Alberta border crossing in the "ugly van"
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:57 pm
This past long weekend I had to go to Montana to meet somebody and did my first border crossing driving the Deli. Going to the US was easy and quiet and the guy told me he's seen vans like mine in Saudi Arabia when he was with the army.
Lots of head turning, people waving and smiling in Montana, but I think they'd still prefer a big ol' Ford truck down there.
One thing I didn't like were the very strong winds in the highways. I thought the van was going to roll, specially when big trucks were coming the other way; but I found out that if I dropped the speed to 100 kms or less just before a big truck would come, then it'd be fine. A little scary anyway...
On the way back to Canada the guard at the border was not very nice but I guess it's due to the fact that it's a busy border and a lot of people import cars from the US, and he thought I was importing the van from the US and he asked and asked questions about what he called, that "ugly van"...
No sir, I am not importing this van from the US. No modifications, no work done and I bought the van in Calgary. The only new thing on the van are those spots you see right there from peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that mi kids were eating earlier today... (It's actually "Goober", something we always get in the US, because we can't get it in Calgary)
Lots of head turning, people waving and smiling in Montana, but I think they'd still prefer a big ol' Ford truck down there.
One thing I didn't like were the very strong winds in the highways. I thought the van was going to roll, specially when big trucks were coming the other way; but I found out that if I dropped the speed to 100 kms or less just before a big truck would come, then it'd be fine. A little scary anyway...
On the way back to Canada the guard at the border was not very nice but I guess it's due to the fact that it's a busy border and a lot of people import cars from the US, and he thought I was importing the van from the US and he asked and asked questions about what he called, that "ugly van"...
No sir, I am not importing this van from the US. No modifications, no work done and I bought the van in Calgary. The only new thing on the van are those spots you see right there from peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that mi kids were eating earlier today... (It's actually "Goober", something we always get in the US, because we can't get it in Calgary)