[Otter74]

Did this on Sunday and it was easy-peasy. It was strongly recommended to me to avoid the Blaine crossing because the border traffic sucked and so did the drive from there to Seattle. Instead I took the ferry from Horsehoe Bay to Nanaimo and drove to Victoria, then took the 6AM ferry to Port Angeles and drove down the Olympic peninsula with a stop in the park. I told them I was importing the car, they told me to drive through and park in front of the trailer and take care of it in there. Gave them the bill of sale and BC registration, filled out the CBP form, paid $150 duty and was out in about 20 minutes. The plates stayed with the car (it has the only kind of plates the province issues that they don't take back when a car gets sold) so I can drive it home on them. Went by a branch of the provincial auto-everything agency (I forget what they're called) thinking I needed at least a binder of insurance to get to the border but the women there said no, that's only for residents and were generally a bit confused because they had never dealt with this situation before but were very good natured about everything. I got a temporary permit to drive the car for normal use (not allowed in antique plates) for like $30 just in case to cover myself and the seller. That visit was the hardest part of the whole process and took longer than importing the car did!