What Are the Chances?

So, Jarem and I bought ourselves a second vehicle. This has been something we have been waiting for, for over a year now, waiting for the right conditions. Well, this spring those right conditions came together. We looked here in Lloydminster, but were unable to find anything that felt right for us. So we expanded our search to Battleford & Saskatoon, still nothing felt right for us.

So we expanded our search to Edmonton.

Now because we live on the Saskatchewan side of Lloydminster, if we purchase a vehicle that has not been purchased or registered in Saskatchewan before, we have to do a Provincial Inspection (PI), pay the PST, plus any other costs resulting from the inspection going wrong.

This could end up costing a lot of money.

So we did our looking, had a few different dealerships we wanted to look at with a few different vehicles to check out. So this past weekend after months of looking we headed into Edmonton.

So we went to the dealerships, looked at all the vehicles and chose It.

It met all of our criteria. So we started the making a deal process, in which we found out that the car had just been brought from Saskatchewan as a trade-in vehicle on another purchase! Bonus #1, the car had previously been registered in Saskatchewan! So with that tidbit of information we checked with SGI (Saskatchewan's registry/insurance) and yes the PST had already been paid! Yah #2!!

So we finished our deal excited about the PST, but still unsure as to the PI. But since the dealership had just done a bit of work on it, to ensure it would pass Alberta's PI, we were hopeful it would pass Saskatchewan's with flying colors, plus, there shouldn't be any repairs too soon.

So Jarem went to the registry today, to finalize the paper work. Not only had the car had the PST paid on it, BUT the registration process on the Alberta side had not been completed yet, leaving Saskatchewan as the last registering province!!! No PI! No hidden costs!! Yah #3

So, how can we drive 2.5 hours into a different province, pick 1 vehicle out of 1000's, and end up with a vehicle from our home province?

This car feels right for us!