[DavidG]

And yet locally they permitted the survival of a lot of desirable cars with an extremely high mix of open cars because of the climate (in the northern and central parts of the country where the population was concentrated). While I haven't visited Argentina for some time now, perhaps the workers who paint the lane stripes are now shown some respect as the lane discipline used to be the worst in the world. Of all of the cars that I imported from there, only one did not require that all four fenders be replaced.

Don't get me wrong; it is a beautiful country with a generous population, outstanding food and wine. and Buenos Aires is truly the Paris of South America. My time there ranks up with the best of them.