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Good article on buying in Chile and help offered
Hello everyone.
I have written a big article on my blog which I hope you will all find interesting.
All visitors welcome
Also I am offering help if you need to stick a vehicle or bike in my wife's or my name.
The usual also applies... if you need help with spares and repairs, or language difficulties, get in touch via my blog as I am not really a regular in here ...... yet!
Take care
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Very nice article, that is great that you guys are offering to help out for free. One advantage to buying your bike in Chile is that it is the only Latin American country that is pretty much free of corruption.
This is a great legal alternative to having to doctor another foreign biker's temporary vehicle permit so you can buy the bike from them. The only down side is bikes in Chile are more expensive (like every other Latin American country).
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Thanks
Thank you for the kind words.
Bikes and cars may be expensive in Chile but if you then re sell them there the cost is offset. It works out like an expensive hire!
I had a Chevy Blazer 4x4 bought for 2,500,000 CP and sold it after six months for 2,000,000 CP (that was after putting it through some good usage).
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cheers I needed this, do you know where I could find Chile vehicle compliance information? I'm thinking of shipping my minibike
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Not quite there yet.
Hola,
I'm in Spain at the moment packing up everything ready for our move to Chile.
We get there on Chrimbo Day. So there isn't much I can do at the moment.
Regarding the minibike. Look up the website I mentioned in my blog. Find a similar model and see what the spec is. If the buyer has an e mail address we can ask some questions if you want. We speekee spaneesh.
Off to bed now..... 12am in Spain.
Buenas Noches.
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Hmm I found a cheaper version, no where near as good as my motovert but about 1/4 of the price and 1/8 of the price after shipping and sending it home... cheers
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