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DENNIS
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OK....just as in other scenarios at the gate, some people arn't presented the full picture and are waved through. Good deal, for them.
Others are treated by the book as I was. Returning from Chula Vista Discount Tire store with four new mounted tires on my vehicle, along with the old
[but still Baja good]tires in the car . I was going to give them to my worker.
They flagged me into secondary and told me of the problem. No unmounted tires past this point.
I wasn't in the mood to fight for them so I pulled them out of the car and stacked them next to a trash can saying, "Here. Keep them." That was it.
It was just my luck of the draw for that day and it could happen to anybody.
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[Edited on 12-12-2012 by DENNIS]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rzitren
I once landed in Loreto with a load of donated clothes for hurricane victims. The Mexican officials would not let me bring them in for fear I would be
selling them. We were at a stalemate until I asked them for a large metal barrel. They asked why and I told them I would just burn the clothes and
then they would not have to worry about me selling the clothes. They finally let me pass. |
A family member brought several Boxes of used clothes when questioned they told the customs offical the clothes were to be donated to the Poor
People. His reply was there are no poor people in Mexico and wouldnt let them cross.
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mojo_norte
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I've wrecked tires on few occasions in Baja and have had to buy a used tire from Lantera's out in the boonies . Going rate seems to be 30-40 USD for a
a very sketchy looking bald tire (15" LT) - good argument for carrying an extra mounted spare.
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20 some years ago
I'd bring boxes of 38.and 22. cal bullets and all the eye glasses I could get (used)...now I just try and pass and raise no red flags..the 38's went
to the cops..(sjc) and the 22 went to ranchers..the glasses went to the sokalo,,umm socalo, umm ok,, town square....
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David K
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A rock put a big hole in a new tire between El Huerfanito and Gonzaga Bay in 2002 (driving fast, at full pressure)... the Rancho Grande Tire shop had
a perfect size spare used tire... so I didn't worry about no spare for the rest of that trip. Viva Llanateras!
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Llanateras! |
Since you're the spelling cop here, I'll let you police yourself. 
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David K
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Only place names... never other words... 
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mojo_norte
I've wrecked tires on few occasions in Baja and have had to buy a used tire from Lantera's out in the boonies . Going rate seems to be 30-40 USD for a
a very sketchy looking bald tire (15" LT) - good argument for carrying an extra mounted spare. |
Lantera's? : Dennis, is this the right way?
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Lantera's? : Dennis, is this the right way? |
No.....but you're getting close.
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David K
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So one of us has an extra a and the other has too few L's?
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
So one has an extra a and the other has too few L's? |
El Bingo. [with a small edit of your question above]
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