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ThunderRoad

What type of car are you driving?: 
Winnebago Travato 59G - Built on the Dodge Promaster 3500
Summarize your trip in a couple of sentences: 

Purchase in Winnebago Travato in April of 2016 and will be driving toward the Darien Gap in early 2019.  Retired technology and US Federal Government people :-)

Do you have any advice for others who may be considering driving the Americas?: 
We found in useful to spent a couple of week vacationing in several location renting cars to gain familiarity with local driving conditions, etc.
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Tim Payne

What type of car are you driving?: 
motorcycle - 2004 Yamaha V Star 650
Summarize your trip in a couple of sentences: 

I started riding my Yamaha V Star 650 from Florida, USA in January 2017 and plan on heading to Punta Arenas! Have seen the deserts of Mexico, volancoes of Guatemala and Nicaragua, the blue waters of Carribean and the incredible vistas of the Andes.

Do you have any advice for others who may be considering driving the Americas?: 
Dont't overthink it, save the money, and jump right in. Will there be problems along the way, of course. Is it good to plan ahead, of course. But don't get so bogged down by the details you never make the plunge.
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Nadia and Víctor

What type of car are you driving?: 
A 2006 Sprinter Van
Summarize your trip in a couple of sentences: 

We're a spanish couple traveling with an astronomy, art and education project: La Furgoneta Cósmica (The Cosmic Van). We plan to do astronomical observations and art workshops in rural schools from Mexico to Argentina. We are also climbers, so we plan to do short stops in every interesting rock face we found. 

Do you have any advice for others who may be considering driving the Americas?: 
We are rookies here, we prefer taking advices than giving them...
Do you have a blog or a website describing your trip? If so, what is its address?: 
La Furgoneta Cósmica
Instagram
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Dave and Nell

What type of car are you driving?: 
Ford Fiesta flex 950cc
Summarize your trip in a couple of sentences: 

Driving the Americas

Do you have any advice for others who may be considering driving the Americas?: 
2 wallets - 1 with very little money the other hidden on your person - a smile and all the time in the world with a total ignorance of Spanish when faced with a request for a "multa".
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Ruby & Jack From CHINA (Our 4Runner's from California, USA)

What type of car are you driving?: 
TOYOTA 4Runner FullSize Silver For Sale (Clean Title, California Plate)
Summarize your trip in a couple of sentences: 

We are Jack and Ruby, from China.

We bought this SUV in San Francisco (California, US) in June, 2016, to drive around the whole America (from North America to South America).

This car is very precious to us, it keeps very good condition during 18 months in America we spent with it. We checked it every month and never found any problem with it. 

Do you have any advice for others who may be considering driving the Americas?: 
Prepare 2 credit cards, 1 VISA and 1 Mastercard, don't leave important things and your documents on your car, stay in hostels with free parking lots.
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Chad and Melissa

What type of car are you driving?: 
1999 Toyota Land Cruiser
Summarize your trip in a couple of sentences: 

Our tip has yet to begin. We are prepairing and working on getting financially ready.

Do you have any advice for others who may be considering driving the Americas?: 
Not yet.
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Matt and Clotilde Szuch

What type of car are you driving?: 
2001 Toyota Landcruiser
Summarize your trip in a couple of sentences: 

We started our trip from Seatlle in June 2017, we are Matt Clo and Wilbur (our Lancruiser), we are slowly going south. Enjoying this awesome life and eveything we get to discover!! 

Do you have any advice for others who may be considering driving the Americas?: 
Just go for it!!
Do you have a blog or a website describing your trip? If so, what is its address?: 
weareoutoftheoffice
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Mike and the Troopie

What type of car are you driving?: 
A 1981 Toyota Landcruiser FJ45 Troop Carrier (Australian Right Hand Drive)
Summarize your trip in a couple of sentences: 

To drive from the top of Alaska to the bottom of Argentina in my Australian 1981 Toyota Fj45 Landcruiser Troopie

Do you have any advice for others who may be considering driving the Americas?: 
Do lots of reading into boarder crossings and what to expect. Talk to people who have done it before as they have so many good gems of advice that you will never find on line.
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Mark & Becky

What type of car are you driving?: 
A 2014 Toyota Tacoma with a camper shell over the bed.
Summarize your trip in a couple of sentences: 

Driving the complete Pan American Highway in our Toyota Tacoma for a year and half - north from San Diego to Alaska's Prudoe Bay, then South to Ushuaia, Argentina.

Do you have any advice for others who may be considering driving the Americas?: 
Before we left we read a lot of blogs and books of people doing this trip. In fact, it discouraged us from doing it, because it all seemed so overwhelming. In the end we decided to take it week by week, and not plan ahead farther than that. It's made things more manageable and us more adaptable.
Do you have a blog or a website describing your trip? If so, what is its address?: 
North then South
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Shannon and Jesse

What type of car are you driving?: 
1999 GMC Safari AWD
Summarize your trip in a couple of sentences: 

Heading south from Washington state in Nov 2017 until sometime around June - September 2018. We both finished up military service and want to take advantage of our new found freedom. 

Do you have any advice for others who may be considering driving the Americas?: 
We left with many things not finished on the lists of things to do - that's ok. Make sure you schedule time to relax and take time off from the trip. It's easy to keep traveling and forget that sight seeing is hard work!
Do you have a blog or a website describing your trip? If so, what is its address?: 
BlueVanGo
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