Originally Posted by luluki

I'm still trying to figure out why people think you need to be fluent in spanish to drive in Argentina. Maybe it's because you are used to live somewhere where nearly the whole continent speaks your language.

Just a one hour drive from my hometown I end up in a country where I don't understand a word. Some more hours in every other direction do the same. I never had problems driving there though. French, spanish, italian, czech, polish, greek or bulgarian (with their own alphabets), finnish (its our alphabet but try to read that!) ... europeans drive there for holidays all the time.
I've found that respect, common sense and politeness usually get you through every problem.

Is there anything I'm missing about Argentina? Special obstacles? Surely argentinian law enforcement can't be that scary for a law-abiding tourist?

PS: I know large parts are not densely populated so I will bring a phone-independent GPS.