The salesman replies that you can pay in full for it today, and the car is ready for you to take possession, indeed he'd like it off his lot to make room for more stock, but you can't take possession until the government approves you again (in addition to your license, they must approve the car itself), and that may take from one week to two years although it's usually less than 30 days except for some compact cars, and cars that are painted black.
There's only one government employee who can approve you, and sometimes she goes on vacation or gets sick. Nice woman, but there's only one of her. Some days she gets so many phone calls asking about status that she doesn't have time to approve anything.
A quarter of the cars on the lot, although they work similarly, indeed some are identical to the remaining three quarters, you may never drive anywhere except on provincial government approved places, and you must hire a flatbed trailer to move it around between places.
The salesman points out that even after the sale of the vehicle is approved, the government may at any time confiscate your car because they don't like the model or someone doesn't think anyone should have that model.
Much to your surprise, mufflers are illegal except for law enforcement stealth vehicles.
Also illegal is a gas tank that would allow you to drive more than 25km without filling up. You may have as many spare cans of gas in the trunk as you like, but if you park with the cans in the trunk they are considered 'attached' to the vehicle and that's against the law. Also, whenever you park you must empty the gas from the main tank. Some vehicles have a convenient removable gas tank, but in all vehicles you have to siphon out any gas remaining in the carborator.
Now that you have the vehicle you may apply to become a member at the provincial government approved place, and after they've checked you out (may take three quarters of a year, assuming they will let you in at all as they may be full) and approved you, yet another government employee must decide if you're safe to put your car onto a flatbed truck without calling them each and every time to go to the provincial government approved place.
If someone steals your car, you might go to jail for it. If you keep gasoline in the garage with your car, and your garage may be 'readily broken into' or is ever left open while you are not there, you may be incarcerated. There is no definition anywhere of what 'readily broken into' means. If you're not kind and polite to everyone you meet, your car will be confiscated. If your significant other meets a younger more attractive person, your car will be confiscated. If you drive your car in the city, and someone sees you driving your car, you can expect swat to stand on your neck while your children kneel in the muddy ground at gunpoint. Nothing is more important after coming home than locking up your car -- not your full bladder, not the melting ice cream in the grocery bags, not the children, not your sick mother.
You're responsible for knowing all the federal, provincial, and municipal laws about your car, everywhere you travel, even though judges/attorneys and police often get them wrong, and you may suffer incarceration for crimes you didn't commit.
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