BajaNomad - About vehicle theft danger

About vehicle theft danger

vgabndo - 1-9-2008 at 03:40 PM

Because private diesel pickups don't seem to exist in Baja, is there any less threat to my '01 Dodge diesel than to a comparable gas truck for instance? Seems like the diesel would be harder to sell. Just my imagination?

Cypress - 1-9-2008 at 03:46 PM

vgabndo, Bring your diesel on down, get about 300 miles south of the border and relax.

All that crazy stuff is going on near the border, most of the perps probably live in the USA.

DENNIS - 1-9-2008 at 04:30 PM

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Originally posted by vgabndo
Because private diesel pickups don't seem to exist in Baja,

That's because they can't be imported.

bajajudy - 1-9-2008 at 04:34 PM

Dennis

I dont know how to check but I had heard that the no diesel importation law had been changed.

Anyone know?

DENNIS - 1-9-2008 at 04:34 PM

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Originally posted by Cypress
most of the perps probably live in the USA

They probably did at one time or an other, the slimey little fugatives from justice.

DENNIS - 1-9-2008 at 04:39 PM

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Originally posted by bajajudy

I dont know how to check but I had heard that the no diesel importation law had been changed.

I havn't heard that, Judy but, I don't hear everything. I know there are lots of Micro-busses with diesel engines but, they change the engine after registration.
I'll look into it, thanks.

Hook - 1-9-2008 at 04:45 PM

I had a guy on one of the mainland boards tell me that he imported his diesel truck through an importer at Nogales. Said it cost about 1000 dolares. This was about a year ago.

During the rash of Ford truck thefts in SD a year or two back, the police were saying that many were already across the border. So, I imagine they are chopped pretty quickly. Little consolation that someone down there might not be driving it.

Al G - 1-9-2008 at 04:58 PM

I thought they were stolen by narco cartels to smuggle drugs and people...if they get caught they don't lose as much...they get pinheads to drive...with swapped out license plate to get past BP.

backninedan - 1-9-2008 at 05:01 PM

I have seen several locals driving diesel pickups lately. The trucks have Mexican plates. Wonder if there has been a change in the law?

bajajudy - 1-9-2008 at 05:20 PM

Dan
Did you notice if they were fontera plates or mainland?

Pescador - 1-10-2008 at 08:35 AM

We have a bunch of diesel vehicles with Mexican plates in the Santa Rosalia area now and I was told that they had no trouble getting plates as long as they were imported. So either the law has changed or someone up North did not know that they were diesel. Either way they are here.

CaboRon - 1-10-2008 at 09:50 AM

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Originally posted by Pescador
We have a bunch of diesel vehicles with Mexican plates in the Santa Rosalia area now and I was told that they had no trouble getting plates as long as they were imported. So either the law has changed or someone up North did not know that they were diesel. Either way they are here.

I don´t think there has ever been any trouble getting plates.... you just remove them off another vehicle. :lol:

CAboRon

Pescador - 1-11-2008 at 08:24 AM

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Originally posted by CaboRon

I don´t think there has ever been any trouble getting plates.... you just remove them off another vehicle. :lol:

CAboRon

Home of the "Original One Plate Fits All".. :lol:

Pompano - 1-11-2008 at 08:45 AM

There was a newer Ford diesel pickup stolen in Conception Bay some time back, and folks around the area said this was an unusual occurence for Baja Sur. Mi amigo, Manuel, said that..The thief was a foreigner, because a Mulegino driving a diesel stood out like a ruby in a goat's arse.