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Originally posted by jeffgrant
I could be wrong, but from what I've seen in the regs, the BC Inspection calls for having metric speedo, even if it's just kph stickers on the speedo.
I get the impression that it's on the books, but not enforced.
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It is a law, but only applies to cars made after a certain date. With many older cars there doesn't exist a metric speedo, so passing a law demanding something that doesn't exist is fruitless. There is obviously a certain year that after which you have to swap the speedo. What this year is, I don't know.
I talked to a friend who brought in a 74 BMW '02. They said nothing on his inspection.
Here's an example of Canada Customs stupidity. 5 years ago I took a '74 VW south and did extensive restoration work on it, including swapping out the mph speedo in favour of a metric one. When I got to Canada Customs, I declared all the work and had the bill to show them. The customs officer went out to look at the car. I could tell he didn't like the work I had done. He was dragging his ass about doing up the paperwork. Finally he admitted he wanted to deny my car, stating that I had changed too much. He said a 74 didn't have EFI with a CAT. He also didn't like the fact that I had changed the speedo to a metric one. I couldn't believe how stupid this guy was. In the end he reluctantly took my $1500 in taxes, admitting that since the car was already registered in BC there was nothing he could do. Moral of the story: tell them nothing, drive right through.