Junk car caravan
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They're just heading to Pueblo, duh. It's basically Mexico but less good tequila and natural vanilla.....
Maybe a few go to places other than Mexico?
Taking them to a port to ship to the islands or to Africa on a container ship.
Maybe those are going to Cuba.
That’s interesting. I don’t believe used American cars are making it to Cuba. I only saw the pre-60’s American cars there. Having said that, I’m only speaking of recognizable cars like Chevy’s and Ford’s and not Toyota’s. Castro banned the importation of American cars and car parts as a response to America putting Cuba on an embargo. Things are thawing however, and parts of the embargo might be pulled off eventually.
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I think some of that is more in the last 5 years or so. While they like their old cars, they’ve starting phasing in some newer stuff as well. Much of the reason those cars were successful there was the price. I think that is the reason for a slow change into some of the newer stuff as well……
A lot of stolen cars were being shipped to the Middle East from Montreal.
There were some other postings on Cuba lately. An internet search shows the average age of a vehicle in Cuba is 30 years. There are 60,000 vintage American vehicles and another 400,000 vehicles from places around the world. There are still a lot of Ladas from the Soviet era but also lots of modern European cars. At a hotel I stayed at there was a line up of Peugeot taxis. Those taxi’s eventually filter down to private ownership. Cuba is a huge vacation for Canadians. I like my Cafe Americano!
I saw one today, including a beat up bumperless Fusion towing a bigger vehicle (small SUV?) on I-75 N in KY. When I saw the rear vehicle towing a car on a dolly, and another empty dolly on the towed car's hitch-I got as far away as possible! I'm sure they had a CDL for pulling that "double"!
Don't need a CDL to tow double in many states...
I see it all the time in new Mexico. Always heading south.
Only round 10 don't allow double trailering with out a CDL and setup certain ways. Mostly all on the east coast, as one would expect.
I have hired many a migrant working here in the Midwest over my career. They generally buy a car up here and take it to the border, where they sell it to a dealer who then takes it over. I did some work in inner Mexico and had to laugh at all the Minnesota plates on rusty cars and trucks I saw there. They don’t even register them, and find the plates to be a sense of pride!!!
Cars and parts are hard to find in Mexico. A running car is gold regardless what it looks like.
Cars and parts are hard to find in Mexico. A running car is gold regardless what it looks like.
