Driving a car in to the US from Canada

Hello, I did it a few years ago. I was in Quebec for a few months on a work project and decided to buy a used car there rather than renting one. Whent it was time to go home, i decided to keep the car (an Audi wagon, rather difficult to find in the US) and drive it back to California. The whole process was pretty simple. I had to have - oviously - the title/registration, insurance, a document from Audi confirming the car was conforming to North American standards (safety etc) . I drove through Customs at Niagara Falls, they checked the paperwork and - briefly - the vehicle, and i was on my way. A few days later I got to L.A., took the car to the DMV to register it there, they inspected it (I had even bought a spare cluster with miles i/o kms., but they did not care about that). I paid my registration fees and received my new plates and registration. Not as difficult as I feared - I had actually seen a Murcielago there that I was tempted to get, but my wife would have killed me

 

Thanks for the information. It's very useful

 

What Jalpa are you looking at?

 

Congrats!

 

You should have bought mine, it’s had its engine rebuilt already!