Caravanistan

Well, there are not too many speed limit signs in Tajikistan — but 60 and 90 sounds reasonable. Highways and motorways is a bit irritating, I mean, are there any highways in TJ?

(...) we would prefer not to choose an agenda eg on a portion of the Agency's requirements..... pondering what you did about this? I recommend you to chose an agency — not because I want you to spend more money, but it works well and saves you some hassle. I did the same when applying for my Irania...

https://caravanistan.com/travel-tips/how-where-sell-car-central-asia/ You mean the date in the red part on the right of the numberplate? That's the date when your export insurance is expiring, but I think no one outside of EU cares about this — I don't think people even know this type plate, especia...

I cannot answer 1-3, but it is definitely possible to hitchhike to the border, there's some traffic on both sides and the border is open all day long. It was pretty easy when we crossed like 2 weeks ago, took around 20 minutes. Please consider that Mashkatov is more like a vehicle border crossing, m...

No, you don't have to buy your own fuel card. Price for normal fuel is around 2,000 Toman/liter, depending on the location.

I can confirm what marten568 is saying, it's a nice border crossing. We asked on the Uzbek side if we could skip the line of the waiting cars and they let us.

Crossed there with my car in mid-May as well, very bad road on both sides but a wonderful scenery. Took less than 15 minutes for everything.

I updated the map in my first post. I am also working on a map for Kazakhstan only, will be posted in a few days.

Actually, I was speeding as well on some parts and I never received a ticket. Locals told me that foreigners will not be fined and there is definitely no check or entry in the system when leaving the country.

Thank you for your updates! Will add it to the map and upload the updated one.

@mazeno: Thanks as well, but as far as I see not every road is rated yet?