car parts in Mexico
by abuelajudy 
, Sunday, October 30, 2016, 13:52 (3668 days ago)
Writing a novel set in Mexico. I want to send the heroine to Mexico driving a car (bought in the U.S.) for which it is very difficult or impossible to find parts in Mexico. Is their a make or model of car for which that is true? (Or is it now possible to buy parts for every possible make of car?)
Thanks!
car parts in Mexico
by ZihuaRob 
, Zihuatanejo, México, Sunday, October 30, 2016, 14:14 (3668 days ago) @ abuelajudy
Writing a novel set in Mexico. I want to send the heroine to Mexico driving a car (bought in the U.S.) for which it is very difficult or impossible to find parts in Mexico. Is their a make or model of car for which that is true? (Or is it now possible to buy parts for every possible make of car?)
Thanks!
I would simply use literary license if I were you. Suburu is a brand that only relatively recently began operating in Mexico: since 2006. That might be a good make of car for you. We still hardly see them around in rural Mexico.
car parts in Mexico
by abuelajudy , Sunday, October 30, 2016, 14:21 (3668 days ago) @ ZihuaRob
Great. Perfect. I'll put her in a 2004 Subaru. Thanks!
car parts in Mexico
by Gringo Viejo , Kansas/Zihuatanejo, Sunday, October 30, 2016, 14:50 (3668 days ago) @ ZihuaRob
It will hard to convince a Subaru owner/reader that it ever broke down! 
Haha
by abuelajudy , Sunday, October 30, 2016, 14:52 (3668 days ago) @ Gringo Viejo
I'll have to take a chance. Maybe no Subaru owners will read my book.
car parts in Mexico
by frostbite , Hamilton MT, Monday, October 31, 2016, 07:20 (3667 days ago) @ Gringo Viejo
Glad to hear they've improved. I've owned 2; never again. No problems with our Honda CRV.
car parts in Mexico
hyundai as well as they were previously only sold by Dodge until 2014.
car parts in Mexico
by abuelajudy , Sunday, October 30, 2016, 14:50 (3668 days ago) @ Curbarn
Great. Just what I was looking for. So, for example, if her radiator was leaking on a 2008 Hyundai (or 2004 Subaru) that would be pretty hard to get fixed?
car parts in Mexico
by Talley Ho , Playa la Ropa, Sunday, October 30, 2016, 14:56 (3668 days ago) @ abuelajudy
Radiators are an easy fix anywhere!
How about a US Volkswagen Beetle? Our classic 1979 was made in Germany, sold in the US, and looks like a Mexican one, except it's a convertible. It's also fuel injected, which makes the parts unavailable in Mexico, sigh.
How about bad spark plugs in any Chevy Votec engine? Can't get those in Mexico, either.
We have made bad vehicle choices!!
car parts in Mexico
by abuelajudy , Sunday, October 30, 2016, 15:54 (3668 days ago) @ Talley Ho
Sorry about your bad choices. But you're in Mexico! And you have a '79 Beetle. Life sounds pretty good.
car parts in Mexico
Great. Just what I was looking for. So, for example, if her radiator was leaking on a 2008 Hyundai (or 2004 Subaru) that would be pretty hard to get fixed?
How about a '72 Chevy Vega? A car reviewer once wrote:
"Buy a Vega if you enjoy meeting people along the highway".
(We had one. He was right.)
car parts in Mexico
by abuelajudy , Monday, October 31, 2016, 12:37 (3667 days ago) @ HolyMole
I have a feeling that the car mechanics of Mexico could fix any Chevy ever made -- with scotch tape and paper clips if necessary.
car parts in Mexico
by Canadian Rainbirds , Victoria BC and Zihuatanejo, Monday, October 31, 2016, 19:12 (3666 days ago) @ abuelajudy
British Morris Mini Minor. (The orginal)
