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halcyondays
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South Dakota Plates?? Does it work?
We live in Oregon and have a 1990 Chevy v6 S10 that would be a decent little truck for Baja.
Two questions.
1. any transport companies who will tow it there for us? Just curious.
2. If we register in South Dakota can we just have Mexican insurance and not any US insurance? Just keep the SD registration up right?
Thanks
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by halcyondays
We live in Oregon and have a 1990 Chevy v6 S10 that would be a decent little truck for Baja.
Two questions.
1. any transport companies who will tow it there for us? Just curious.
2. If we register in South Dakota can we just have Mexican insurance and not any US insurance? Just keep the SD registration up right?
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There are restrictions against towing cars or trucks through the border. Look into that.
Just drive it through if you can.
Yes for #2. Just get liability on the beater. I do that and I sometimes use the truck for trips to the states. I buy short term US insurance
here...one or two days etc.
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Udo
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Halcyondays...
send me a U2U and I'll detail the insnouts of South Dakota.
Udo
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Udo
Halcyondays...
send me a U2U and I'll detail the insnouts of South Dakota. |
And here's the site to get you started:
http://www.claycountysd.org/
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vandenberg
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And ...believe it... they actually answer the phone in person.
No .... press one for english. 
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bajalou
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
And ...believe it... they actually answer the phone in person.
No .... press one for english. |
And it's often the County Treasurer herself that answers.
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalou
And it's often the County Treasurer herself that answers. |
It is. She answered my call. Takes you back in time about fifty years.
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bajalou
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I've been doing this for about 10 years and it's a real pleasure talking to the staff there. Such great service and helpfulness. Thinking of taking a
road trip up there just to say "Howdy" and "Thanks".
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
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oladulce
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Another South Dakota anecdote
My husb and i got SD driver's license on the same day last year before we moved to Baja. I just noticed that his DL expires in 2015 and mine in 2014
which would be very inconvenient to have to make 2 trips there come renewal time.
Just to make sure there wasn't an error, I thought what the heck, I'll send an email to the DL dept. Lo and behold, the next day I got a response from
a nice lady who said that because of one month difference in our birthdays, our expiration years were different. But...
she had already spoken with her supervisor and got an ok to change our expirations to the same year to make it easier for us and my new
license was in the mail!!! Holy Cow! I considered sending her flowers or a fruit basket, at least.
I told this story to the lady at our mail forwarding service in Sioux Falls, and she said that sort of thing happens all the time and that's why they
named their business "Your Best Address"
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Woooosh
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I receive my bills and pay them through a South Dakota outfit called "PayTrust". I've been using them for ten years now. They get all my financial
mail, scan them and e-mail them to me. They send any checks and credit card replacements directly to my San Diego mailing address. No errors yet.
I can get a CD of all my scanned bills for the whole year too. Very nice people up there! I'm sure having an established physical address would make
getting my car plates and DL a breeze.
http://paytrust.intuit.com/index.jsp
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by oladulce
My husb and i got SD driver's license on the same day last year before we moved to Baja. I just noticed that his DL expires in 2015 and mine in 2014
which would be very inconvenient to have to make 2 trips there come renewal time.
Just to make sure there wasn't an error, I thought what the heck, I'll send an email to the DL dept. Lo and behold, the next day I got a response from
a nice lady who said that because of one month difference in our birthdays, our expiration years were different. But...
she had already spoken with her supervisor and got an ok to change our expirations to the same year to make it easier for us and my new
license was in the mail!!! Holy Cow! I considered sending her flowers or a fruit basket, at least.
I told this story to the lady at our mail forwarding service in Sioux Falls, and she said that sort of thing happens all the time and that's why they
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very cool but you don't need a SD DL or address to have SD plates
in MX.
Bob Durrell
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
I'm sure having an established physical address would make getting my car plates and DL a breeze.
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I get mine sent directly to my San Ysidro PWB in less than 1 week.
Bob Durrell
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
I'm sure having an established physical address would make getting my car plates and DL a breeze.
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I get mine sent directly to my San Ysidro PWB in less than 1 week. |
I think most of us think this is just too good to be true. What's the downside, if any?
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
I think most of us think this is just too good to be true. What's the downside, if any? |
Doesn't seem to be any as of yet, especially if the car is left below the border.
I could see California reacting to the loss of revenue and leaning on drivers for still having a CA DL to go with the SD plates while driving in CA,
but that hasn't been a problem. It could be, I suppose, if you had a fender-bender and the police got involved.
I don't know. I'm not going to worry about it.
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vandenberg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
I think most of us think this is just too good to be true. What's the downside, if any? |
Downside.
My tags expired the end of November. Send the money in October and they send the registration and stickers to my Loreto postbox. Never got here.
Called, and they send a new set. Again, never got here. Then had them send the latest set to a friend in Texas, who's supposed to arrive yesterday,
but is delayed for health reasons.
Only drawback we've encountered thusfar.
And......NO Dakota address or DL required.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
And......NO Dakota address or DL required. |
Nor Smog BS.
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halcyondays
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I am still wondering......do we still have to carry insurance on the truck in the states if we have SD plates?
Or is the bonus loophole the fact that SD does not require any insurance?
Thanks!
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bajalou
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If the truck is in the states, it has to have insurance. If it's in Baja, it doesn't have to have US insurance.
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by halcyondays
I am still wondering......do we still have to carry insurance on the truck in the states if we have SD plates?
Or is the bonus loophole the fact that SD does not require any insurance?
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Well...if you drive it in California, you have to have insurance. Same as Mexican plated cars.......when they cross the border into CA, they need to
be insured there.
I suppose most states have this law.
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bajalou
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SD says it must be insured if it is driven on a public highway.
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
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