RVing in Central America
Hi There all your Rvers I wanted to put a post on here about going south with your RV. When we started to plan our trip to Central America I found little information on here with the exception o...
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A more "disposable" vehicle would be a great option, if major repairs were needed.
Because we use each of our vehicles for several months at a time over several years, we have "saved" the purchase price a couple of times over compared to the costs of renting an equivalent vehicle, so to my way of thinking, they have become disposable simply because we have obtained good value out of them. They don't owe us a cent.
The Iveco in Argentina we bought for $3000 and used it for 6 months before giving it away. Cost to rent an equivalent vehicle even long term would have been about $100 a day including insurance, so that purchase repaid itself 6 times over.
So a disposable philosophy is not a bad idea, certainly if you buy the vehicle in the country it broke down in. Problem south of the border in some countries anyway, is they are very particular about foreigners adding to the huge number of abandoned vehicles littering the streets,so they insist you don't leave the country unless you take the heap of junk with you.
Just needs a bit of care to make sure you break down in the right country. Argentina and Uruguay are good.
Wondering if we need our tow car
Might pay to check the rules on all border crossings to see if two vehicles are allowed, whether you would have to drive them across separately etc etc.
