First in Montreal?
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:24 pm
Hi there all,
I This summer I picked out a 1991 gray over black exceed with crystal-lite roof and 76K on the clock, brought it in to canada with Karim at Silk Road in Surrey BC whist I worked my seasonal job (camp cook) all over Rural BC. By July I was driving it back east to Montreal, where I live. I am really pleased with the vehicle I ended up with, she drives like a champ, gets OK mileage (roughly 10.5-11L/100KMs) and is in top shape, mechanically. I decided to go for a vehicle that was in better shape under the hood (or passenger seat) than on the outside, so she has some patches of rust on the roof and the bush bars, as well as a few minor scraps and one dent, but otherwise the body is very clean, no body rust and she looks very fetching.
Driving across the country was a real treat and the perfect way to break her in. Had no problems what so ever, and had a real chance to get used to how it drives. Delicas are a real novelty anywhere east of Alberta so we turned a lot of heads. I was hoping to be the first Delica in Montreal, and may well be, but friends tell me they have spotted others here and there, just not sure if they actually live here. Most of the time I get gawked at when I drive by. Now I know what it's like having big boobs!
I had a hell of a time getting the vehicle registered once I was here in Quebec. I will try to detail my experience in the registration section at some point, but in the mean time if anyone wants some advice on registration in Quebec, feel free to email me. Suffice to say it took a couple of weeks of running around to get the job done, and they claim they had to add a new entry in to the vehicle registration database for me, which seems odd seeing as how there already seems to be a few somewhere else in Quebec!? They also tried to charge me QST, but I managed to obtain an exemption.
I did have a positive with Karim at Silk Road autos. Although the process was a bit loosey Goosey, and they are not as mechanically oriented as some of the more prominent dealers, he gave me very attentive service, is scrupulously honest and gave me a very good deal. Thousands less that what i would have paid at most other dealerships. Very nice guys.
I intend to drive the van on biodeisel as much as possible. I have not changed my fuel lines ect, but intend to do all of that very soon. I have sourced a guy on the south shore who sells homebrew made from wvo for $1/L. I will try it out soon. I will also do a WVO conversion on it when I can afford it, and have found a deisel mechaic who will install it.
Anyhow, thats me.
Jeremiah in Montreal
Jerbull@gmail.com
I This summer I picked out a 1991 gray over black exceed with crystal-lite roof and 76K on the clock, brought it in to canada with Karim at Silk Road in Surrey BC whist I worked my seasonal job (camp cook) all over Rural BC. By July I was driving it back east to Montreal, where I live. I am really pleased with the vehicle I ended up with, she drives like a champ, gets OK mileage (roughly 10.5-11L/100KMs) and is in top shape, mechanically. I decided to go for a vehicle that was in better shape under the hood (or passenger seat) than on the outside, so she has some patches of rust on the roof and the bush bars, as well as a few minor scraps and one dent, but otherwise the body is very clean, no body rust and she looks very fetching.
Driving across the country was a real treat and the perfect way to break her in. Had no problems what so ever, and had a real chance to get used to how it drives. Delicas are a real novelty anywhere east of Alberta so we turned a lot of heads. I was hoping to be the first Delica in Montreal, and may well be, but friends tell me they have spotted others here and there, just not sure if they actually live here. Most of the time I get gawked at when I drive by. Now I know what it's like having big boobs!
I had a hell of a time getting the vehicle registered once I was here in Quebec. I will try to detail my experience in the registration section at some point, but in the mean time if anyone wants some advice on registration in Quebec, feel free to email me. Suffice to say it took a couple of weeks of running around to get the job done, and they claim they had to add a new entry in to the vehicle registration database for me, which seems odd seeing as how there already seems to be a few somewhere else in Quebec!? They also tried to charge me QST, but I managed to obtain an exemption.
I did have a positive with Karim at Silk Road autos. Although the process was a bit loosey Goosey, and they are not as mechanically oriented as some of the more prominent dealers, he gave me very attentive service, is scrupulously honest and gave me a very good deal. Thousands less that what i would have paid at most other dealerships. Very nice guys.
I intend to drive the van on biodeisel as much as possible. I have not changed my fuel lines ect, but intend to do all of that very soon. I have sourced a guy on the south shore who sells homebrew made from wvo for $1/L. I will try it out soon. I will also do a WVO conversion on it when I can afford it, and have found a deisel mechaic who will install it.
Anyhow, thats me.
Jeremiah in Montreal
Jerbull@gmail.com
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