Auf keinen Fall kaufen !!!!

ONLY if the current owner drives it over the border and sorts out all the problems AND has a satisfactory solution as to how you can take possession of it to allow legal entry into the next country.
I know people who have bought vehicles with overdue TIPs in Uruguay, but maybe they are a bit more relaxed about that sort of technicality.

Even then, a wise move is to agree to pay at least the final 50% of the purchase price only when you are free and clear into the next country.

One big problem with buying vehicles - particularly in Argentina with a lot of very isolated border posts, some operated by the army - is that often the TIPs are just shoved into a drawer and never officially cancelled on the computer. This means that even a couple of years later when the new buyer comes in, a diligent officer might come up with three or four live, very overdue TIPs and that might cause the new owner some grief.
Previous owner of the vehicle I had, found he had unexpired TIPs dating back three years when he entered for the last time before selling it to me and he had to make a long detour to the provincial aduana office to get it all sorted out. Very lucky for me because I was to take it out using a power of attorney and his TIP so I would have been the one to cop it. Luckily he had the stamps in his passports and they accepted that he probably drove the vehicle over too, but of course I wouln;t have been able to do that for him. Paso Sico isn't a good place to get your vehicle confiscated.

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Tony Lee
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