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Easy to sell car in Mauretania?
We would like to sell our car (an old VW Golf) in Mauretania. Does anybody know if it is possible and do you know something about the procedure? When we enter Mauretania we might get a stamp in the passport. This stamp might be a problem when leaving the country without car. Thanks for your advice!

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I believe that selling a car in any African country is potentially riddled with risk and I don't recommend it. What currency to you expect to be paid in, and where will the locals get this currency from?
And will you ever get the money out of the country without being split on by an informer, mugged or apprehended by customs?
I took a Land Rover to Mauritania a while back, received lots of offers for it and didn't believe ANY offer was straight. So I drove it back again and had a great trip.
The old hands sell their cars to the police... and I'm sure you can get more info on this forum, but this is always going to be a hi risk venture!
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The car has been offered to us and it is a VW Golf. For us it is not so important to sell it. We just want to get until Mauretania, from where we go with public transport to other countrys.
In the worst case we offer the car to somebody in Mauretania.
But I thought it might be a problem with the stamp in the passport when we leave the country?
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Hi, there is a customs procedure to 'remove' the stamp from your passport which will of course cost you money. Someone posted about doing this recently - have a search on the forum. The ideal situation might be to sell through a recommended contact.
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HI ,.

Yep , you can clear -legally - the vehicle's entry from your passport in any custom's office.

Assuming that you sell it .. you go with the buyer ./. and for -I think- 200 Euro they remove the entry .. leaving you free to exit the country . Obviously these 200 Euro is paid by the buyer .. but be cristal-clear while specifiying this to the potential buyer

IMHO , Selling a vehicle in Mauritania is definitely not a good idea. If you can get to Mali or Gambia you can sell it way off more easy -no passport details-

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Hi,

Last year I sold a VW Jetta (technically a golf just with an added boot) in Gambia.
Same as Javier I would recommend to sell the car the car in an other country than Mauritania, especially since you mentioned that you want to move on anyhow.
Why do I recommend to sell Not in Mauritania:

1. As Javier mentioned: More complicated paperwork in Mauri(you can circumnavigate that by avoiding the stamp at the border as mentioned in an earlier post)

2. And in my opinion Mauritania is NOT a VW country, therefore I expect the prices to be lower than in say Gambia or Mali, where I saw plenty of VW Golf II taxis etc.. It was quite difficult to get Golf spare parts in the Mauritanian Capital, while they where easily available in Bamako and Banjul.

I my humble opinion it is easier to sell a common car. But my information is nearly one year old, maybe the situation changed and of course you can sell the the car in Mauritania, we where asked all the time if we wanted to sell, but I suspected the prices to be lower and wanted to go on anyhow.

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