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Originally Posted by wolfandzebra
We found ourselves in your situation just a year ago and ended up following the practical advice given to us by other travellers. Our two DR where picked up by two overlanders who happily rode them out of Argentina and throughout South America without any problem whatsoever. Thus confirming the veracity of similar experiences shared by other overlanders.
It is my opinion that Xfiltrate makes a business out of scaring travellers by brandishing the ominous spectre of laws nobody else seem to know or be concerned with.
We are glad to not have paid any attention to his scaremongering.
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The problem is that some people get away with something and then claim because nothing happened to them, anyone can do the same thing quite legally. All that needs to happen for that twisted logic to be fully debunked is for just one person to get into trouble following that advice. I have proof that if certain advice regarding PODERS is followed, the result may be confiscation of the vehicle. I don't have to prove that everyone doing this gets into trouble, just need to show that one person did.
XFiltrate is perhaps a tad overcautious and that is a trait that is just a result of someone applying basic duty of care when giving advice. Especially on an open forum like this where it is impossible to gauge just how sensible or savvy a poster is, it is normal for advice to be given so as to "do no harm". Your "advice" - which was really not advice at all, merely an outcome, is not "do no harm" If you follow his advice, you will not get into problems. If you choose to ignore his advice, you may run into problems or may not depending on how you go about it.
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