Car Talk Oaxaca: Funky Honda Element Qualifies for Mexico
Some of you have followed my saga of trying to bring a car to Mexico. I recently sold the Honda CRV that I bought a few years ago with the intention of driving it to Mexico and using it here. Not possible, I found out, because it was assembled in Great Britain. Cars imported to […]
A Car for Oaxaca, Mexico: Searching for a Honda with the Right VIN
What’s a VIN? Vehicle Identification Number, for the uninitiated. The VIN indicates where the car was assembled, the manufacturer, the year of assembly, and lots of other fine details. Critical, when thinking about buy a car to use in Mexico. (Critical any other time to be certain there were no accidents or the car was […]
Driving to Mexico and Bringing a Car: The Plan and the Reality
This essay has to do with driving a car to Mexico, what kind of car can be imported to Mexico, getting a permanent resident visa, and safety tips for driving to Mexico, or The best-laid plans of mice and men/Often go awry (Robert Burns, 1785), in seven parts. Part One: Intention to Drive, March 17, […]