CaptFiero
01-07-2013, 09:14 PM
So a lot of you know who I am, I built my V8 Fiero and documented it here. Well that was several years ago, and now I have 2 kids and a lot less time on my hands. Don't let me scare anyone I am not letting go of any of my Fiero's. My wife and I agreed 2 kids is our limit as with 2 kids we can put one in each Fiero and still take 2 Fiero's to car shows. :)
Now to the root of this, I got a little crazy with the Nitrous night in my V8 Fiero and popped a head gasket. Now I have I have more money and considerably less time that I did 6+ years ago, so I started looking into the few people that had experience working on V8 Fiero's and of the 4 in the lower mainland, 2 had moved on from auto mechanics completely the 3rd had just lost his job at the shop he was in, and could not do it at home and I am the 4th person. I know I could have talked to shops around the lower mainland, but frankly I knew that this would not be a simple fix. As the motor is an aluminum block V8 and I got it hot enough that it started to seize up, so it was going to need an entire overhaul. Which is a ton of work for someone that knows how to work on these cars, let alone someone that doesn't and will take twice as long with twice the shop labor bill.
I found a shop in Washington that specialized in Race Prepped Fiero's. They agreed to do the work to the car. I trailered it down in October and they are driving up to Customs tomorrow night for me to pick up.
Now my question is, am I going to have to pay duty on the labor. I am not technically bringing anything different into Canada. I took down one complete car and am brining back one complete car.
The only things of major difference was they removed my stock intake and installed a prototype intake for testing, which is drastically different than what I had before.
When I go down to get it, I'll only be down for maybe 30mins to meet them and come back. I am not paying anything while I am down there as payment was made partially when I dropped it off and balance was paid via credit card in late November. He is actually giving me a $400 refund due to the delays in getting it done.
I mean if some girl goes and gets a Wax job done, are they going to charge her duty on it, or include it in her total amount allowed when she comes back to Canada.
If I get dinged for this, I think its only reasonable that all the guys flying to Vegas and getting High Priced Hookers, we should take a look at those service / labor receipts. Granted my car repairs might be slightly more than the cost of a good BJ, but a service is a service. Come to Think of it, I think I actually enjoy "Hittin That" button in my car more than some BJ's. But that's a whole different story.
So what do you think, am I going to get charged duty on the repairs. I am going to be totally honest with the boarder guys / gals, and say that I am bringing my car back after repairs. The shop is writing me up a receipt to show to the customs people as well. Because the intake is prototype, I am only being charged for the time to build and install, and not for the actual materials that went into it. Which even I'll admit may be a grey area.
Good news is I should have an extra 100hp with the intake/cam/ecm programing they did when they overhauled the drivetrain. Which is totally cool because this motor will have as much power on motor alone as my old one did with the nitrous. Which Means Dang I can't wait to "Hit It" again. This time I'll use protection in the form of an MSD Nitrous Retard feature in the new ignition box.
Well what do ya think.
Now to the root of this, I got a little crazy with the Nitrous night in my V8 Fiero and popped a head gasket. Now I have I have more money and considerably less time that I did 6+ years ago, so I started looking into the few people that had experience working on V8 Fiero's and of the 4 in the lower mainland, 2 had moved on from auto mechanics completely the 3rd had just lost his job at the shop he was in, and could not do it at home and I am the 4th person. I know I could have talked to shops around the lower mainland, but frankly I knew that this would not be a simple fix. As the motor is an aluminum block V8 and I got it hot enough that it started to seize up, so it was going to need an entire overhaul. Which is a ton of work for someone that knows how to work on these cars, let alone someone that doesn't and will take twice as long with twice the shop labor bill.
I found a shop in Washington that specialized in Race Prepped Fiero's. They agreed to do the work to the car. I trailered it down in October and they are driving up to Customs tomorrow night for me to pick up.
Now my question is, am I going to have to pay duty on the labor. I am not technically bringing anything different into Canada. I took down one complete car and am brining back one complete car.
The only things of major difference was they removed my stock intake and installed a prototype intake for testing, which is drastically different than what I had before.
When I go down to get it, I'll only be down for maybe 30mins to meet them and come back. I am not paying anything while I am down there as payment was made partially when I dropped it off and balance was paid via credit card in late November. He is actually giving me a $400 refund due to the delays in getting it done.
I mean if some girl goes and gets a Wax job done, are they going to charge her duty on it, or include it in her total amount allowed when she comes back to Canada.
If I get dinged for this, I think its only reasonable that all the guys flying to Vegas and getting High Priced Hookers, we should take a look at those service / labor receipts. Granted my car repairs might be slightly more than the cost of a good BJ, but a service is a service. Come to Think of it, I think I actually enjoy "Hittin That" button in my car more than some BJ's. But that's a whole different story.
So what do you think, am I going to get charged duty on the repairs. I am going to be totally honest with the boarder guys / gals, and say that I am bringing my car back after repairs. The shop is writing me up a receipt to show to the customs people as well. Because the intake is prototype, I am only being charged for the time to build and install, and not for the actual materials that went into it. Which even I'll admit may be a grey area.
Good news is I should have an extra 100hp with the intake/cam/ecm programing they did when they overhauled the drivetrain. Which is totally cool because this motor will have as much power on motor alone as my old one did with the nitrous. Which Means Dang I can't wait to "Hit It" again. This time I'll use protection in the form of an MSD Nitrous Retard feature in the new ignition box.
Well what do ya think.