Legalizing a Car for and Driving to Mexico
Check in with Aeromar is easy, and the new Austin to Mexico City service began only a couple of months ago. I am waiting for the flight. A K-9 unit is trolling the seating areas. The dog is sniffing everywhere. We are only five hours from the border. Justo told me he got the call […]
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 […]