wordsmith wrote in
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St. Catharines.


Is St Catharines as beautiful as it appears from the satellite photo?

I talked to the Smart Car/Mercedes dealer in St Catharines about flying up
to the border and buying a diesel-powered Smart CDi Fortwo from him. He
had the cars to sell me but he said he had not had a single US customer who
had successfully been able to relicense one of the cars taken back to the
USA from his dealership. I don't understand why. The smart cars are all
listed on the EPA's list of cars you're supposed to be allowed to import
that are exempt from the testing.

Maybe it's cheaper to buy and license them in Ontario and keep them
licensed up there. I can't imagine that, though.

Smart USA doesn't want to sell me a car without some "waiting list"
gimmick, which is bull**** in this market at this time when noone is buying
cars. Smart USA also doesn't want to import the 3-cyl, common-rail DIESEL
they have in Canada. They only want to sell the high end sport models
marked up to $18K+. I want a basic diesel with no $1200 radio, no sunroof
to leak and only the air conditioner. They refuse to sell it to
me...arrogant *******s.