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The poster can also drive / bring the car into Canada from the US using a commercial ferry crossing.
Regardless I think the recommendation was not to attempt to bring the car over until after a successful entry. I suppose though that doesn't rule out a friend driving the car over a land border (or ferry crossing) to avoid the expensive of shipping a car over via a commercial company.