Canadian 1M owners in US Check IN!

[nachob]

1 1/2 years now and I haven't any major issues owning a Canadian 1M in USA. The parts come up by VIN, everything is basically the same except for no TPMS. The only issue I have discovered is that we don't get notices from BMW because we don't have Canadian addresses and the BMW VIN lookup doesn't return the recalls. So I have to call Canadian dealer and ask of BMW of Canada. Once I know about the recalls, the dealer have been great about fixing. But that go me thinking that it would be great if we had a sub group of Canadian 1Ms registered in the US so we can share information. I know myself and Champignon are two.

So sign up up here. It might be useful to say if you have NAV or No NAV since some update stuff might be different and for curiosity, let me know if you kept KM speedo or swapped it. Personally, I love the KM only speedo and kept it. So I will start the thread.

[nachob]

VO 1M from Toronto, now registered San Diego, CA

No options, heated seats and bluetooth standard.

Kept KM speedometer.

[balloonsalesman]

haven't registered mine but I drove it to San francisco from Montreal this past summer and have been driving here since. Will likely be transporting it back to Montreal in May.

I've been to the dealer here once and had no issues, just needed to prove that I have the extended warranty by getting my MTL dealer to email me a copy of the contract.

[champignon]

VO 1M, originally from Toronto, now registered in Idaho. No Nav, but power seats and HK audio.

Canadian 1Ms do not have the American version of TPMS with sensors in each tire, but rather have the more universal system that judges "roundness" of the tires in operation.

VW uses essentially this same tire monitoring system in their USA cars, by the way. Advantages are potentially fewer false alarms on tires plus no need to buy a new set of sensors if you have a separate set of winter tires on rims that you swap seasonally.

[hunterl41]

Just purchased my CA import. No nav. Will post more details once I've picked it up.

Great thread

[nachob]

Originally Posted by hunterl41

Just purchased my CA import. No nav. Will post more details once I've picked it up.

Great thread

Once you get it registered there is a form you fill in and send to Bmw with a copy of your registration to get it on BMW usa radar as a US registered car. Worth doing. In my case it transferred remaining warranty to me in US.

[hunterl41]

Yep submitted the "warranty validation form" first thing. Hopefully this will allow me to get any outstanding recalls done here instead of Canada.

[hunterl41]

So I submitted the warranty validation form last year when I bought the car. And this weekend I took the car in for injectors, which seem to be under warranty on all other N54 cars. The dealership is saying that it doesn't show my vin as being eliagable for this warranty work. Any other Canadian imports have this problem?

[nachob]

Originally Posted by hunterl41

So I submitted the warranty validation form last year when I bought the car. And this weekend I took the car in for injectors, which seem to be under warranty on all other N54 cars. The dealership is saying that it doesn't show my vin as being eliagable for this warranty work. Any other Canadian imports have this problem?

You will have to speak to BMW USA about that. I haven't seen them extending the injector warranty to Canada so the VIN shows as Canadian but they transferred it to USA, so you will have to call BMW USA since the warranty was transferred.

It is possible they might say no in that case but would suck!. Let us know please.

[canadianbimmerlover]

I really wonder how many of the 220 are still actually in Canada?

[mweine]

Originally Posted by canadianbimmerlover

I really wonder how many of the 220 are still actually in Canada?

Mine is still in Canada as I live in Canada. BSM. I think only around 40 of this colour made for Canada.

[persianbmw91]

AW 1M from Toronto now in DC. Kinda feel bad we're depleting their stock, but the prices have been so much more reasonable up there for some reason.

[zenaku]

Originally Posted by canadianbimmerlover

I really wonder how many of the 220 are still actually in Canada?

As of 2017 there are 203 registered in Canada.

[nachob]

Originally Posted by zenaku

As of 2017 there are 203 registered in Canada.

Thamks. So up to 17 could be here. Some might have gone abroad too.

[rramseyr]

VO 1M w/NAV Ontario now in Indiana

[canadianbimmerlover]

Originally Posted by zenaku

As of 2017 there are 203 registered in Canada.

I'm curious as to where this number comes from. It seems that more that 17 cars have either left the country or have been written off. But that is just the impression one gets from the forums.

[champignon]

Originally Posted by canadianbimmerlover

I'm curious as to where this number comes from. It seems that more that 17 cars have either left the country or have been written off. But that is just the impression one gets from the forums.

I would think so, as well.

I don't know how long Canadian car registrations can last; in my state, Idaho, registrations can last up to 2 years. If my car were to leave the state, especially if it left the country, I doubt that the state would have any knowledge of that, and the previous registration would show up as being valid until the registration period expired and was not renewed.

Carfax or Autocheck would presumably show the car as being registered elsewhere, eventually. Not knowing where the number referred to came from, it is hard to know how accurate and how current it is.

[zenaku]

Registration data (which is where the 203 number comes from) is the "closest" number you can get, but you are definitely right that registrations can last 2 years. Someone that registered their Canadian car for 2 years and sold it within a year would still be counted in this data.

[DeonBlastadon]

Sup fellas! I guess I'm part of an even more exclusive club.

VO 1M from Toronto to Norcal

[hunterl41]

Originally Posted by DeonBlastadon

Sup fellas! I guess I'm part of an even more exclusive club.

VO 1M from Toronto to Norcal

Welcome to the 1Mports