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This series of posts outlines how we saved $9364.47 buying a 2011 Subaru Outback Limited in the United States as a vehicle import. The following is the purchase details of our purchase.
Here are the numbers:
Total Cost: $27,293
invoice (MSRP in brackets)
$26270 invoice for car ($27995)
$695 destination fee
$309 for PZEV
-$300 Van Bortel discount
$110 NY State Fees
$52 - rear bumper cover ($80)
$84 - splash guards ($129)
$34 - rear cargo net ($52)
$39 - all weather mats ($69)
Assessed price (in CDN for taxation purposes - assessed at customs): $28,288
$1,514.42 GST + AC tax
$2273.05 PST
$220.35 RIV
USD Exchange hit: $1,037.89
Exchange Rate: 1.0380
Toll CDN: $7
Toll US: ~$10.00 CDN
Big Mac: $3.94 (lunch)
Dad's gas: $29
Hyundai gas: $30
Vehicle Safety + Clean Air Test: $132.21
Vehicle Registration: $0
SubTotal: 32,550.86
-$300 for 2010 price
TOTAL: 32,250.86 (give or take - exchange rate not included on these last discounts)
SUBARU.CA BUILD
$36,371.75 (MSRP + accessories)
TOTAL: 36,371.75 + 1725 destination
= 37896.75
HST: $4870.60 *** according to Subaru on line pricing
CDN + TAX: 42823.33
CDN Price = $42,823.33
CDN Adjusted* = $41,615.33 (less moon roof and navigation which are $1658 worth of options @ Van Bortel)
USD Price = $32,250.86
If we'd bought our USD back when we were at par we would have paid even less - at par, the total cost for this car would have been: $31,402,97
So we paid 77.5% of the CDN price.
(would have been 75.7% if we'd gotten our USD at parity)
