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[*] posted on 7-12-2010 at 06:47 PM


Glad to hear you made it there and back safely. How about a trip report
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[*] posted on 7-13-2010 at 11:14 AM


Bajatripper, that's HIS issue, not mine or anyone else's. Of course he could take no action, wake up some morning then start making plans to hop on a bus and return home. Mini-Coopers are RETAILED BRAND NEW in Mexico. They are extremely popular with los socios (the members) if you catch my drift, because they can flat-out outrun any police cruiser in the country. Whomever said that parts are not available is speaking from a perspective of not knowing that Mini-Coopers are made and sold in Mexico s well as the USA and are subject to exactly the same repair and replacement parts criteria as any foreign made motor vehicle.

Robbers do NOT need to hotwire. They call a towtruck buddy, and then with incredible silence move a car far enough away to attach the hook and off they go. If "caught" they swear up and down that they got a telephone call asking them to remove an "illegal" car.

All the interlocks and gizmos on the face of the earth fall like a house of cards when a stolen car reaches a taller.

A LOUD alarm is probably the simplist way to thwart thieves. I would choose a real screecher that would wake the dead. Something to penetrate the thick skull of a crooked tow-truck driver from taking the car if the owners were too far away to hear the alarm.

I live in Mexico 24/7 365 for years at a time (meaning short trips are taken to go to the USA every few years). I get to hear the gossip, see the news, and experience things that few casual visitors ever get to see).

My suggestions are just that. Chit-chat. Offered for whatever they're worth. If determined to be worthless, save time and skip to the next subject.
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