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Canada Regs.
My dealer of choice had allocation for 6 left last time I talked to him, and that's only 1 out 4 major local dealers.
Yes & no.
Franchise rules say a U.S. dealer cannot sell a new car to a Canadian to be taken back to Canada. They "could" have their franchise pulled over it. There's also a 6 month, 6,000 mile delay before the warranty gets honored in Canada.
Add the import costs, fees, aggravation and limited financing options and it becomes a process that relatively few undertake. With the way our dollars is tanking, it may not be cost effective either.
I've done it, but only because for one, the price difference was just too big to ignore, and for the other, after having an order in the system for 7 months and no TPW in sight, I sourced what I wanted out of U.S. dealer inventory.
Yes & no.
Franchise rules say a U.S. dealer cannot sell a new car to a Canadian to be taken back to Canada. They "could" have their franchise pulled over it. There's also a 6 month, 6,000 mile delay before the warranty gets honored in Canada.
Add the import costs, fees, aggravation and limited financing options and it becomes a process that relatively few undertake. With the way our dollars is tanking, it may not be cost effective either.
I've done it, but only because for one, the price difference was just too big to ignore, and for the other, after having an order in the system for 7 months and no TPW in sight, I sourced what I wanted out of U.S. dealer inventory.
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Here's what I know (heard) from Oshawa workers here and on the other boards. The flex line only runs ONE SHIFT. They are capable of over 400 cars in that time. Now go multiply the numbers out keeping in mind they will not be at full production levels for at least a month from SORP.
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Here's what I know (heard) from Oshawa workers here and on the other boards. The flex line only runs ONE SHIFT. They are capable of over 400 cars in that time. Now go multiply the numbers out keeping in mind they will not be at full production levels for at least a month from SORP.
. They used to go 3 full shifts around the clock, but not these days 
. Although I'm not 100% sure where the Impala line is at, if they're cut to 1 shift, or if they're still doing more? 
They pump A LOT of freakin' Impalas out of that place!! 
(... and soon, A LOT of Camaros!!
)
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how many per day
hey,CapnPete or anyone else that lives in Oshawa.can the cars be seen parked somewhere after they're made ,to maybe get a daily production number thanks for any info.the wait is killing me,ours has to make it all the way to south louisiana,so i hope we aren't last
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Since tomorrow is the first day of production (!!!
), the current build rate isn't very informative. Plants don't start up at full speed -- they take a couple months (sometimes six or more) to ramp it up.I'm guessing that since they've been spending the past couple months practicing, ramp-up will be relatively quick, but I'm guessing no more than 100 cars per day at first. A typical plant can put out 500-1000 cars per day, but keep in mind that the Oshawa plant also builds Impalas.
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. I drove by and saw those ~couple hundred cars parked there (the ones in the pictures) and from the road there's no way to see the front of the line. Now keep this in mind, those couple hundred cars take up only a FRACTION of the available parking space down by the plant!!! It would take QUITE awhile to get an accurate count on how many cars are in there! (at the moment, it's a sea of Impalas). There's also an equally large lot for all the Silverados.
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Unfortunately, there is no way, aside from trespassing, to get an accurate "head-count" of how many cars are parked in their big lot . I drove by and saw those ~couple hundred cars parked there (the ones in the pictures) and from the road there's no way to see the front of the line. Now keep this in mind, those couple hundred cars take up only a FRACTION of the available parking space down by the plant!!! It would take QUITE awhile to get an accurate count on how many cars are in there! (at the moment, it's a sea of Impalas). There's also an equally large lot for all the Silverados.
. I drove by and saw those ~couple hundred cars parked there (the ones in the pictures) and from the road there's no way to see the front of the line. Now keep this in mind, those couple hundred cars take up only a FRACTION of the available parking space down by the plant!!! It would take QUITE awhile to get an accurate count on how many cars are in there! (at the moment, it's a sea of Impalas). There's also an equally large lot for all the Silverados.
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