Does anyone know how long you can drive an out-of-country vehicle in Canada before you need to register it here?
My motive behind the question:
Not sure if anyone has heard of the small islands of St. Pierre & Miquelon, just off the coast of Newfoundland (not so helpful for you Alberta folks, but great for an east coaster like me). Anyways, they are officially owned by and part of France...in fact there is a Peugeot dealer there, and cars registered there are registered as French vehicles with French plates. I'm not familiar with France's car regulations, but I know that they obviously allow any Euro spec vehicle, probably JDM as well. So...I'm thinking I could import virtually any car to St. Pierre & Miquelon, register it there as a French vehicle, and drive it here in Canada indefinitely. If there is a restriction on how long an out-of-country vehicle can stay here, or if the car needs annual or whatever French inspections/registrations, simply make a trip back, get done what you need to do, and then use the car in Canada again.
This is all just speculation, but if it's feasible, then virtually every car is available to us to drive here...and wouldn't it be sweet driving around with Euro plates both front and rear?