It's really easy to import a car from the US to Canada. I did it in 2007 with a PT Cruiser when the dollar was about at par. I didn't do it with my Xfire this year, though, as with the exchange rate and taxes at the border, I would've wound up paying more to import than I would have paid here in Ontario. I hope you've really checked your total costs. Once you add in the exchange and paying the taxes here, you're adding a ton of cash to your deal.

The only problem I had with the PT was in the US. Bought it right across the border from me in NY state at a Chrysler dealership, and had to jump through hoops to provide enough valid information to process the purchase with the NY DMV. They ask for something like six points of ID per buyer, which is easy enough if you have an NY license as it's worth six points on its own. But when you've got all-Canadian ID that either counts for 0 points or 1 point, it's nearly impossible to get to the 6 needed.

In the end, we needed the dealer to pull some strings at the DMV to get the title changed. Took four days. If we hadn't been saving over $4,000, we would have walked over the annoyance of it all. So I'm glad you're dealing in Michigan!

BTW, I almost bought an Xfire out of Michigan last winter. Gave up when the dealership wanted to charge me state tax even though I was exporting the car. I guess Michigan is one of those states that charges tax on all buyers. For that reason alone, I wouldn't deal there from Ontario. It's enough of a scam to pay PST and GST here!