check thiThank-you for your recent inquiry about the importation of a 2003 Mitsubishi
Lancer from the US to Canada.

The 2003 Lancer appears to be admissible as it is cited on Transport
Canada's List of Vehicles Admissible from the United States as admissible,
revised August 2002. This vehicle must bear a Statement of Compliance label
affixed by the Original Equipment Manufacturer stating that "the vehicle as
manufactured to comply with all US federal emission, bumper and safety
standards on the date of manufacture". This label is located on the pillar
of the driver door side. Failing that, we will accept a letter from the
manufacturer stating the same. Please refer to this list at
http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/importusa/impusae.htm.

This vehicle may have modifications required before it can pass the RIV
inspection. These modifications include:

(a) U.S. statement of compliance label (SOC);
(b) valid alpha-numeric 17-digit VIN;
(c) Metric speedometer and Odometer labels. (The inspection centre will
place labels if required)
(d) recall documentation (we require a letter from the Original Equipment
Manufacturer stating there are no outstanding recalls on your vehicle. VIN
must be included);
(e) Daytime Running Lights;
(f) Infant Restraint Kit;
(g) Functioning airbags (if, originally equipped with airbags); and
(h) French Supplementary Restraint system label for airbags that require
periodic maintenance.s out......

 

So essentially it's possible to import it to Canada. You just have to pay for the car.....29,000 USD, plus taxes, plus licensing, plus duty $$$$ and pop for daytime running lights.

Probably will cost you $60,000 when its all said and done.

 

Ouch! That would be around 10 grand over an STi. I need someone to give me an Evo as a gift so I can manage the rest of the costs.

 

I already worked out the best way to get one here. You have a friend or relative buy one in the U.S. and drive it up here and sell it to you. You avoid duty because it was a private sale.

The other alternative is have a place in the U.S. and register it down there and bring it up.....or leave it down there for 6 months and then bring it up and register it here.

MMSA offered to sell a Mississauga Dealership an Evo 8 for $63,000 and if I remember correctly theres another post about some guy who bought it for $65,000.

They'll show up in 2004....you just have to be patient.

 

I was just getting my oil changed at Markham Mitsubishi (Highway 7 and Kennedy and Markham), and was joking around with my salesman about letting me take one for a test drive when it came in, and he tells me they might get one in a few weeks for the showroom. No test drives, but might be nice to look at.

 

Post in here if they do in fact get an Evo 8 in.....I was trying to arrange a meet to see the Ultimate Racing Evo 8 but they are being *******s about it (i.e. the owner takes the car on the weekends and its only there mon-fri)

 

I was talking to the owner today, and told him about the meet in the westend on Saturday but not good for him or myself. Sunday is better. But if you like to shoot your mouth off, and call people you have never meet a#$holes. Why should they do you any favours and bring the EVO to the meet so you can drool on it. They run a business and not a museum.

 

I'm sure he meant nothing by it, no sense in getting in a big huff about it.

If I had an Evo, I'd let people drool on it.

 

jtc is right, I'll work on the owner to see if he can make it out to one of the meets

 

FYI I wasn't asking to him make it OUT to a meet, I was asking if they could have it at UR on a saturday so we could cruise over there and look at it....but seeing the evo 8 wasn't even the whole point of the meet, the whole point was to create a relationship between a shop and local lancer owners. I don't know about other Lancer owners but I'm finding it EXTREMELY hard to get parts for this car without paying ridiculous mark-ups (JRP), or duty and shipping plus 2-3 weeks wait time for the parts.

I never asked them to run a museum, I asked them if we could see the Evo and by bringing 6-7 Lancer owners who are interested in the Evo by a place that has one, it might prompt us to order parts from UR if they stock or make them. In otherwords I was trying to bring them easy business VERY easy business. Essentially RRM is to Lancers in the US as UR would be to Lancers in Canada. Local shop that caters to Lancers. Guess what....they weren't interested. So as far as I'm concerned they can make their Evo 8 parts and sell them to all those Evolution 8 owners in Canada

The best answers I got out of them regarding the trip over there were "the owner takes the evo on the weekends" and "we don't carry lancer parts but we can order them for you"(which means to me: you can bring 300 lancer owners by and we still won't keep the evo around for a hour or two saturday morning.

I then asked if they could put together an engine package for me so I could build my engine before I go turbo next spring. But they weren't interested in that they offered to make me a turbo kit for well over the price RRM charges for theres.

Bottom Line the only business UR wants is Evo's and Rexs, Lancer's aren't good enough platforms to stock or make parts for and although there will be 1000's of people tuning Lancers in the next year UR doesn't want to capitalize on being the only tuner north of the border to cater to Lancers.

 

I partly agree with spool. While developing parts for the coming EVO will put UR ahead of the game when they finally get here, there's no denying that there are tons of Lancers waiting for a good aftermarket parts store in Canada.

I know I've got some money burning a hole in my pocket right now, who wants to make me some parts?

 

Any one here try the Subway Chipotle Sub?

 

Wow, interesting thread. Now there seems to be a bit of confusion here which is pretty common considering the conversation took place via MSN Messenger.

First off, I don't ever recall saying that we didn't want people here to check out our Evo. What I do recall is that our Evo wasn't here this past weekend so it wouldn't have been a good idea to come visit with no Evo here! Not once was it mentioned that we had no interest in having visitors or doing work on OZ Lancers.

In fact, we've already begun making parts for the OZ Lancers. The site is being updated as we speak with our first product: a stainless steel cat-back system.

As well, when you asked about plans for your car, I was all for it! What you had mentioned to me was that you wanted to build your motor to handle more than 6psi before you go turbo. I recall saying that it wasn't a problem, but I suggested to go with a turbo setup first, have a bit of fun before you build the motor. The power might just be enough for you at that point.

Now, I'm sorry you didn't like our price on the turbo setup. But what can I say, that IS our standard price for most custom jobs.

I'll come right out and say that the kit quoted would be somewhere in the range of $8500 CDN. Keep in mind, that this includes the complete kit:

- Garrett Turbocahrger
- Custom Manifold
- Large Front-mount Intercooler
- External wastegate
- Blow-off valve
- Stainless Steel Piping
- Upgraded Fuel Injectors
- Fuel Management
- etc, etc, etc

Not to mention...this price includes complete installation and tuning with our Motec Wideband!

That's our price. I hope you didn't think it was a bogus price to get rid of you! If it's not within your budget, then I think you should think again before turbocharging your car! For someone that wants to go as far as you do, I'd figure you wouldn't mind paying for the quality work we have to offer. All of the products we make in-house comes with a 5-year warranty. Now I seriously doubt that any of the 'big' companies will offer you that.

We may be more expensive than others, but there's a reason for that, we offer the quality and support that not many companies will offer you.


Thanks

Andrew

 

You see theres the misunderstanding right there. I was trying to get some details about a custom turbo kit and while I knew it came with install and tuning I had no idea that it was warrantied or some of those parts listed were actually included in the whole kit. I figured the $8500 was just that....."a get lost".

With no explanation I took the quote as a non-garrett turbo, with piping an eclipse intercooler and a basic bov and wastegate with some tuning....not a garrett with a custom manifold, big intercooler and upgraded fuel system etc.

I have no problem paying for quality, the issue is just getting the run-around for parts which 99% of the people I have tried to deal with have been doing. Sorry for mistaking you as one of those companies. As for being outside of my budget no it isn't, I do however have to make $1000 more as I didn't anticipate getting all this offered for $8500....I budgeted $7500 for an RRM Kit with install done by my regular shop.

Sorry,
Jeff

 

Jeff,

No worries. Instant messaging is just so impersonal. On occasion I have to leave the computer for a bit to help the guys in the back. By the time I return, some customers have already logged off. So keep in mind we never turn any customer away. That's just not how we do business.

As a side note...we would never, EVER build a turbo setup using crappy parts from misc. vehicles!

Andrew