someone else in the lower mainland and find them reasonable?     thx

Title: Re: Inspection of out-of-province vehicle
Post by: Herrlowlight on April 19, 2015, 02:33:58 PM

I've taken a few cars to Marci Automotive LTD in North Vancouver. They don't just pass anything, but they are very reasonable. None of the things I had to fix were crazy, but were required. I'll use them next time, I'd recumbent them.

Trevor

Title: Re: Inspection of out-of-province vehicle
Post by: garetlaw on April 23, 2015, 12:28:40 PM

if useful for you (or anyone else) this inspection document goes into more detail than the 1 page checklist (2nd link)..   this one is from Manitoba so I don’t know how much applies to BC, but import requirements across provinces seem pretty standardized and the Manitoba list here seems to mirror the simple BC checklist...

http://www.mpi.mb.ca/en/PDFs/VSIHandbook.pdf

http://www.ratwell.com/technical/Importing/MV3199.jpg