woody with a view
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a ? about new car to baja
i'm buying a used vehicle today from a dealer and i don't think it has plates. will this be a problem getting mexi-insurance, crossing the border
(both directions), or running the gauntlet without plates before the plates arrive in the mail? it will have temp registration on the windshield.
suggestions before next weekend needed......
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Mexitron
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I didn't have a problem in 1992 with my new Toyota, but that's been a while...
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fdt
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You should not have a problem as long as you are displaying the ROS paper on the windshield.
Now, if you really want to be safe I hear there is a person in Ensenada that can provide you with plates 
A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
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DENNIS
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Three days ago, I picked up my new Jeep in San Diego and went right through. No problem but, I didn't anticipate any.
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bajaguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Three days ago, I picked up my new Jeep in San Diego and went right through. No problem but, I didn't anticipate any. |
WOW!!!!!....what should I be looking for Dennis???
PS: Still waiting for those photos!!!!!
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Pacifico
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody in ob
i'm buying a used vehicle today from a dealer and i don't think it has plates. will this be a problem getting mexi-insurance, crossing the border
(both directions), or running the gauntlet without plates before the plates arrive in the mail? it will have temp registration on the windshield.
suggestions before next weekend needed...... |
Shouldn't be a problem at all - I've done it and had no problems. Getting insurance is easy as long as you have a VIN. Paper plates don't matter.
[Edited on 2-28-2009 by Pacifico]
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
WOW!!!!!....what should I be looking for Dennis???
PS: Still waiting for those photos!!!!! |
I just have to get them to the mail-lady to take north. Pronto, as they say.
I got a Wrangler Sahara. All the bells and whistles. Soft top .......that's the way it was. It's so impractical but, I'm reaching the age when
practicality doesn't mean much. It's just a toy. Well, I'm building a garage by my house so I needed something to put in it. Not sure what I paid
for it. I'll open that envelope and read all that stuff soon. Good thing is I bought it on a four year note, zero interest. How can you say no to
that?
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bajaguy
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Hey, Dennis....part of your stimulus package????? sounds great....what color???
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DENNIS
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Negro. With cars, that means black...not brown.
[Edited on 2-28-2009 by DENNIS]
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David K
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No worries Woody... Here is my Tacoma at La Bocana Beach, El Rosario, the day after I picked it up from Toyota Carlsbad, brand new... Crossed into
Mexico about 2 hours after I got it!
Discover Baja edited my annual insurance policy to show the new truck vin # and 'no plates'... that afternoon... and was nice enough to tape it to the
door for me, as I arrived after they closed.
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Bob and Susan
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woody
just go to the dmv and pick up the plates
i did that when mine didnt arrive in time
it was easy
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BajaDanD
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I drove my Tacoma into Baja the week I baught it with paper Reg. on the windshield
Ive done it with two other cars as well
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CaboRon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
woody
just go to the dmv and pick up the plates
i did that when mine didnt arrive in time
it was easy |
You can do it even easier at the auto club ... AAA
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