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taking borrowed truck to Baja

BajaVida - 2-24-2011 at 05:54 PM

thebajarunner is lending me his Ford pickup to take to Baja
he is the legal and registered owner

do I need any documentation from him?

thanks

DENNIS - 2-24-2011 at 06:00 PM

I guess he's still not talking to us. Oh well...say hello.

Hook - 2-24-2011 at 06:16 PM

Who can say? Sometimes a letter works, sometimes they send you back.

I will say that on my recent return trip from San Felipe all the way around the top of the Sea, through Puerto Penasco, Caborca, Santa Ana, Hermosillo and to San Carlos, I WAS ASKED TO PRODUCE REGISTRATION FOUR TIMES AND THEY CHECKED IT AGAINST THE VIN ON THE VEHICLE ALL FOUR TIMES. This was done by the military, Aduana, a municipal policeman and a FJP guy; all at checkpoints.

Good luck.............

bajatravelergeorge - 2-24-2011 at 06:18 PM

It's illegal to drive a vehicle you don't own in Mexico. You won't be able to get insurance on it unless your name is on the registration.

thebajarunner - 2-24-2011 at 06:50 PM

Why don't I just give you the old Silver Bullet?
Then you can take it wherever you wish....

note 1- in the "good old days" we begged, borrowed and swapped vehicles all the time for pre-running, race support, etc.

note 2- have a great trip- I am off to Greece and Turkey and sort of wish I were tagging along with the Baja Boyz

note 3- Mom always told me when I have nothing much to say to keep quiet,
lately that seems appropriate....

DENNIS - 2-24-2011 at 08:27 PM

Mother knows best.

thebajarunner - 2-24-2011 at 08:31 PM

Dennis, on that we can certainly agree.....

DENNIS - 2-24-2011 at 08:34 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by thebajarunner
Dennis, on that we can certainly agree.....


OK.......it's good to see you anyway, runner. Hope all is well.

bajalou - 2-24-2011 at 08:48 PM

I've driven friends vehicles in Baja. For a trip to the states, I get a permission slip from them. I have drivers license insurance covering me for liability for any vehicle I drive registered somewhere other than Mexico.

I have never heard it was illegal to drive a non-owned vehicle.

Hook, were those requests for documentation all in Sonora?

if I can get an FM3 for someone with his wife's passport

BajaVida - 2-24-2011 at 08:59 PM

I should be able to use thebajarunner's truck with a notarized letter

BajaWarrior - 2-24-2011 at 09:28 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Hook
Who can say? Sometimes a letter works, sometimes they send you back.

I will say that on my recent return trip from San Felipe all the way around the top of the Sea, through Puerto Penasco, Caborca, Santa Ana, Hermosillo and to San Carlos, I WAS ASKED TO PRODUCE REGISTRATION FOUR TIMES AND THEY CHECKED IT AGAINST THE VIN ON THE VEHICLE ALL FOUR TIMES. This was done by the military, Aduana, a municipal policeman and a FJP guy; all at checkpoints.

Good luck.............


But did they check your drivers license against the name on the registration slip?

mcfez - 2-24-2011 at 10:13 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by bajatravelergeorge
It's illegal to drive a vehicle you don't own in Mexico. You won't be able to get insurance on it unless your name is on the registration.


Not true.

I drive a Land Rover not in my name all the time....and I have insurance in my name on it.

Just have a notorized note saying it's a borrowed auto, and have matching paperwork for the auto....you be fine.

thebajarunner - 2-24-2011 at 10:31 PM

Bajabound site sez it is fine with a notarized letter.
Couple years ago I bot a new trailer, never got the license in time,
and rambled all over, clear down to Loreto, without even a license.

ps to Dennis,
nice to see you too, my man

dirtydieseldave - 2-24-2011 at 10:57 PM

mcfez is dead on get a notorized note with the vin #

Bob and Susan - 2-25-2011 at 06:15 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by bajatravelergeorge
It's illegal to drive a vehicle you don't own in Mexico. You won't be able to get insurance on it unless your name is on the registration.


not true

i drove a truck last month
i insured it at the border and asked this exact question
no problem as long as the truck is currently registered

i'd get a letter
i dont think it would have to be "notarized" because they don't recognize a usa "notary" down here
a "notario" is completely different

i am always most concerned about the "lawyer-bond" part of the insurance:light:

monoloco - 2-25-2011 at 06:45 AM

When I buy my Mexican insurance the form requires me to list all drivers, nowhere does it say they must be on the registration.

dirtydieseldave - 2-25-2011 at 07:08 AM

let me see now. I have some rich bonehead that has no time to buck his way back north so he or she pays me to sail it home. I am sorry that I did not make it clear that it had to be stamp with a mex notario. this done all the time, cars, trucks, boats so your statement not true is wrong stick with the motel

David K - 2-25-2011 at 07:39 AM

A notorized stamp is always a good idea on any permission slip. It adds 'authority' to what is on the paper. It sure can't hurt.

Before I turned 18, a (U.S.) notorized permission slip from my parents was required by Mexican customs if traveling in Baja without them. I started driving to Baja when I was 16. Of course that was back in the dinosaur ages... 1973-1975

Have a good trip BajaVida...

Good to see you posting thebajarunner!

Bob and Susan - 2-25-2011 at 07:47 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by dirtydieseldave
let me see now. I have some rich bonehead that has no time to buck his way back north so he or she pays me to sail it home. I am sorry that I did not make it clear that it had to be stamp with a mex notario. this done all the time, cars, trucks, boats so your statement not true is wrong stick with the motel


a mexican notario stamp is WAY different from a usa notary stamp

it's apples and oranges:light:

the question is about taking a truck into baja not sailing it north...way different situations