Do I Need To Carry Spare Parts?

qtla9111 wrote:

45Ricochet wrote:
200K miles on a Durango? In Mexico no less? You don't need any parts, you need a new tow vehicle IMO.
Don't get me wrong, we have spent many days, months in Mexico way back when and loved it. Now days it's a chance of a visit at best. Remember they don't allow protection devices like a 45 into the country. Good luck and safe travels.

The Durango was a dealer import here in Mexico and had two years of dealer maintenance. We bought it in 2007. It's been a great SUV and has served us well. We have no complaints with that.

I been here 30 years and we have rved the last 15 and almost exclusively boondocking in Mexico. On this trip I traveled by myself. Never an issue in terms of security, robbery, stolen items off the rig, and we have traveled half of the Mexican states including Jalisco, Michoacan and Guerrero.

For work I have been on the road on my own to all the Mexican states except for Colima and Chiapas. I work mostly the border cities and northern states. It's a great life and a wonderful job and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Thanks again to everyone regarding my OP. I guess good checkups, maintenance and as someone said luck will keep my Durango going for a couple of more years.

BTW, as a Mexican resident, by law, I can have a weapon at home for self-protection.

Glad you cleaned that up for me, happy for your experience in Mexico. Yeah I bet being a resident you would be treated differently than a gringo from the states. Have a place in Punta Bandera for the last 25 years of so. Great get away if you don't mind custom lines back into the USA. The first 20 years or so it was a pleasure to own. This past five years it is broken into at least once a year. We now have a local watching it but they still don't catch all of the thieves. LOL just like the USA :W