{"id":2807,"date":"2024-11-24T11:38:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T08:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/?p=2807"},"modified":"2024-11-24T11:38:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T08:38:53","slug":"what-is-a-tropicalised-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/what-is-a-tropicalised-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a tropicalised vehicle?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Tropicalised vehicles are intended mainly for use in Africa, the Middle East, Far East and all countries outside Europe (EU) or the USA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">In these countries:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The temperature is usually high<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Fuel quality is not the best or is not very good<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">There is a lot of dust<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">There is high humidity<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The roads are of poor quality<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0Therefore, vehicles have :<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">A heavy duty cooling system (Radiator, fan, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">An engine and fuel system suited to using fuel of a lesser quality<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Heavier filters (Air, Oil, Fuel)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Far fewer electronics than European or US vehicles<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">No catalytic converter<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Reinforced suspension<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0We also draw your attention to the fact that:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Only &#8220;tropicalised&#8221; vehicles carry a manufacturer&#8217;s guarantee for use outside Europe and the USA.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Spare parts and servicing are available from the make&#8217;s local representative (which is not the case for EU and US models).<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">You would be leaving yourself open to mechanical problems, if you were to use EU or US standard vehicles in tropical countries. (Dirt in the injectors, in the exhaust).<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">&#8220;Tropicalised&#8221; vehicles cannot be registered in Europe (EU), since they do not conform to pollution prevention standards and do not have a certificate of conformity.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>.<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tropicalised vehicles are intended mainly for use in Africa, the Middle East, Far East and all countries outside Europe (EU) or the USA.\u00a0 In these countries:\u00a0 The temperature is usually high Fuel quality is not the best or is not very good There is a lot of dust There is high humidity The roads are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5420,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,1954,1922],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-car-literacy","category-toyota"],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pej6K6-Jh","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-content\/uploads\/miraa-tropicalised-vehicles-magaripoa-1.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}