Mexican Border Caravans - What Is This I Don't Even

[emmettlodge]

What is going on with all these US-plated caravans I've been seeing cross into Mexico? All these pictures were taken this morning alone, in like a 2 hour period. I've just been sitting watching one after another... They all go into Mexico, but none go out.

They're always Toyota trucks too. Are they importing them?

[Dravenport]

in before yo dawg!

[Sir UNBANNED_GERBIL M.B.]

in before yo dawg!

Just what I was thinking

[flat6guy]

I'm totally intrigued! They're really all Toyotas. So wierd. Awaiting explanation..

[Ax1om]

Don't have an explanation but I see it all the time. I've always wondered what they were doing..

[classicjetta]

Error - Unknown object

[eunos94]

Really? You can't figure it out? It's simple. They can't be titled or registered for whatever reason (won't pass e-check, salvage/flood title etc). Move em into Mexico and tada no more worries.

We see it all the time in Ohio where most of the rural counties do not require annual inspections but the big cities do. Drive out of Cleveland and into the sticks and suddenly you're surrounded by all the crap you haven't seen on the road in ages. Most of it being 100,000+ mile early naughties and 90's cars that need loads of emission work but still have sound bodies.

[phil123]

I'm totally intrigued! They're really all Toyotas. So wierd. Awaiting explanation..

This one right here is what we call a nissan pick-me-up truck.

And i dont care what goes into mexico. Or what comes out of mexico.

[Cubster]

We see those all the time in Texas headed south on I-35. I believe there is also some sort of rule that no cars newer than 5 model years can be brought into Mexico (that were sold here).

[Pool Runner]

I owned a '92 Toyota Reg-Cab 4x4 w/ 22RE 4-Cyl. I think it was rated at maybe 115 hp? I would be reluctant to tow a small 14 ft aluminum fishing boat, I couldn't imagine towing another truck with that motor/ combo

[cheap sunglasses]

They took our trucks!

[cheap sunglasses]

Importing Tacos into Mexico? Now I've heard everything.

[RabbitsKin]

I sold a '99 Suburban at auction last year, with word from the auction house that '99 SUV's were hot in the used market because it was the newest year that could be imported into Mexico without some sort of tax. Or something like that. Across the parking lot at my work is a Guatemalan guy who drives used trucks south of the border for his brother. There must be some huge markup, because the gas expense and the plane ticket home is such that he still earns a profit.

[Lucian1988]

like someone else above, you cant figure out why they are taking them into mexico??

its because they can probably get them here for cheap, and sell them there. or like said before, wont pass inspection, but in Mexico they might still be considered brand new.. its pretty simple.

and LOL at the bus towing the truck. wonder what theyll use the bus for

[sirswank]

the cartel drug lords have heard what success the jihadists have had with the hilux...

[MidnightSpecial]

They're importing them.

IIRC, Mexico didn't receive the bulletproof Toyota trucks of the 90's. If you live in rural Nuevo Leon or Coahuila, it makes sense.

[two.twoliter]

I owned a '92 Toyota Reg-Cab 4x4 w/ 22RE 4-Cyl. I think it was rated at maybe 115 hp? I would be reluctant to tow a small 14 ft aluminum fishing boat, I couldn't imagine towing another truck with that motor/ combo

Might be a V6. Still a little freaky. I'm sure the 4runner it's towing weights more than the pickup...

[A.Wilder]

Fleeing Alabama and taking as many trucks with them as possible

[JettaGT8V80]

I would think it was cheap to buy these here at auctions then jsut slap a plate onthem in mexico and boom cheap running truck

[DISI 2.3T]

Small truck market dead?

[AdrockMK2]

I'm totally intrigued! They're really all Toyotas. So wierd. Awaiting explanation..

This is weird, I saw this all the time in 2000-2004 while living in SoCal (about 2 hrs north of the border) and thought it was just a coincidence that there were so many tandem old Toyota and Nissans towing towards the border.

[JeffIsLax]

I really hope that the tarp in the first picture is covering a Power Wheels pickup truck.

[AZGolf]

So the export of our used vehicles to Mexico is probably related to the used car prices at all time highs in the USA thread going on.

[Turbio!]

You see 'em constantly on I-25 heading from Denver southbound. My dad calls 'em Amigo Parades. They convoy up and potter along at about 60 in the slow lane all the way to El Paso, and then it's adios. Mostly small, old SUVs, pickups, and utility vehicles.

[clutchrider]

Importing Tacos into Mexico? Now I've heard everything.

QFTD

[kerridwen]

Most of those go to Central and South America.

[roccostud]

Nice looking old toyota there. Sold front axle.. no. one of the trucks I hate to modified.

[seadoo2006]

[duke of chucchinchilla]

Most of those go to Central and South America.

That's right. If you go to Guatemala, the main form of "public" transportation is actually private bus companies that operate old American school buses with crazy paint jobs. Same with the cars. The cars that nobody buys here because they're too old are picked bought at auction here and resold there. In fact, many of the cars I saw in Guatemala still had old US dealership badges on them.

[IgorRGTI]

It's last week's South Park episode coming to fruition.

The Meeheecans are fleeing the states!

[Cousin Eddie]

IB4emmetlodge'sTruckisStolenandtakentoMexico.

[emmettlodge]

IB4emmetlodge'sTruckisStolenandtakentoMexico.

Over my cold dead body

[wheeltowheel]

whoa doc, this is heavy

[DrFrisker]

dam no wonder i cant find a used taco for sale around here at a reasonable price. these toyota trucks are bulletproof besides the frame rails rusting out. friend had one with 250k+ on the odo.. toyota offered to buy it back for 150% of the trucks fair market value under recall because his frame rails were rusted so bad. The warranty repair job on them are no longer worth the labor(as they were a few years ago) for the dealer so they just buy em back. I bet the toyota dealers sold them at auctions and found their way into the native's hands. but that's just one side of the story. I'm pretty irritated they are driving the price and demand for these trucks even further in the us.

edit:
nooooooooo I see an xr250r in one of the beds... I have one of these bikes. It's a 1986 dirtbike. they run almost forever without a lick of maintenance and will run forever with regular / little maintenance. dam spics

[DSG-TDI]

They turn them into this for export to various rebel movements in Central/South America?