02-27-2015, 12:18 PM
Thanks for the thanks, but I did not give the undercoat advise...
We know of a couple of guys that fix European cars, but be aware, parts may not be anywhere on island(s)...course the same is true with cars from dealerships here...and that could mean weeks of waiting...
HPP unpaved roads are, right now, pretty decent, and truth be told, many of the subdivisions roads have gradually gotten better in the last decade...some are still more like a motorcross trail than a road, but the numbers of them are down...
Salt is a big issue the closer you are to the ocean...we came from Chitown area...and we have proof that the corrsion THERE is much worse than here, as 3 days before we moved we received a "high corrosion" recall on our 3 yr old car...and the dealer in Hilo had never seen one, and could not get the recall replacement part directly, but had to go through our old dealer, so we have learned corrosion is in the eye of the beholder..
And as you rent, your decisions on where to live will, most likely, change...ours went from getting at least an acre of woodland, like we were used to in Chitown, to "OMG the plants NEVER stop growing...they don't even slow down..WTH, wasn't that plant 3' shorter last week...and it looks like an invasive weed" (we changed all the way to an in-town small residential lot with wayyy too many plants!)
Most of all, enjoy this adventure...
We know of a couple of guys that fix European cars, but be aware, parts may not be anywhere on island(s)...course the same is true with cars from dealerships here...and that could mean weeks of waiting...
HPP unpaved roads are, right now, pretty decent, and truth be told, many of the subdivisions roads have gradually gotten better in the last decade...some are still more like a motorcross trail than a road, but the numbers of them are down...
Salt is a big issue the closer you are to the ocean...we came from Chitown area...and we have proof that the corrsion THERE is much worse than here, as 3 days before we moved we received a "high corrosion" recall on our 3 yr old car...and the dealer in Hilo had never seen one, and could not get the recall replacement part directly, but had to go through our old dealer, so we have learned corrosion is in the eye of the beholder..
And as you rent, your decisions on where to live will, most likely, change...ours went from getting at least an acre of woodland, like we were used to in Chitown, to "OMG the plants NEVER stop growing...they don't even slow down..WTH, wasn't that plant 3' shorter last week...and it looks like an invasive weed" (we changed all the way to an in-town small residential lot with wayyy too many plants!)
Most of all, enjoy this adventure...