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The purpose "protection against wildlife" is listed right on the temporary import form as a valid reason for importing. It's also spelled out in the customs D memos on the subject. Trust me on this, I know of what I speak. That officer was dead wrong.

It depends where you're going and what you're doing. If you're going way into the back country where encounters with bears and cougars are likely, sure. If you're going shopping in downtown Vancouver, no, they're not going to let you import it for defense against wildlife :P

Perhaps you're getting mixed up between restricted and non restricted. Anyone with a license (including temporary license holders) may carry a non-restricted firearm for defense against wildlife. This is one of the purposes explicitly permitted for foreign nationals to import firearms...

To clarify, defense against wildlife is one of the reasons explicitly allowed for bringing guns into Canada. I believe I've mentioned it already.

12 gauge shotgun can generally gets the job done quite effectively heh.

Definitely don't recommend trying to smuggle guns through Canada either. Jail time and deportation for life is the likely result. If anyone does show up at the border with their guns accidentally - ie, took a wrong turn and didn't mean to come to the border - just declare all firearms to the...

No, it's not as bad as England, but if our clown prince PM gets re-elected in October, it surely will be. What most people do is just ship their restricted or prohibited firearms to Alaska via Fedex or whatever, and transit through with their non-restricted stuff documented on the temp license...

Hope I git to be inyo national forests someday too! :P Don't worry, I'll leave no trace inyo forest.

You could have two sets of wheels and tires and swap them as the occasion requires, if you're so inclined.

This made me think of you

How on earth do you misplace a set of wheels? :P

Yeah, and then I finally decided to improve my departure angle and access to my recovery points - been considering this for a while.

After driving it to and from work, I Jacked it up with the new-to-me jack stands I bought off FB Marketplace for $10, crawled underneath to start measuring and thinking about how to build a skid plate for the carrier bearing. While I was at it, I noticed that the safety hangers and the carrier...

That's an awesome console. I did something similar with mine by using a 20mm mortar can bolted down in place of the fold down table the CR-V comes with. I've never seen anyone make a console by using the cans sideways, though - very clever.

This is why I'm fairly certain that if I ever did buy a new or almost new rig, I would spring for top level ceramic coating. If you're already spending 30-50k on a vehicle, what's another 2k to make the paintwork essentially bulletproof and totally hydrophobic?

How good of a vehicle could you get for that $5000? Is there an option to sell it or trade it in to get something better? 5000 seems awfully high for 1 year's worth of maintenance. I don't think I've even spent $1200 on mine, and that's including a new radiator installed, building a roof rack...

Drove it 72km to work. lol Thank goodness it's Friday...

Forgot this one. I was camping inside the CR-V on this occasion.

Yeah, I wish my CR-V had low range too. The cool thing is that the lowest two gears are actually extra-low, so they have more engine braking than the equivalent Civic, which is based on the same platform. It helps significantly, but low range would be preferable.

You bring up a good point. The phrase that comes to my mind as I read what you're writing is "diminishing returns." In my mind, I try to strike a balance between economy and diminishing returns. The thing about my particular vehicle is that it has a lot going for it in this department. The...