Comments on: Cars to Avoid in Mexico http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/01/cars-to-avoid-in-mexico/ the life and times of a gringa in Mexico City Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:41:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Julie http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/01/cars-to-avoid-in-mexico/comment-page-1/#comment-35208 Julie Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:07:15 +0000 http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=1606#comment-35208 Thanks Ricardo! Estoy totalmente de acuerdo-- los taxistas son locos y se parecen que no cuidan ni por sus vidas ni por las de otros! :) Thanks Ricardo! Estoy totalmente de acuerdo– los taxistas son locos y se parecen que no cuidan ni por sus vidas ni por las de otros! :)

]]> By: ricardo http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/01/cars-to-avoid-in-mexico/comment-page-1/#comment-35199 ricardo Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:55:56 +0000 http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=1606#comment-35199 wow! it's nice to know the opinion of a foreigner, i drive every day and i agree with all your points, nevertheless i must add the crazy driving of the taxi drivers, they are the worst thing of my day, very funny wow! it’s nice to know the opinion of a foreigner,
i drive every day and i agree with all your points,
nevertheless i must add the crazy driving of the taxi drivers,
they are the worst thing of my day,
very funny

]]> By: SAS http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/01/cars-to-avoid-in-mexico/comment-page-1/#comment-27577 SAS Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:41:14 +0000 http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=1606#comment-27577 Never seen your blog before but great topic! When I saw the title I thought the body of the text was going to be: - Pointers - Chevys Because I think Pointer drivers are the absolute WORST and Chevy is a close second. Have you noticed this? P.S. re: a previous commenter -- according to my husband, the system was changed because the government considered it better to have the majority of drivers in some system even if they have never gotten behind a wheel, than to have the very few people who were willing to take the test. Never seen your blog before but great topic! When I saw the title I thought the body of the text was going to be:
- Pointers
- Chevys

Because I think Pointer drivers are the absolute WORST and Chevy is a close second. Have you noticed this?

P.S. re: a previous commenter — according to my husband, the system was changed because the government considered it better to have the majority of drivers in some system even if they have never gotten behind a wheel, than to have the very few people who were willing to take the test.

]]> By: Taylor Jackson http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/01/cars-to-avoid-in-mexico/comment-page-1/#comment-27419 Taylor Jackson Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:41:11 +0000 http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=1606#comment-27419 This is one of the best laughs I have had all day! What you describe sounds like a typical driving experience in Atlanta. We're all wonderfully insane motorists. Why bother "asking" for the lane next to you with a turn signal when you can just take the space? Stop signs, yield signs, and even traffic lights? Merely suggestions. Something tells me that I will feel right at home on the roads of DF, should I ever get behind the wheel! This is one of the best laughs I have had all day! What you describe sounds like a typical driving experience in Atlanta. We’re all wonderfully insane motorists. Why bother “asking” for the lane next to you with a turn signal when you can just take the space? Stop signs, yield signs, and even traffic lights? Merely suggestions.

Something tells me that I will feel right at home on the roads of DF, should I ever get behind the wheel!

]]> By: Michael Wolf http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/01/cars-to-avoid-in-mexico/comment-page-1/#comment-27393 Michael Wolf Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:36:23 +0000 http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=1606#comment-27393 There used to be driving tests in the DF, but they did away with them in, I think, 2004. Certainly when I got mine, in March of 2005, the procedure I went through was similar to the one you described -- although I don't think it even took a whole hour. I was going to say "actual driving tests" above, but from what I gather, using the word actual would be a real misnomer: to pass the test you had to bribe the right person or right people. Supposedly (details are, as always, very sketchy) they changed the system to eliminate that bit of corruption. I'm honestly not sure whether that was the right move, all things considered. There used to be driving tests in the DF, but they did away with them in, I think, 2004. Certainly when I got mine, in March of 2005, the procedure I went through was similar to the one you described — although I don’t think it even took a whole hour.

I was going to say “actual driving tests” above, but from what I gather, using the word actual would be a real misnomer: to pass the test you had to bribe the right person or right people. Supposedly (details are, as always, very sketchy) they changed the system to eliminate that bit of corruption. I’m honestly not sure whether that was the right move, all things considered.

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]]> By: Nancy http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/01/cars-to-avoid-in-mexico/comment-page-1/#comment-27384 Nancy Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:08:56 +0000 http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=1606#comment-27384 Interesting! In Mazatlán we paid the "in the know dude" 1,000 pesos and he did it all, while we leaned on the wall. He only called us over to get our pictures taken and sign something. (Of course the rest of the city was waiting in line after line to do the same thing) Here there is a driving test and also a written test that is quite strangely worded I hear. KInd of chicken sh*t of us to pay the dude instead of muscling through but we really didn't want to waste a whole day messing with it. Us retired types have got full schedules, you know! We did have to bring the official lab results of our blood type, and it is printed on the face of our license. Interesting! In Mazatlán we paid the “in the know dude” 1,000 pesos and he did it all, while we leaned on the wall. He only called us over to get our pictures taken and sign something. (Of course the rest of the city was waiting in line after line to do the same thing) Here there is a driving test and also a written test that is quite strangely worded I hear. KInd of chicken sh*t of us to pay the dude instead of muscling through but we really didn’t want to waste a whole day messing with it. Us retired types have got full schedules, you know!

We did have to bring the official lab results of our blood type, and it is printed on the face of our license.

]]> By: Amanda http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/01/cars-to-avoid-in-mexico/comment-page-1/#comment-27383 Amanda Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:06:44 +0000 http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=1606#comment-27383 I needed this laugh! Ohhhhh so very true I needed this laugh! Ohhhhh so very true

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