Re: Travel with a car from the USA to Argentina
Travel
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> Hello,
>
> Does anyone have experience with driving a car from the USA (San Diego) to
> Argentina (or the other way round, or partly)? I'm planning to buy a car
> somewhere in the USA near the border with Mexico and drive through
> Central-and South-America. Is it possible in the first place? Can I buy a
> car in the USA, since I am not a USA citizen but from the Netherlands. How
> do I get the nescessary papers etc.
>
> I'm also interested in information about insurance and border formalities.
> Or maybe you know a site with good information?
>
> Thanks so much already,
>
> Louis
On a motorcycle, yes.
Juliana L Holm
this, but I think there is at least one impassible (without a boat or something_
area in Central America. I don't think a car is possible.
Julie
> On a motorcycle, yes.
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>>>
>>> I'm also interested in information about insurance and border
>>> formalities. Or maybe you know a site with good information?
>>>
>>> Thanks so much already,
>>>
>>> Louis
>
>> On a motorcycle, yes.
>
>
>
I have read the sstory of the motorcycle crossing and would dispute whether
it should qualify since a lot of time was taken up in canoes.
GG
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> It's been done, as Travel wrote, on a motorcycle. I'm not 100% clear on
> this, but I think there is at least one impassible (without a boat or
something_
> area in Central America. I don't think a car is possible.
About 8 years ago I saw a very large motorhome with Argentina licence
plates, parked in Vancouver, BC. I never saw the driver so I couldn't ask
(too bad, I would have loved to hear the stories) but I have to assume he
drove up to some convenient place in South America, and arranged to have it
barged around the Darien Gap. Perhaps he had to use cities with major port
facilities, like for example, Lima to San Diego. Who knows. Whatever he
did must have taken careful and meticulous planning and lots of money.
So yes, with a little (or more likely a lot of) advance planning, and if
you're willing to skip several sections in the middle, it can be done.
Sorry I don't have any more info for the OP.
GG
Rudy
>> Does anyone have experience with driving a car from the USA (San Diego)
>> to
>> Argentina (or the other way round, or partly)? I'm planning to buy a car
>> somewhere in the USA near the border with Mexico and drive through
>> Central-and South-America. Is it possible in the first place?
Google: Darien Gap
R
Andrew Gwilliam
On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 22:20:59 GMT, GG wrote:
> "Juliana L Holm" <jh...@osf1.gmu.edu> wrote in message
> news:d3eht6$3qt2$1...@osf1.gmu.edu...
>> It's been done, as Travel wrote, on a motorcycle. I'm not 100% clear on
>> this, but I think there is at least one impassible (without a boat or
> something_
>> area in Central America. I don't think a car is possible.
> /travel.htm
>
> About 8 years ago I saw a very large motorhome with Argentina licence
> plates, parked in Vancouver, BC. I never saw the driver so I couldn't ask
> (too bad, I would have loved to hear the stories) but I have to assume he
> drove up to some convenient place in South America, and arranged to have it
> barged around the Darien Gap. Perhaps he had to use cities with major port
> facilities, like for example, Lima to San Diego. Who knows. Whatever he
> did must have taken careful and meticulous planning and lots of money.
I think it's more likely that the motorhome was shipped direct to the
States from Argentina. Remember that you're talking about some time before
the peso crashed.
As to the OP's question, some comments:
1. US motor insurance is not valid in Mexico, so you will have to purchase
Mexican insurance as well
2. Mexico in particular has something of a reputation for the police
"fining" foreign motorists
3. be aware that if you're planning on going off the main highways, the
roads in some regions are bad enough to do serious damage to your car (I'm
thinking particularly of Costa Rica)
4. as others have said, the Darien Gap is impassable, so you will need to
research shipping cars from Panama to Colombia
5. I would think that a US-registered car would be a significant security
risk in Colombia, and otherwise would be a magnet for thieves
6. I would imagine that a Japanese make would be better for obtaining
parts; others may have more/better advice on this
7. many countries have customs checks that are designed to prevent people
from importing vehicles; if you're planning a one-way trip you need to
research this, otherwise you could get hit for a substantial import duty
when leaving the last country (eg, to the value of the car, or worse)
8. make sure you learn some Spanish!
Hope this is all of use!!
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Mark Brader
> So yes, with a little (or more likely a lot of) advance planning, and if
> you're willing to skip several sections in the middle, it can be done.
> Sorry I don't have any more info for the OP.
As this thread is 6 months old, the OP may very well no longer be reading
it. Not that I want to discourage anyone from posting if they're interested
and have something to say.
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John Cisarik
something) area in Central America...."
It's called the Darien Gap, and you can find many references to it on
Google. I think that there may be ferries to ship vehicles around it, but it
is impossible to drive from the United States to South America, or the
reverse, without taking that fact into account.
Andrew Gwilliam
> G.G. writes:
>> So yes, with a little (or more likely a lot of) advance planning, and if
>> you're willing to skip several sections in the middle, it can be done.
>> Sorry I don't have any more info for the OP.
>
> As this thread is 6 months old, the OP may very well no longer be reading
> it. Not that I want to discourage anyone from posting if they're interested
> and have something to say.
Blow me, you're right: the original question was dated Sep 14, 2004!!
If they start doing this on a.u.e. too, then the heavens help us...
Andrew Gwilliam
Um, your post is showing as a reply to mine, when you're responding to
something posted by Juliana L Holm!
Hatunen
<bottoml...@southernskies.co.uk> wrote:
>As to the OP's question, some comments:
>1. US motor insurance is not valid in Mexico, so you will have to purchase
>Mexican insurance as well
>2. Mexico in particular has something of a reputation for the police
>"fining" foreign motorists
The standard advice hereabouts is, if you hae a car accident in
Mexico, abandon the car and run, do not walk, to the nearest
border crossing and let the insurance company straighten it out
because if you stay there is a good chance they will hold you in
the local jail until the matter is resolved.1
>3. be aware that if you're planning on going off the main highways, the
>roads in some regions are bad enough to do serious damage to your car (I'm
>thinking particularly of Costa Rica)
>4. as others have said, the Darien Gap is impassable, so you will need to
>research shipping cars from Panama to Colombia
>5. I would think that a US-registered car would be a significant security
>risk in Colombia, and otherwise would be a magnet for thieves
In Mexico as well.
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Jiminy
>>2. Mexico in particular has something of a reputation for the police
>>"fining" foreign motorists
>
>The standard advice hereabouts is, if you hae a car accident in
>Mexico, abandon the car and run, do not walk, to the nearest
>border crossing and let the insurance company straighten it out
>because if you stay there is a good chance they will hold you in
>the local jail until the matter is resolved.1
>>5. I would think that a US-registered car would be a significant security
>>risk in Colombia, and otherwise would be a magnet for thieves
>
>In Mexico as well.
nice people Mexicans...
best,
Jiminy
Hatunen
wrote:
Indeed. I find most Mexicans to be warm friendly people.