My car is finally Mexican

I think we all should copy and keep it ferret. Matter of fact I wish I would have had a copy the other day to give to some fat old bag who was loudly lambasting the staff at Telecable because she could not understand them. Maybe I'll print some and start passing them out like religious tracts, start a new religion ... that's it, how about Pope Bubba the first as Patron?

IMO, we have enough work keeping our own noses clean before tsk tsking about what other people are doing.

Re Rex and the "tenencia". I misspoke on that one. I realize that there are yearly fees that must be paid forever, and that the 10 year tax is another matter. There are fees everywhere attached to driving vehicles and I don't object to paying my own.

oncesubtle wrote:I think we all should copy and keep it ferret. Matter of fact I wish I would have had a copy the other day to give to some fat old bag who was loudly lambasting the staff at Telecable because she could not understand them. Maybe I'll print some and start passing them out like religious tracts, start a new religion ... that's it, how about Pope Bubba the first as Patron?

Pope Bubba 1st thanks you oncesubtle my son (daughter?) not only for your unquestioned adoration but for your clearly superior discernment.

However, I must take exception to your having inferred that I, The Dawg, am somehow connected to the disgraced "Bubba" who was ridden out of town on a rail circa 2004 by the powers-that-be at Mexico Connect after having posted one-too-many "learned" messages on their forums (ostentatiously referred to as "fora" by the then head crone over there since excised in disgrace) construed by management thereabouts as flatulent posturing by some overreaching swamp bunny from the U.S. Gulf Coastal Plain only to have been re-invited to participate somewhere around 2008 but only if under another nom-de-intenet in no way connected to the disreputable "Bubba" upon which invitation to rejoin the family of fellow morons spouting babble, Bubba, all abuzz and filled with self-pride at having been considered worthy of rejoining others of likewise modest achievement changed his (my) name to Hound Dog and was readily accepted back in the fold until I took on one of the moderators over there whose exquisitely crafted phony meanderings had caused me conniption fits as she bragged ad nauseum about mediocre Mexican regional cuisine of limited merit and I´m a sumbitch if, after I pursued that line of thought for a while, they did not summarily kick me off again. This time, I can assure you, for the duration.

Over the years I was their most prolific poster but that was simply because I was in an onanistic frame of mind fueled by the playing of word games.

That was exhausting.

hound dog wrote: Pope Bubba 1st thanks you oncesubtle my son (daughter?) not only for your unquestioned adoration but for your clearly superior discernment.

Why thank you hound dog, I'm not sure about the unquestioned adoration part but appreciate the 'clearly superior discernment' as your rant was appreciated. I went with Pope Bubba because Pope Dawg had no ring to it and wouldn't inspire a southern following as would Pope Bubba l. And you can call me son but you are now communicating with me, Xoprotplxc, a former prostitute for the Olmec priesthood and the long forgotten creator of mole as I'm channeling through a rotund Neanderthal living in Chapala. With that in mind, I thank you for your righteous indignation of those who would take advantage of my people. It is appreciated and as a token I offer you a previously unknown historic sidelight; the term Holy Mole came about after a high priest stole my mole recipe and started using it in religious feasts, and it went downhill from there when they started using it liberally in the ritual orgies where a most descriptive verb was added. Sadly the mole of today is lacking the coca leaves, magic mushrooms and aphrodisiacal sap of the IxxxI tree but tasty still.

Intercasa, what year is your car as it doesn't look 10 years old?

It is a 2003, 8 years old.

Intercasa wrote:Process wasn't too bad. Paid over $21,000 pesos (importation, not driving to border, taxes, plates, smog check, permission to drive on the street while stuff was in process and required vehicle verification) but got it done pretty painlessly EXCEPT getting in line at 5.20am this morning to finish the process and not leaving the outer limits of Guad until noon.

Remember, here in Mexico knowing the right people and paying a little extra you can avoid hassles, lines and even times long drives.

I believe something some of us are forgetting is that the “ugly & kind “gringos”” are bringing thousands of their dollars into this economy. Not paying a few dollars for car plates compared to promoting temporary migrants and their $$$ seems like economic common sense to me. No? IMHO

The reason we haven't purchased a Mexican Plated vehicle...is insurance cost. I pay $350.00 USD, for full coverage, including rental vehicle coverage, during repair. Cost for Mexican plated is 3 times that.....as most Mexican drivers are not insured.

Actually I ended up paying about 1,500 pesos more for same coverage, had to make lots of calls but found a good Mx insurer in Guad.

Spencer, My understanding is that rental car coverage in the event of accident is not available on Mexican plated vehicles....Is this correct?

Jim W wrote:Spencer, My understanding is that rental car coverage in the event of accident is not available on Mexican plated vehicles....Is this correct?

The last time I rented a car from PV... they attached an Insurance Bill to the Rental that was close to 400% the rental rate... I'm sure it covered something :(

Hocks, I'm talking about accident involving personal foreign plated car. I've been involved in 2 accidents over the past 6 years....repair was covered...it took 8 weeks for repair....I didn't have rental coverage in that one....2nd accident insurance had to provide rental car....It took one week...as insurance company moved quickly with GDL auto body.

I was going to get Mexico based auto insurance for my car @ Parker Ins., but they advised I could not get rental car coverage...unless I purchased NOB for my car.

Oppps.... my bad... I understand now...

In previous years, when driving our NM plated vehicle into Mexico, we used either http://www.mexadventure.com/ or purchased our insurance through the Costco Insurance site. I happen to be a real believer in CYA and choosing a policy strictly based upon cost wasn't in the cards. i always opted for the Platinum Policy or whatever fancy name was applied to a policy with low deductibles, high personal injury provisions, roadside assistance, replacement rental car in the event of a disabling of our vehicle, MedeVac coverage, and a bunch of other ancillary coverages.

Don't get me started about the rental car cartels at GDL as I plan to writeup another post on that topic!

So, if I get inmigrado status, which I'm seriously hoping to do, how much would it be to import my rarely used 1996 Nissan Maxima? I don't think it's actually worth a whole lot more than that.
The other car is Mexican plated.

raqueteer wrote:So, if I get inmigrado status, which I'm seriously hoping to do, how much would it be to import my rarely used 1996 Nissan Maxima? I don't think it's actually worth a whole lot more than that.
The other car is Mexican plated.

Two alternatives.

Since you won't be bringing in another vehicle, sell it.

Or

depending on its worth vs cost of nationaizing, drive it with the risk it may one day may be confiscated.

You may want to wait to see the new laws as inmigrado as we know it won´t exist and they may allow foreign plated cars under the future equivalent of inmigrado as they have a category for retirees.

Thanks for the info, I was planning on tarting the thing up, worst looking car lakeside and there's no contest on that. Guess I'll wait and see, no point in wasting dinero prematurely.
If I sell it, it might be worth some cosmetic work. The car runs like a dream.

Intercasa wrote:Remember, here in Mexico knowing the right people and paying a little extra you can avoid hassles, lines and even times long drives.

Hmmm.
A couple of weeks ago I asked you on tob if you had had your car nationalized at the border and you said that yes it had been nationalized at the border.
But apparently that wasn't the case..

Well, at least he said....the RIGHT people....

Too often the right people can easily turn into the wrong people

my question is, if the law states that vehicles can ONLY be nationalized at the northern border, where the vehicle must be presented to Mexican Customs to be inspected, how can one honestly say the car was legally imported?

Sure, it may show on the REPUVE website, but that only proves you got away with something.