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salmonz · 01-15-2012, 09:07 PM

Picked it up on Wednesday. Bought her from Nanaimo Toyota. Flew out to BC from Toronto and drove it back home taking about 50 hours. The trip was amazing and saw our beautiful country. Went through the rockies, icy conditions, flurries, dealt with delays due to avalanche maintenance at Glacier National Park, boring drive through the Canadian Prairies, almost ran out of gas in Northern Ontario :p, and dealt with -26C weather. It was a really awesome trip.

See ya guys!

Here she is on the dock at Departure Bay, Nanaimo, BC:

swede · 01-16-2012, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by salmonz

Picked it up on Wednesday. Bought her from Nanaimo Toyota. Flew out to BC from Toronto and drove it back home taking about 50 hours. The trip was amazing and saw our beautiful country. Went through the rockies, icy conditions, flurries, dealt with delays due to avalanche maintenance at Glacier National Park, boring drive through the Canadian Prairies, almost ran out of gas in Northern Ontario :p, and dealt with -26C weather. It was a really awesome trip.

umm there's no way that it was cheaper to buy it out in B.C. and drive it back to Ontario than to just buy it here! I'm curious to know why you would do such a thing?

Cyn97 · 01-10-2012, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by salmonz

What I need to get for the Corolla:
Winter tires. Pref Michelin X-Ice. Any good/cheap places in Ontario that's similar to tirerack's price? ($500US + shipping) + cost of rims.

1010tires.com has killer rates (including shipping) and they ship out of BC so no customs to deal with etc... Bought my Winters for the Camaro there... I got 19" Rims (nothing special: M6 Replikas) with Pirelli Scorpions for just over half the price of just the tires from any tire shop I could find. Plus they came mounted & balanced

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I won't post actual prices since this is a TireRack sponsored sub-forum, but check it out, they are a good alternative to TireRack for Canadians - Although I think they also ship out of Seattle for US customers.

bronsin · 01-16-2012, 12:08 PM

Congradulations on the car and great deal on the trip. I ride motorcycles and its very common to do a "fly and drive" to get just what you want.

But not in winter!

01-16-2012, 12:08 PM	#4
bronsin Drives: 2009 Base Hatch 2 Dr Auto Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: nj Posts: 4,784	Congradulations on the car and great deal on the trip. I ride motorcycles and its very common to do a "fly and drive" to get just what you want. But not in winter! __________________ Synthetic Oil: Its All In Your Head

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01-15-2012, 09:07 PM	#1
salmonz Drives: 07 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Milton, ON, Canada Posts: 66	Picked it up on Wednesday. Bought her from Nanaimo Toyota. Flew out to BC from Toronto and drove it back home taking about 50 hours. The trip was amazing and saw our beautiful country. Went through the rockies, icy conditions, flurries, dealt with delays due to avalanche maintenance at Glacier National Park, boring drive through the Canadian Prairies, almost ran out of gas in Northern Ontario :p, and dealt with -26C weather. It was a really awesome trip. See ya guys! Here she is on the dock at Departure Bay, Nanaimo, BC: