Shopping for cars in the US

[Samw]

I found Autotrader.com and Craigslist to be useful. I ended up buying one from Florida on EBay. It will work out to be about 20-25% cheaper than buying one here once all fees and costs are added in. This is consistent with all of the articles that I've read.

http://www.vancouversun.com/cars/soa...305/story.html

http://money.ca.msn.com/retirement/g...entid=23735410

My car is currently in transit on a truck. Hope it turns out OK. I plan to take delivery in Bellingham and drive it back.

What I still don't understand is whether or not I need to buy a trip permit at the border to drive it into BC even though I will have temp plates from the car dealer in Florida. Some ICBC Autoplan agents say that I need it and some say that I don't. Some websites say I can drive into Canada with Florida temp plates and some websites say that I can't. I have binder insurance of course.