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55steve
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Taking a golf cart south
I scored a nice golf cart this weekend but as is typical for these vehicles, there is no official paperwork.
My question is, what sort of documentation do the Mexican customs folks want to see at the border?
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BajaWarrior
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Take it to the DMV and get it registered off road status .. $55 for two years and your legal.
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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55steve
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Awesome....thanks!
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaWarrior
Take it to the DMV and get it registered off road status .. $55 for two years and your legal. |
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Bob and Susan
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unless it stays...then you need to import it
mine was easy to import
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55steve
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Yeah, it will be staying at our place in BoLA. I'm guessing that there is an official way to bring it down then?
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
unless it stays...then you need to import it
mine was easy to import |
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RnR
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Stop at the border, declare the value to customs, pay the import duty, good to go.
Try and keep the declared value under $1,500. (Don't know if this possible w/ the cart)
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55steve
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Shouldn't be a problem - it's a first generation Yamaha that's seen better days but runs excellent.
Thanks for the input!
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Bob and Susan
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OMG...is it 2 cycle...i had a 2 cycle...the problem was repair parts
i had to MAKE one drive piece when it failed
old carts are a parts nightmare
i just replaced the valves in my cart (4 stroke)
$465usa WOW then had to install the head
havent you heard the word..."if you want it to break...bring it to mexico"
to import...just go to secondary...16% of the invoice
easy and you'll be legal where ever you drive
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vandenberg
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Took the top off mine, drove it onto my pickup and, when crossing at SY, nobody questioned me. Had it in Tripui for a couple of years and now in
Nopolo for around 20. It's electric and only thing that went ever wrong were the batteries wearing out. Replacement batteries set you back about
$600.00. Last roughly 4 years.
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Bob and Susan
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
Took the top off mine, drove it onto my pickup and, when crossing at SY, nobody questioned me. Had it in Tripui for a couple of years and now in
Nopolo for around 20. It's electric and only thing that went ever wrong were the batteries wearing out. Replacement batteries set you back about
$600.00. Last roughly 4 years. |
things at the border have changed just a bit in the last 22 years...
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Jaybo
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Seems like one solution would be to swap out the older motor for a newer Honda (or Briggs or whatever) horizontal shaft motor. Lots of info online
about the conversion.
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bigmike58
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We put a Briggs 20hp v-twin in our yamaha g-16 back in 2008.. it still hauls ass.
BTW. This cart has the Calif OHV green sticker and can easily be brought back and forth across the border. Just like dirt bikes.
Shouldn\'t one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check or Sec.8 housing?
........... I had to pass one to earn it for them!
\"I\'ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go?\"
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Golf? A sport for people that don't have anything else to do.
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Looks are everything
make it look like the value is $500.......dirt, dist, flat tires, ripped top..........then fix it up once you get here.
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bajario
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I was ripped for $200 at import in Otay a few months ago. I had no paperwork. Didn't think I needed any. It was an old standard golf cart nothing
fancy.
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RnR
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajario
I was ripped for $200 at import in Otay a few months ago. I had no paperwork. Didn't think I needed any. It was an old standard golf cart nothing
fancy. |
Don't know what golf carts are worth but it looks like Otay customs valued yours at $1,250. ($1,250 x 16% = $200 duty).
Try to bring some documentation that supports a low ball value for the "old beater".
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$1250 is a "low-ball" price...golf carts are expensive
big mikes engine replacement is $1600 just for the engine plus tax and installation and any extra parts needed
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bajario
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Well the negotiations started at $800. I told them it's not worth $800 and down the prices went, slowly. we bought it from a friends grandmother, so
documentation was to be had. Didn't realize a golf cart was to be registered with the CHP or DMV.
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SFandH
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| Quote: | Originally posted by RnR
Stop at the border, declare the value to customs, pay the import duty, good to go.
Try and keep the declared value under $1,500. (Don't know if this possible w/ the cart) |
I tried doing that at San Ysidro on a Sunday with an outboard motor in the trunk of my car. Used motor I just purchased for $1,200, I had a receipt.
They told me I had to go to Otay, M - F during business hours and import it. They wouldn't accept any kind of import duty, which I was prepared to
pay. They turned me around, wouldn't let me into Mex.
The US border guard then accused me of trying to smuggle the motor into Mex., but that's a different story.
A really fun day. Hot, lots of traffic and I was pressed for time.
[Edited on 9-5-2012 by SFandH]
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bajario
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Same thing happened to me with the golf cart. Turned me away from SY. Made me exit the country and head to Otay on a Friday afternoon. Oh well. Live
and learn.
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