CortezBlue
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Registering a Vehicle in Mexico
I have a 1987 Suzuki Samuari that I am mainly going to use to drive on the beach etc. However, I may want to drive it into town as well. How hard is
it to register a car in San Felipe if I have an FM3?
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bajalou
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Have to get a broker and import the car.
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Bob and Susan
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its too old to import
you can get a ten year temp import $50 at the aduana
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nobaddays
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More info please
When is it to old and how do you get the 10 year ?
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Bob and Susan
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The vehicle must be a minimum of 5 years old.
(so not to compete with new sales in mexico)
No older than 15 years (this is newer)
The vehicle may not have a value greater than US$12,000.
The following types of vehicles have a greater import cost: (HUGE)
Sports Cars
***Convertibles*** (suzuki)
Luxury Automobiles
the aduana is the import depatrment
there is one in every BIG city
where are you at?
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Bob and Susan
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the LAW is newer...
i was not too clear
i havent imported a car....YET...
but i'm sure i will
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bajalou
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Here's a link with some information
http://www.nmborder.com/vehicle.html
From New Mexico but regulations should be the same at any crossing point.
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comitan
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This is all very interesting since my Toyota 1987 Motorhome is imported with current license plate from La Paz.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by comitan
This is all very interesting since my Toyota 1987 Motorhome is imported with current license plate from La Paz. |
What did it cost you, because mine (MoHo) is an 1988?
Albert G
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comitan
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$1000 but you can't compare, because they take everything into consideration(Generators, AC, on and on.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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viabaja
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I'm confused - CortezBlues asks: I have a 1987 Suzuki Samuari that I am mainly going to use to drive on the beach etc. However, I may want to drive it
into town as well. How hard is it to register a car in San Felipe if I have an FM3?
What registration? You register a car in Mexico - you must have Mexican plates & a Mexican license. Otherwise - it's registered in (ex. Calif.)
with Cal. plates & Cal. DMV license. The FM3 takes care of leaving the car in Baja. When you leave (as in give up FM3) the car must go back to the
states. Just tow the thing across the border. If stopped - show FM3!! Keep plates or ORV sticker current. It's no different than towing your toys for
the weekend.
But that point is moot! 3/4 of Jeeps, Suzuki's, Quads, or whatever in Baja that are left there have expired LONG ago!
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CortezBlue
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Here is my only problem
I live in AZ and I have to register it in AZ every year. We have emission testing and this unit has not been able to pass the test. So, I cannot
register it here and thought it may be easier to register in Mexico.
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Bob and Susan
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bring it down i'll buy it for $1500
i'll smog the thing
i have a brand new cat converter for it
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Bruce R Leech
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that is a big problam so you cant do ether realy.
you would be better off to sell it and buy a beater down here. but if you do have some one check the papers before you buy.
also keep in mind that cars cost 2 times more in La paz than in Ensenada. and 2 times more in Ensenada than Mexicali.
Mexicali is the place to get cars cheep. you can buy one there way cheeper than you can in Az. or Ca. and import them.
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viabaja
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CortezBlue,
The same thing applied to my 1980 Jeep CJ5. It would not pass smog for a number of reasons. So I just changed it to the ORV sticker only. The jeep is
kept in Baja all the time. This way, one can still drive on the beach and on the road as registration is current. In SF, you can drive one's ATV all
over the town as long as you are wearing a helmet and registration is valid.
Hope this helps out.
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nobaddays
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it is the $50.00 ten year temporary import rules I would like to hear more about. Thanks
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Keri
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What does ORV mean?
I have a 1996 van that is only here in Baja that also has trouble passing emisions. Something in the computer they can't fix even after I have spent
over $500 for them to do so. The car isn't worth putting in another $570 they want to try to see if a new special gov approved cat. converter will
work. I'm following this thread closely to see if there is a solution for me also, k :
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Bruce R Leech
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ORV means that you register your vehicle for off rode use only in CA. then you dont need to smog it and they give you a special registration slip. it
used to be 10 dollers a year but I am sure it has gone up. I did that for a few years on a car about 14 years ago that I kept down here. one time I
got stoped by a Federal police while going to Santa Rosalia and he told me I could not drive it on the rode any more so I gave the car away and bought
another one down here. It can also be a probalm to buy your liability insurance with a OVR reg.
Bruce R Leech
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bajalou
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One other thing is to register you vehicles in a county that doesn't require periodic smog tests - Imperial County CA, and Yuma county AZ. Or South
Dakota - Clay County.
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osoflojo
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You can keep your arizona registration current even if the vehicle is in Mexico and requires smogging. You certify to MVD that the vehicle is not in
AZ and they give you a form to be signed by a local law enforcement officer that the vehicle is in that jusirdiction. I had my land lord sign one as
Comandante Jorge. The down side is that you still have to keep AZ insurance on the vehicle to register it.
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