driving car to mexico that will STAY in mexico

[GueraKristina 1]

Hi, i am wondering what the requirements are for driving, registering and leaving a U.S bought car periminantly in mexico? My husband and i are driving to mexico, but transporting a friends vehicle for his family, the vehicle will stay there when the trip is done. My husband has gotten information and 'phone numbers' from previously used 'offices' by other mexicans that have also transported vehicles, but he is weary about using them b/c he thinks that they are 'legal but illegal' like the documentation is legal, but the people administering it is not el aduana or costums or directly related to the government. (he called one of the numbers, late at night, around 8pm there and a women picked up with a baby crying in the background, she assured that this was the right number and that they would do the vehicle papers, but that we would have to wait till we were at the 'office', and wait 7-8 hrs for them to be processed and ready. Long story short, MY QUESTION IS does anybody know the process, steps or numbers to contact and documentation needed for crossing an american vehicle into mexico where it will remain and NOT come back to te U.S?

[TBoneTX 43,326]

It can be done, for sure. When we were just inside Mexico from Texas and faced a rather long walk, the wife & I were given a brief ride by a Mexicano who was doing exactly what you intend. It wasn't his first time, if I recall. I have no more details than that.

Call your nearest Mexican consulate to learn the rules & regulations, and perhaps even get something in print. I'm not sure whether it would be necessary or advisable to also consult CBP, but just make sure that there's no weapon or any TRACE of drugs in the vehicle that's being transported.

Let us know what you learn and how things go, si man.

ETA: You may want this question to be transferred to the Latin American subforum because of the more targeted audience there, si man.

Edited October 14, 2010 by TBoneTX

[luckytxn 2,263]

The closer you get to the border you will start to see signs and even billboards advertising the services.

[TBoneTX 43,326]

Another idea, si man: Contact a (reputable) agency that sells Mexican auto insurance to gringos who want to take their own car across the border (& then bring it back). Such an agency would certainly know the rules in regard to what you seek to do.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

It will be an illegal car in Mexico.