Yet another complication to importing cars from US to Canada is the requirement of electronic immobilzers for all new cars after Sept 2007. Apparently the Canadian standard is that the device must foil a thief for 5 minutes or longer. Apparently, US cars equipped with immobilizers do not necessarily meet this standard. My question is how do they measure the "5 minute standard" as each thief has different level of ability.

Recently the Canadian government relaxed standards that allow importation of cars from the US built after Sept. 2007 as long as it has an immobilizer. They are not applying the "5 minute standard". Don't know if this will last or if it was just designed to reduce the backlog of angry owners who got their cars stuck at the border after Sept. 2007.

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ARVY

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