I live in Decatur, Texas and have taken several extended driving trips into Mexico over the years. Most recently this past August. I was actually intending to drive the 420 sel, and spent a month plus some $$$ getting it ready only to learn at the last minute that I needed the title to the car (which was at home) and I was too far from home at that point to go back and get it. Fortunately the group we were driving with had an extra van ready to go so we took that instead. Driving through the mountains to Saltillo, is beautiful and the roads are as nice as any interstate we have here.