Update on buying MX plated cars & MX license

[roberb7]

I got GTO plates yesterday for a car I imported from the US. The importation was easy, but getting GTO plates on it requires time and trouble.
On my first trip to the tránsito, I paid a 163 peso fee for document validation. They gave me a receipt that I had to take to the Centro de Revision Vehicular.
Good luck finding this place. It's in Puentecillas, and it's on the right, between GTO's only traffic light and the pedestrian bridge near the tránsito. There's a sign for it, but it's not very visible.
The visit to this Centro de Revision Vehicular is part of the process of making sure that your car wasn't stolen. They check the VIN and look under the hood. You pay them 131 pesos, and they stamp that receipt, which you take back to the tránsito office three days later.
You pay another 950 pesos to get the actual plates. The registration fee is 400 pesos for subsequent years.
As with driver's licenses, they're very sticky about proof of residence. Phone bills and CFE bills only, and they need both sides of the first page of the phone bill.