In British Columbia we have passanger car licence plates and truck licence
plates.  Both my Rabbit Pickup and Vanagon Double Cab have truck plates!

At 03:04 09/02/1999 EST, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>My best double cab I got up in Winnepeg, which gets so cold, that they
>don't put salt on the roads, and its very clean,  also it was garaged
>through the winters.  I paid (I think), $7500 US fo it.  I had to get a
>letter of certification from VW in Michigan, and send it to DOT to have it
>stamped.  Then, when you declare it at the border, you have to pay duty on
>it.  Depending on how they classify it, the duty is either 3% of the price,
>or 25% of the price.  Yes, if the border guard says its a truck, and not a
>passenger vehicle, the duty is 25% of the price you paid for it.  Its the
>so called "Chicken Tariffs" designed to keep German trucks from competing
>with the US makers like GM and FORD, and is still in effect.  That's why
>you don't see the German trucks in the US.  Luckily, I was able to convince
>them that it isn't a truck, and I paid 3% duty on it.
>
>Charles
>
>

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