Building for the road course...again
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May that guy get lots of blowjobs in 2026
gotovato
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I have reshipped now.
Went through staples so I could shop around a few shippers. According to the dude NOBODY wants to cross the border. He hit me with a “Goodluck” as we looked at the options.
FedEx ground being the cheapest at $75…to bad FedEx has cancelled all ground shipping. Too much hassle apparently so they are only doing air to the USA. $365…
DHL started at like $400+…riddle me that. I get packages from Japan via dhl and I think the most I paid was $100cad to ship cams, timing chain, tensioner, all sorts of shit in the package. INSANE.
Ended up with purolator. $91. In December they were charging a 30% markup to cover tariffs. I asked dude if that meant I wouldn’t have to pay and he just LOLd was like naw, you pay the markup then you pay whatever customs hits you for. Fuuuuck that.
Ended up with purolator in the end since that additional fee wasn’t applied. Buddy said it must’ve ended in 2025 so that was OK.
ETA is the 7th. Here’s hoping.
I wanna put his forum user name on the car LOL he’s a sponsor for sure
Went through staples so I could shop around a few shippers. According to the dude NOBODY wants to cross the border. He hit me with a “Goodluck” as we looked at the options.
FedEx ground being the cheapest at $75…to bad FedEx has cancelled all ground shipping. Too much hassle apparently so they are only doing air to the USA. $365…
DHL started at like $400+…riddle me that. I get packages from Japan via dhl and I think the most I paid was $100cad to ship cams, timing chain, tensioner, all sorts of shit in the package. INSANE.
Ended up with purolator. $91. In December they were charging a 30% markup to cover tariffs. I asked dude if that meant I wouldn’t have to pay and he just LOLd was like naw, you pay the markup then you pay whatever customs hits you for. Fuuuuck that.
Ended up with purolator in the end since that additional fee wasn’t applied. Buddy said it must’ve ended in 2025 so that was OK.
ETA is the 7th. Here’s hoping.
So this guy paid for half the engine that’s currently in the civic. When I popped the engine back in July I was like borderline fucked. Buddy sent me a few bucks USD and thanks to the exchange rate it ended up being like $330. Almost half of my $700 engine. He’s a true enthusiast and just doesn’t wanna see shit die. He owns a few Midas auto shops so I’m not sure if he writes shit off or just isn’t worried about spending a few bucks.
I wanna put his forum user name on the car LOL he’s a sponsor for sure
Crazycanadian
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That's awesome he's helped out. Every little bit of help like that goes a long way to keeping something alive.
gotovato
Greenie Member
100% this. It’s so true. Even the smallest help. It goes a long way with motivation too. Very hopeful!
gotovato
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is this why? because originally i was shipping to fortune auto vs this time it was a residential address?
gotovato
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Hmmm. So things I did differently
Purolator instead of UPS
300 declared value instead of 1200
HS number provided in box(this is the tariff code for Mac struts/dampers. The code comes back as 0% tariff)
I also provided an RMA number in the box
Anyone of those things might’ve been the answer here
Purolator instead of UPS
300 declared value instead of 1200
HS number provided in box(this is the tariff code for Mac struts/dampers. The code comes back as 0% tariff)
I also provided an RMA number in the box
Anyone of those things might’ve been the answer here
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