Wondering if anyone has driven their car into mexico and back, and what customs on both sides checked for etc...

going to Mexico they wont check if they do theyll just lookinside the car.
coming back if you look wrong theyll search the whole car.

youll be fine as long as you dont do any of the following
1> dont act suspiciouse
2> if your white or black your ****ed cops are crocked.
3> if your car looks to fancy your ****ed cops are crocked.
4> its another country so dont act a fool its a crocked place.
5> dont bring back firearms
6> dont buy narcotics
7> dont drive narcotics over the border
8> when coming back to the us side make sure to either have a passport if you are not a us citizen. if you are a us citizen present california or any united states id and tellthem your a us citizen. they will ask ayou a few questions and anserwer them truthfully youll be fine.
9> (if your a chick) dont drink any alchol a stranger gives you.
10>if your a guy dont **** the chicks unless you have a jimmy hat.

listen to those rules and youll have fun.

This post has been edited by RedSunCelica: Nov 1, 2004 - 7:58 PM

If your just going for a few nights its cool, no beef there. But if your vacationing for a month or so, and plan to go beyond the territories bordering the US, you might have to get a special permit. Call your local District of Motor Vehicles. They will have info on what you would need.

What ever you do, dont fool around and get arrested. The cops out there take bribes (be it if you give them a bribe or they take it from you) and mess with your ride, ID, Passport, Belongings, etc.

I was wondering more on the US customs side coming back in. Because I'm thinking of importing a GT4 to Mexico and getting a temporary permit in mexico and driving it across the border to the US. suposedly theres a agreement in the US that you can drive a mexican registered car into the US with no hassles.

This post has been edited by coustoe: Nov 1, 2004 - 8:31 PM

u must have some money.

i love my celi too much to take it to mexico, instead i take the hemi 4x4 ooooh yeah, but we go to baja , which is really more like cali with more dirt haha

-coustoe+Nov 1, 2004 - 6:30 PM

need to call the mexican consul again, but the person said as long as i had the japanese title they would allow me to register the car in mexico no problems.

Let us know what requirements are needed.

^^werd.

-dstrb

I believe your right on the permit, i went to this mexican owned audio shop the other day and the owner had a new corvette with mexico tags and registration stickers on the windshield.

i dont even think you need a permit...you can just come to the US for a while
i seen people live in baja and work here and always have mexican tags..

anyways why would you import a gt-4 to mexico? just wondering

hey,
Coustoe i hope you get a nice GT4 since you are importing the hard way ..

l towed my GT4 across canadian border and i was amazed at how easy it was to cross considering going to canada i was stuck at crossing for 6 hours with paperwork issues for a legal del sol i was taking to calgary and i had just drank 2 huge energy drinks and was jumpy which did not help .. US and canadian customs search my car 3 times since i looked nervous .. not fun ... now i was laughing in my head as i don't even smoke and i am a clean cut 30 yr old guy w/ no record and these clowns were just wasting their time .. there was a muslims couple sitting next to me and i felt bad as you have to have tons of paperwork to cross if you even look middle eastern ...

coming back i was calm and cool and 10 mintues later i was rolling .. i almost peeled out of customs lot i was so excited ...

think about the worst cop you have every met .. double that and that is nicest customs
clown for either country i saw first day ... i came back on a Sat and the laid back crew was working .. very diff crew.. kiss their ass a lot and you will be fine ..

make sure you have all paper work in order 100% .. anything can hold you .. the more paper work the better ..

d-

so you actually drove your gt4 across the border or you towed it?

The reason why im shipping to mexico is that they will allow japanese cars to be driven in mexico with a temp permit with no customs crap like in the US. I know Canadian laws are exactly like the US on Car import restrictions, I dont know how you imported your GT4 into Canada without customes getting all over you.

As for paper work Im sneaking GT4 into the US basically, Dont know what paperwork other then the mexican registration i'll have to present, I was thinking of taking my celica plates and title to mexico and just swapping them onto the Gt4 at the border. Shrugs....

I just thought the border patrol people might give me crap since the car is RHD.

This post has been edited by coustoe: Nov 2, 2004 - 3:26 PM

actualy the US border patrol are pretty nice....they only problem i see would be that the car is RHD and the border partol is always on the left...

but since it could be a off road use ..i'm sure with paper work you wil be fine...i dont know where you want to import it too but there is this one crossing where we use to go to from tecate to down farther baja but its a 2 lane exit back...and its easy to pass...all the other ones i know are big..

and US customs will tear you a new one....they are sooo mean..they treat every one like if they had drugs..its there job tho...thats my future job soo i know hahah

how much is it to import a GT4...and the only way i see it can be legal to drive on the streets if you buy a gt and change vins?

-Gilbert_619+Nov 2, 2004 - 2:54 PM

didnt hear that lalalalalalala hear no evil see no evil (nice idea though good luck)

how much does it cost for a gt4?...

you live in virginia ...soo are you driving to mexico then back up...sounds like a nice trip

I'm gonna fly down, and drive the celica back, GT4 on auction.yahoo.co.jp average around $6000

6000? plus shipping and what other cost?...how much are you looking to spend all together?

i go alot and as long as you dont do anything that draws attention you should be fine, and if your gonna do it i recommend you do it through my city compared to cali, no customs here >> .

oh oh.. i got one..

dont drink the water.

when walking infront of customs.. dont limp or walk crooked.. (cavity search = bad)

ok on the serious note..

can you get a rhd gt4 so you dont have to convert the car?

and how hard is it to (whispers*) change the vin with an other celica?

well for the dash tag, isnt it just two rivits? idk about the firewall....but they wouldnt check the firewall more than likely, so....

-Gilbert_619+Nov 2, 2004 - 7:15 PM

-95celgt+Nov 2, 2004 - 8:40 PM

my city: Laredo, Tx.
mexican city: Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas

Highway out of here: I-35
there is a borderpatrol checkpoint about 30 miles away going towards San Antonio but all they check for is YOUR paperwork, make sure your a us citizen.

ahhh sweet, just one more piece in the puzzle solved!!

thanks!

no prob, just bring your ST title and plates just in case, but if your an american citizen there should be no beef.

Coustoe just a warning... if you get cheap shipping your car will most likely be COMPLETELY STRIPPED... even with expensive shipping containers they usually get stuff stolen, I have friends who import to Australia and there is always something missing like wheels, BOV, shifter, momo wheels etc.

Most of the ****s who work on the docks will tear through that stuff >>


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