thinking opf moving to bc, tell me the good and the bad.
 

hi there, and thanks for reading and hopefully replying. my name is ryan and i currently live in australia. But my girlfriend is wanting to move over to canada. We have both done the snow season in whistler, and she really wants to move over there for good. Now one thing i want to know before i make up my mine is, is there much of a rotor scene in bc? is there many workshops that work on them, and have proven track records with rotors?. also what are the cops like on moderfications?. Anyways thanks for reading guys.

Hey there, I just moved back home to BC from the land down under (NZ), haha.

1) YES, there is a good rotor following in BC. Check out www.bcrotary.com

2) There's a number of shops that work on them, as well as various tuning shops in Vancouver. (I'm assuming that's where you wanna go.

3) No regulations about modifications really, you only need to pass Air Care (emissions) in Vancouver. Victoria and other cities do no have emissions testing. If you get pulled over, and the cop thinks the car might be unsafe (no front license plate, or no horn button, or soemthing..) the car might get a VI (vehicle inspection, and that's about it).

4) THERE IS NO WOF...

Best bet is to move to the Island.
Its beautiful, no air care, and everyone is pretty mellow. There's not a huge RX7 scene on the Island, but it only takes a ferry ride.
If 'ya do decide to move over to BC, drop me a PM. There's really nothing BAD about BC from what I can tell, mind you, I've only lived here a few years myself.

Best part about moving here is you can bring your 15 year old or older car with you, no matter what side the wheel is on !

oh the island has a nice rx7 scene, but its in depression right now with gas prices. But ya check bc rotary lots of ppl around and lots of cars around, real nice place to be. Also the island is a nice vacation away from the hectic life of the mainland (vancouver)

regardless BC is a beautiful place to live, perhaps the best in Canada and most of the world. of course i am a little biased because im from vancouver.

Go down to the Docks..in that area you can Get Crack,hookers,Weed and a Case of Clap..all for the Low price of $5.99!..the best thing about BC is the BUD!..(just joking man.I hope you enjoy Canada.).one thing about Canada is NO Kangaroos,so you will not be dodging those anymore..but BC had Big Ass MOOSE..and when you hit one of those,it pretty well takes the Fun out of the day.Cops are OK in Canada,..I guess..They always treated me well,giving me a Nice Place to Stay..for months..Dammit..

If you think switching to a LHD RX-7 is going to be weird, you can always buy an imported FC or FD from Japan. There are a dozen for sale right now in BC.

http://www.buysell.com/classifieds/R...shcat/rx7.html

although you still need to drive on the other side of the road.

Or like Alak said you can ship your S4. But that will probably cost 2 grand after shipping and the inspections are all done.

One thing about BC is that it's quite variable in terms of weather, scenery, climate and so on (sort of like asking you to describe Australia). In the greater Vancouver and Vancouver island areas, the winters are mild, but cloudy and rainy, the summers are milder too, temperatures peaking lower than in the interior, maybe 35C highs, where in the interior it can get up to 45C in the shade sometimes. In the interior we get real winter, not that panzy stuff they call winter in Vancouver. The good part about that is that it's brighter and sunnier more often, but the roads can suffer (potholes, frost heaves) and then there's the sand on the roads in the spring. There's lots of amazing scenery in the interior with many very nice places to live. Some parts of the interior are semi-desert, whereas parts of the coast are temperate rainforest. Right now I'm living in a mountain town in the west Kootenays and I can look out off my deck and see beautiful forested mountians.

It's a nice place to live really, and if you tell us more about where you want to live, we can tell you more about it.

thanks for everyone's input. juist to let everyone know i've been over there twice now. i spent the winter of 05/06 in whistler. and just recently mid jan to mid febback there again. also took a drive out to big white. so i have spent some time driving around and have sence a bit. the miss's has suggested either squamish or maybe pemberton. she really likes it up there and enjoys the work she does there. now the distance between whistler and van doesn't worry me that much so getting to any performance shops wouldn't be a problem.
now hears a funny question for everyone. over hear in australia besides the rotor, i have 2 dirt bikes and have a love for parrots. i have been breeding birds for about 7 years now and have quite a large collection now. i've looked into it a bit now and have only found a few people who keep them in van, so if anyone knows of anyone, or can point me in the right direction would be a great help.
i have thourght about bringing my car with me just not to sure if i would, or sell it hear and start again with a new one. also what happens in the winter. does eneryone just put there cars away till the weather warms up?.
thanks again for any help i can get

A lot of people will put their cars away for the winter and drive something more ordinary, but on the coast, unless you're planning on driving to where they get real winter (like trips to Whistler), there's not a lot of need to do so. I've driven my car through a couple interior winters with real snow and ice for months on end without issues, you just have to drive carefully, which often means slowly, keep in mind that there's very little grip, and use proper winter tires and you'll be fine. I grew up in snow country, so I've got lots of snow driving experience. You may get stuck sometimes, but that happens with lots of cars depending on the situation. Especially if the car's lowered, has a body kit or a front spoiler or something along those lines, ground clearance can be an issue. For a novice snow driver, a FWD or AWD sedan with decent ground clearance is probably better.

well the miss's want's to either look at squamish or pemperton. And as you said low cars can be a problem. i know my car is only 10cm of the ground, and i know stones can be a problem so snow would screw my car over. as i said one of the main reasons that i'm hesitating to commit is the bird thing. still trying to find information. time will tell.

I used to live in Squamish...We get snow in this area like what, once or twice a year? Buy a cheap 4x4 for those days.
Squamish is by far the nicest place I have ever seen in BC.
I might buy a camcorder and would love to film everything around the province for you!

B.C. = Bring Cash haha :) I love it there, everywhere from Clearwater to the coast to Barkerville, Penticton, Kelowna, Liard......far too many places to mention.

I also used to live in Moose Jaw Sask...the housing costs there are rising too. May as well cough up the extra 50-100g's and live here :)

Everybody is giving you a line. You don't want to come to BC. I don't know why so many people do. Its always raining, that or snowing. The wind never stops. Hills go up both ways, you can never coast down hill. The sun is always behind clouds. It costs a fortune to live here. The ferries are always sinking and they tax the hell out of you. Already too many people here!

ya but you could live in edmonton...or red deer...or calgary. face it man, vancouver is beautiful, and then you have the rest of the province to enjoy when your bored of the city. And then after all that you still have the island! I love driving the inland freeway from nanaimo to campbell river not dipping below 160kmh for a solid hour.