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gtiador
05-19-2008, 06:46 PM
i saw some really nice bbs in the vortex wheel classifieds, so i checked em out. they're up for 2200 canadian obo. i thought "cool, i bet they're under 2 grand in USD." wrong.

i went to google to search for the exchange rate, and it told me that currently, 2200 CAD = 2217 USD! i know the us dollar is going down the toilet quick, but not like this! so then i went to the basic 1:1 exchange table, and $1 dollar here barely covers $.99 north of the border. i remember when $20 here was worth $25 or $26 in canada..

how times are changing... i bet hpa's happy at least :D
dub*man
05-19-2008, 07:31 PM
things are still waaay cheaper here. Its like a $15 difference when you fill up in canada vs us
gtiador
05-19-2008, 07:34 PM
things are still waaay cheaper here. Its like a $15 difference when you fill up in canada vs us

for sure. too bad mint condish rm's are fing expensive everywhere..
mike
05-19-2008, 07:35 PM
yeah, but in SnowMexico I can fill up a Syncro Doublecab Eurovan....................
SoCal_GLI
05-19-2008, 07:39 PM
the canadian dollar has been worth more than the US dollar for at least 6 months, where have you been?
gtiador
05-19-2008, 07:46 PM
the canadian dollar has been worth more than the US dollar for at least 6 months, where have you been?

i was in the land of not considering buying wheels from canada that would give me cause for looking at exchange rates.

the media is only presenting the growing weakness of the us dollar in combination with increasing oil prices. i haven't heard of exchange rates other than the euro in ages.
SP00LN
05-19-2008, 08:45 PM
Moving from Canada to Socal in Sept of 07, I can tell you, things down here are still much cheaper. Gas is alrdy $5.00/gallon for regular there. Clothes are way cheaper etc.

Cost of living for me here is actually a bit cheaper, and im making more.
JETTAone420
05-19-2008, 08:51 PM
but u can smoke pot in canada!!


kk im done just had to say taht..
Monster8V
05-19-2008, 08:56 PM
where cant you smoke pot?? the shit that comes out of your head kills me.
anitx
05-19-2008, 09:23 PM
for sure. too bad mint condish rm's are fing expensive everywhere..

I don't even like BBS wheels but that statement is classic.
JETTAone420
05-19-2008, 09:25 PM
LEGALLY(sorta)!...well they treat it like it should be...
gtiador
05-19-2008, 09:30 PM
I don't even like BBS wheels but that statement is classic.

by "classic," do you mean that it's a cool ass statement because of my supa-fresh vocab :D or because rm's have always been expensive?

..anyways..
i think i only like the thought of bbs. they're too played out though. i finally realized that trying to make unique-looking rm's or rs's is nearly impossible these days. the search continues..
anitx
05-19-2008, 10:42 PM
It made me LOL.....

:tup:
gtiador
05-20-2008, 11:48 AM
It made me LOL.....

:tup:

yes!!! lol pts for me :D
Slapshotnerd
05-20-2008, 12:20 PM
I went to Canada for a hockey trip in 98 or 99, and we bought TONS of hockey gear up there! not only was the gear cheaper because most of it is manufactured up there, but our dollar was worth around $1.40 canadian!!
dub*man
05-20-2008, 03:48 PM
Moving from Canada to Socal in Sept of 07, I can tell you, things down here are still much cheaper. Gas is alrdy $5.00/gallon for regular there. Clothes are way cheaper etc.

Cost of living for me here is actually a bit cheaper, and im making more.

Its like 1.42 per L in BC now :tdown:
oc-audica
05-20-2008, 03:54 PM
the canadian dollar has been worth more than the US dollar for at least 6 months, where have you been?
...news reporters were saying something like European business owners are starting to create deals for US vacationers aka "Victims"...
the "issue of the us dollar" has been in the media this last week... so naturally people are gona start talking about it