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Originally Posted by phanham

LOL -- how can it be the best when it includes Quebec and has produced Celine Dion (get them a kayak and let them touch those things!!!)

j/king of course, most of my family lives in AB & BC, and my father just got his US citizenship a few years ago...

btw, it wasn't too long ago that I knew ppl were going across the border into Canada to buy Honda Odysseys as they were ~$6-8K cheaper after currency conversion. I was told by a Honda dealer I was in contact with that it was b/c of the Canadian economy and that most ppl could not afford to pay the same prices they could charge in the US. The dealers kept conversion kits onhand and installed for ~$400 -- good deal if you were in the market for a minivan that was $25-35K (I was at one time, although never went through with it). I believe the US auto dealers successfully lobbied the gov't to close the loophole recently by taxing the crap out of importing them in...

Very true, vehicles were cheaper in Canada only 10 years ago, so maybe it goes in cycles. For now there more expensive in Canada, but maybe in 5 years it will be the other way around.

But, why the hell can't the auto dealers just factor in the exchange rate for that year and charge a fair price in both countries. Obviusly USA buys more vehicles, but I'm sure Canada makes the same amount of new vehicels per capita as the USA. Free Trade , my a$$.