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Originally Posted by RVGRINGO
Your experience was typical and, as you discovered, the insurance will eventually pay you something, but they are not concerned with the importation of your car or clearing it from the records; that is up to you. In most such cases, there are only two remedies: Importing another car in your spouse's name or buying a Mexican vehicle.
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In true Mexican fashion, I had one Aduana official actually suggest that I bring the broken windshield, complete with the sticker intact, to a customs office to prove that the vehicle was damaged beyond repair.
As I've relayed previously, my persistence did finally result in Banjercito sending me an official certificate acknowledging the cancellation of my original Temporary Import Permit. It will be interesting this October to see if Mexican customs computers have recorded that same cancellation, or if I'll have to jump through hoops at the border once again. I'm taking bets.
Just in case, our vehicle is registered in both names, so my wife can always be the "importer".