[Christien]

Here's the way I look at it: until you've registered it in BC and transferred the title to your name, the car technically is still registered to its originating state and is still owned by the seller. So long as that temporary plate is legal and still valid (unexpired) in that state, there's no reason it should be a problem in BC. Think of it this way: what if the seller had a temp OR plate on there (i.e. vehicle still registered in his name, but for whatever reason a temp plate, not a real one - maybe someone swiped his real one), and decided to spend the weekend in BC. Surely that's legal, is it not? The only jump from that scenario to yours is who's driving the car.