selling car on desert?

[gregor]

hai.
can i sell 4wd after travel in algieria, mali or niger?
its a very difficult?

it will be my first travel in this country.
maybe it will be a problem because Im "new one"

------------------
grzegorz zajac

[kitmax]

Selling cars in North African countries is full of hazards.In Algeria, forget it, it's not permitted.
In Mauritania my friend did a deal with the Chief of Police. Whether that made the deal official or not, I don't know.
I got arrested in Nouakchott as a car smuggler as I couldn't show a chassis number on the Land Rover's chassis, and the stamped chassis plate in the engine bay was considered unnacceptable evidence of the car's identity.
I ended up being interrogated by Interpol, which was not fun. Talk about injured innocence! I was only on a lone photo safari anyway!
Several weeks after that disturbing event,
I tried to sell my Land Rover SIII in Nouakchott and drew the following conclusions.
1) The bidders almost certainly didn't have the money they were offering.
2) Everyone wanted a finger in the pie, generally with ill-intent.
3) The likelihood of being mugged immediately after payment is very high.(Dacca boasts the highest incidence of muggings in the world)
4) If you do a deal and fly out, you can be arrested at the airport, on a tip off (probably from the buyer), and relieved of your cash.
My conclusions are, don't try it. - Instead I drove home across the (mined) north Mauritania border into Morocco and sold the car in UK for a better price!
There are pleanty of itinerant dealers running 'old car convoys' for sale in African countries, and they probably know more than me.
I suggest don't touch it on your own.
All best
Kitmax www.kitmax.com

------------------
Kitmax - Traveller
Desert Pictures at
http://www.kitmax.com

[Chris Scott]

Taking into account the warnings above (relatively specific to Mori), in Niger and Mali it is relatively easy to do it legally, as long as it is not some old banger and what they want (more on p.368 of the book).

Chris S