[asejwal]

Originally Posted by gd1418

FYI, Khaadu's stolen Bolero was on a temp registration..

That, in fact, makes it even more lucrative for car-lifters...

Originally Posted by phamilyman

Sejwal,

Issue is completely different. Transporting in big trucks is a pain to ladakh. So everyone prefers to buy in jammu/delhi etc, and take it to leh.

Would you let a company driver drive it to leh?

And risk of trucks not crossing road properly is high - they would be too long. plus tpt cost would be high too.

Yes, phamilyman, I guess you may be right there; but I had a word with the locals out there, and they accepted the fact that nearly half of the Delhi vehicles seen there were stolen vehicles; this had been found out in one of the police drives to nab such stolen vehicles.
Another fact about the vehicles in Leh was that alloys were surpisingly very popular - even load carriers such as TATA 207DI had alloys - I think it is easier to tie chains on alloys for travelling on snow. Probably that was the reason..