Well I know a guy that on another forum that rents storage in Minn. has his parts shipped there and drives across the border once a month to pick up what he has ordered.
I wonder what his experience is like at the border. when I was taking an axle across the border back in June, I thought the guy was going to drag me from the car and beat money out of me for taxes on items being left in Canada. I guess each province is probably different. BC's taxes are like 12%, but Alberta's are only 4%, if I remember correctly.
Back in 1993 when I drove into BC, they threatened to search my vehicle for firearms, because apparently someone from Montana probably had guns hidden everywhere in their car. Now, in 2011, it more about money, I guess.