Amiroo39

Hi guys,

I've been looking around on autotrader for some time now and it's clear that cars from the east (Ontario, Manitoba, and especially Quebec) are considerably less expensive than cars in BC. I've heard that it has to do with the salt on the roads, but any other reasons? And should I be too concerned if I'm looking to import a car to BC? I'm guessing resale will be affected too. Currently looking at '15 GTS 991 models.
thanks

Nate Tempest

I'm not sure how much resale would be affected. The majority of the 997s I've been looking at in BC were originally from either an eastern province or, more often, an eastern state.

I think that things like salt on the roads have depressed car prices across the board in the east, and Porsches get dragged down with the rest - even ones that are never winter driven. Bring the car to BC though, and for the most part it gets compared with other BC cars.

EdwardB

I think you can find quite few eastern Canada Porsches which have never seen snow and salt. I have two in my garage.

I suspect the pricing differential has more to do with supply / demand and people's ability/willingness to pay more than anything (which is the same reason why a $100k home on the water on the east coast goes for a couple million on the west).

Maybe the BC government can impose another 15% tax for non-residents.

Ed

mike.baa

I did research on this in the past when I was debating a car from Quebec solely because of the cost difference. Quebec has different rules for car titles. A designated 'rebuilt title' in ontario, could still be branded as a 'clean title' in Quebec. At least that was what it was a few years back. Personally, I think any car that checks out at PPI, is worth a look.

CamsPorsche

I would think it has to do with number of Porsche dealers on the eastern side of Canada serving a much larger population base rather than any salt issues...

Ontario alone has 5 main dealers.

myw

while porsche's, I'm not 100% positive but for regular cars , the stereo type that the vancouver residents believe is that the east cost cars are salt covered crap.

kind of comparable to how Ontarians believe that all quebec cars are salvaged retitled salt covered title-wash scam vehicles.

i'd carefully look at it via a case-by-case car-by-car basis, there are many owners everywhere in the country that take care of their cars.

Donster

As a guy from Nova Scotia I find your definition of "the east" (Ontario, Manitoba, and especially Quebec) pretty amusing. Last time I looked at a map these provinces were all in central Canada.

creaturecat

what the market will bear.
Ferrari - a grade 12 grad present on Vancouver's west side.
saw a dad with his daughter (she looked to be approximately 16 yrs old) on the Sea to Sky - driving matching GT 3's. Dad had to back the car up for her, to turn it around .......... at Porteau Cove.

canuck964

This !!!!!!!!!

You will find a bunch of Lambos, Porsches, Ferraris etc at any High School parking lot in the West side of Vancouver.

I was getting my car washed on 2nd Ave a week ago and sitting in the lounge beside me was a couple of very young looking Chinese guys. I over heard them talking about his friend's Lambo and how he only had a crappy R8 (I saw it being washed and it was a beautiful black one with custom rims that probably cost more than my daily driver).

Amiroo39

There's literally five 911's for sale in the province of Nova Scotia on autotrader, and only one 991 , but yes the beautiful province of Nova Scotia is on the east coast. oh almost forgot about Newfoundland!

Amiroo39

F12's, 488/458, and Aventadors are so common with young drivers in Vancouver. I've lost count of how many I've seen with N signs. Last summer I saw a girl probably no older than 18 driving a Bugatti L'or Blanc in West Vancouver with an N sign. It really blew my mind. And then there are the kids that get the P1 as a graduation gift.