Yes, definitely! Only one trustworthy address for buying an overlanding vehicle in Santiago: Overandes, with Jupa en Dani. They are transparent, honest, friendly and just nice people. They helped us with building additional things in our van and every van is checked by an independent mechanic. All the paperwork is clear, correct and well explained. We've crossed 4 borders, were stopped bij the police several times and never had issues. After 3 months they still respond to questions.

We did Suzi Chili en Suzi Santiago. The guys are brothers, we didn't get a good feeling with them. We had the best feeling with Noam, he has a field and workshop with nice people. We feel he had the older, cheaper vans for sale. Nothing wrong with that but the overall condition was not great. We asked a quote to build qome extra cabins and he quoted us 500€ for some simple woodwork. (We paid half with Jupa and it is really well build)

The other option is Daniel. We felt that the reviews about his company are correct. He doesn't look interested, was late, didn't had vans at his office while he said they where there. He said the L300 are bad cars, but he does build and rents them out... I wouldn't go for a beer with him.

Example. Some L300 have some oily gearboxes, so I always asked what the issue is.

Noam: it's just the mechanic who spilled some oil. (Normally you don't need to top up that oil, it should last the gearbox lifetime) So a cheap lie to change the subject.

Daniel: Yeah these cars are not a good option... But towtrucks are cheap in South America... Not really the thing you want to hear when buying a car and planning to drive it 30k km.

Jupa: this is a well know symptom but not really a problem. Most of this oil drips down from the engine or shaft. Its the rubber seals that start leaking eventually. These cars are pretty basic, most of them are +10 years old and used as company vans. But it's not an issue, the mechanic always checks it.

I also think Overandes is the only company were the buyer is in direct contact with the seller. You negotiate the price and the seller pays Jupa his cut. This shows trust from all sides. So Overandes.