Eastern Usa- Canada

J. Clarke:
> Now, turns out that (at least according to National) there's a gotcha.
> Apparently for some reason known only to the Canadian legislature, a
> Canadian citizen can't drive across the US-Canada border in a
> US-registered rental car ...

That's wrong -- as correctly stated elsewhere in the thread, the rule
applies to Canadian residents, not citizens. It's a customs issue.

Some years ago I was told by a rental company that it actually did not
apply if the car was taken into Canada and dropped off at the first
convenient point, or something like that. In particular, that it was
permissible enter via I-5, drive as far as Vancouver, and return the
car promptly there. I make no assertion that this is generally true,
or even that it was really legal then.
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Mark Brader wrote:
> J. Clarke:
>> Now, turns out that (at least according to National) there's a
>> gotcha. Apparently for some reason known only to the Canadian
>> legislature, a Canadian citizen can't drive across the US-Canada
>> border in a US-registered rental car ...
>
> That's wrong -- as correctly stated elsewhere in the thread, the
> rule
> applies to Canadian residents, not citizens. It's a customs issue.

It's only "wrong" if it doesn't apply to citizens.

> Some years ago I was told by a rental company that it actually did
> not
> apply if the car was taken into Canada and dropped off at the first
> convenient point, or something like that. In particular, that it
> was
> permissible enter via I-5, drive as far as Vancouver, and return the
> car promptly there. I make no assertion that this is generally
> true,
> or even that it was really legal then.

According to both National and Alamo the car gets siezed at the
border.

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