do it. think it. blog it! ... a twisted world

In a desperate search for wheels, especially after selling my loaded JEEP Grand Cherokee ltd, and my Hyundai in California for throw away prices, I had been back on the wheel hunt again. unlike any other wheel hunt that I have previously been on, I was surprised to find out that a Canadian car buying experience could be a challenging one. Here's what I learnt.

1. Canadian's pay extremely high taxes on any purchase
2. Canadian's prefer buying/selling through a dealer (guess they get a tax break/refund...somthing I gotto learn more about)
3. http://toronto.craigslist.org is not a high-flier with the Canadian's
4. Canadian Car Salesmen are nice... very unlike their US counterparts
5. Canadian vehicle safety standards are way higher than the US
6. Canadian car's are way more expensive
7. One cannot buy a car in the US, drive ir across the border and register it in Canada (not all, but a few select manufacturers/models from the US are non transferable)
8. Canada realy IS COLD.. I fear the winter... I'm frozen down to my privates in Spring itself

So anyway.. After a headstand, a shock (after hearing the pricetags and taxes) I settled down for a Mercedez-C240. It did pinch my wallet, but was worth the search as I not have a loaded merc. I bet that my wife would total it soon as she intends to learn driving on it... (I could not convince her to learn in a beatup car). So.. with all due respects to her intentions, I believe that I may need to tradein/upgrade my C240 for a E/S 500/600 on that pretext. Neat.. I've got an alibi for an upgrade.... I hope to get her to concur with the decision on ... well probably my birthday when she cant say "NO"... sneaky.. aint I ??