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68style · 11-20-2019, 12:22 PM

My dude, I had no problems getting this letter from Lexus/Toyota within 24 hours of requesting it recently.

However, when I sold an Acura RSX to an American before......... it was an absolute nightmare getting it from Honda. First of all, do NOT TELL THEM you are selling your car to an American because they basically don't allow it. Tell them you are moving to the USA and want to take your car with you. As long as you get the letter, who cares who's name is on it (unlike importing to Canada where the letter has to be in your name, USA doesn't care) but even with me claiming I was moving down there and needed to export the vehicle, they just sat on it and sat on it and sat on it... and finally I got so pissed calling in and giving my case# and getting zero support from them that I started calling multiple times every single day and telling them I wouldn't stop calling until they made my damn letter and then bam it showed up in my inbox within a day suddenly.

Totally miserable experience, I highly advise you start the process yesterday if you have a buyer lined up or already sold it. I can only pray for you that they have improved their service since then (this was about 3 years ago). It took me over 3 weeks to get that stupid letter and I almost lost the sale because of it.

You also need to provide him/her the bottom portion of your registration and a written bill of sale. The buyer also needs to pay taxes at the border btw... it's super low compared to Canada though. It's a sliding scale. They do some weird thing like they get to apply a $400 exemption as part of their day trip, then they pay 10% on the first $1,000 cost of the car and then they pay 2.5% on the amount after that... so on a $10,000USD car it would end up being about $325.00......... way better than the freaking $1,500+ we would pay going the other way!!! They also get dinged a lot higher % taxes when they register the car in Washington State based on the value of the car. Not sure what that calculation is, but that's their problem though so why even mention it.

Also super weird, if you sell your car to an American... ICBC doesn't gaf... I went to go cancel my plates and report the sale to them and they just shrugged their shoulders... didn't want to see the APV9T transfer form or nothing... so in theory under my name there's still an RSX floating around that looks like I own it even though it's long gone from the country.

11-20-2019, 12:22 PM	#2
68style Performance Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Richmond Posts: 19,309 Thanked 21,267 Times in 7,244 Posts Failed 331 Times in 220 Posts	My dude, I had no problems getting this letter from Lexus/Toyota within 24 hours of requesting it recently. However, when I sold an Acura RSX to an American before......... it was an absolute nightmare getting it from Honda. First of all, do NOT TELL THEM you are selling your car to an American because they basically don't allow it. Tell them you are moving to the USA and want to take your car with you. As long as you get the letter, who cares who's name is on it (unlike importing to Canada where the letter has to be in your name, USA doesn't care) but even with me claiming I was moving down there and needed to export the vehicle, they just sat on it and sat on it and sat on it... and finally I got so pissed calling in and giving my case# and getting zero support from them that I started calling multiple times every single day and telling them I wouldn't stop calling until they made my damn letter and then bam it showed up in my inbox within a day suddenly. Totally miserable experience, I highly advise you start the process yesterday if you have a buyer lined up or already sold it. I can only pray for you that they have improved their service since then (this was about 3 years ago). It took me over 3 weeks to get that stupid letter and I almost lost the sale because of it. You also need to provide him/her the bottom portion of your registration and a written bill of sale. The buyer also needs to pay taxes at the border btw... it's super low compared to Canada though. It's a sliding scale. They do some weird thing like they get to apply a $400 exemption as part of their day trip, then they pay 10% on the first $1,000 cost of the car and then they pay 2.5% on the amount after that... so on a $10,000USD car it would end up being about $325.00......... way better than the freaking $1,500+ we would pay going the other way!!! They also get dinged a lot higher % taxes when they register the car in Washington State based on the value of the car. Not sure what that calculation is, but that's their problem though so why even mention it. Also super weird, if you sell your car to an American... ICBC doesn't gaf... I went to go cancel my plates and report the sale to them and they just shrugged their shoulders... didn't want to see the APV9T transfer form or nothing... so in theory under my name there's still an RSX floating around that looks like I own it even though it's long gone from the country.