pointdog
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Mexican "National" Plates
If we buy a Mexican Car which plates do we need for the mainland - there are "Baja California Frontera" and "Baja California Mexico" plates - as I
understood the "Baja California Mexico" plates are the "national" plates which allow you to travel all over Mexico - how much do this national plates
cost ?
What do we need for car registration - let's say in La Paz - we have a mexican drivers license and FM3's - both issued in Comundu.
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DavidE
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The car must meet the 10-years-old-exactly rule. Not 9 not eleven. Then you have to pay Aduana a fat fee to import it. I am talking about a "Frontera"
car or any other extraneous motor vehicle. A ten thousand dollar car will cost three thousand in tramites these days. Then you have to buy the license
plates. I wish this was fiction but it isn't. Pickup trucks are treated slightly differently. Your Mexican state may or may not have quotas in place
for the total number of nacionál registrations awarded every year. You will get ticketed without current plates even after nationalizing the car.
Michoacán has not allowed newly nationalized vehicles to be registered since 2006.
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David K
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Sounds like too much government, might as well stay in the states!
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DavidE
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Or move to Guatemala (not a joke BTW).
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Cisco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DavidE
The car must meet the 10-years-old-exactly rule. Not 9 not eleven. Then you have to pay Aduana a fat fee to import it. I am talking about a "Frontera"
car or any other extraneous motor vehicle. A ten thousand dollar car will cost three thousand in tramites these days. Then you have to buy the license
plates. I wish this was fiction but it isn't. Pickup trucks are treated slightly differently. Your Mexican state may or may not have quotas in place
for the total number of nacionál registrations awarded every year. You will get ticketed without current plates even after nationalizing the car.
Michoacán has not allowed newly nationalized vehicles to be registered since 2006. |
Two and a half years ago it cost $800 to import an 1994 Plymouth Voyager mini-van with California plates into Tapachula, Chiapas.
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Katiejay99
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Actually I believe the question is asked regarding a vehicle which has been imported (by the use of "Mexican Car") and whether they should look for
one with national or frontera plates. If they are Frontera plates, can those be traded in for National plates and if so, what is the process. That is
my take on the question asked. Too bad I don't have an answer.
If we buy a Mexican Car which plates do we need for the mainland - there are "Baja California Frontera" and "Baja California Mexico" plates - as I
understood the "Baja California Mexico" plates are the "national" plates which allow you to travel all over Mexico - how much do this national plates
cost ?
What do we need for car registration - let's say in La Paz - we have a mexican drivers license and FM3's - both issued in Comundu. 
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DavidE
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Not van, not camioneta. CAR. Carro. Coche. Also is an infracción in all Mexican states and DF to drive a Mexican placard car with a foreign driver
license. License plate and driver license must agree. Not always enforced.
You can not take a Frontera plated car on the ferry to the mainland without a 180-day TIP (car permit). You cannot venture beyond the border zone
(Sonoyta Mex 2, and Agua Zarca Mex 3 are two examples) without getting a temporary vehicle import permit. AND, you cannot bond a frontera license
plate Mexican vehicle with anything but a VISA or MASTERCARD issued by a Mexican bank.
This comes from the school of hard knocks.
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pointdog
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Sorry for the confusion. My question is not about importing a car. I plan on buying a car in La Paz and taking a trip to mainland Mexico. It is my
understanding that Baja Frontier plates are not good on the mainland. That is, you need "National" plates.
Thanks in advance.
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J.P.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by pointdog
Sorry for the confusion. My question is not about importing a car. I plan on buying a car in La Paz and taking a trip to mainland Mexico. It is my
understanding that Baja Frontier plates are not good on the mainland. That is, you need "National" plates.
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As you can see ,you get as many different answers as the # people you ask. Go to the source and ask a professional.
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pointdog
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Good call. Does any Nomad know of a straight shooting broker in La Paz? A DMV maestro?
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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The BANJERCITO office for the transbordador the ferry is the authority, period.
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