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[nanasohana]

not coming

[MattKarma]

I see many, many abandoned vehicles and structures all over Puna. One of those wouldn't work for you?

[lavalava]

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[JohnDW]

Nancy,

You'll be lucky to find one, especially now that 130 is in peril; the ones I've seen are really beat up and would be expensive to repair. You might be better off to ship one over. Alternately you could get a decent one in Honolulu.

Un Mojado Sin Licencia

[nanasohana]

I see some on craigslist for around $2000 so maybe we will find one when we arrive.

[nanasohana]

Probably only need it for 3 months....

[kalakoa]

Buy it on the mainland, ship it here, sell it when done. The value differential will probably pay for the shipping, so you basically end up with a "free" truck.

Better yet, find a buyer first, there's probably someone who would appreciate a "fresh" chassis.

[MattKarma]

When my Van came off the boat, the ignition was messed up, like someone stuck something in there (to try to steal it???)

[terracore]

Unfortunately cheap pickups are hard to come by. It took me months of scouring Craigslist etc looking for one and I made a full price offer on the first one I saw without even seeing it in person (though being craigslist it was a non binding offer) and it already had a buyer lined up. Fortunately, the buyer no-showed and I was able to get it. The title wasn't clear but the seller was able to fix that with a trip to the DMV. The STRANGE thing is that the $1,800 full price I offered to buy it for was a good deal to me. But when I handed her $1,800 in cash she counted out $80 and handed it back to me (handed me the $80 not the $1720). I asked her what was up and she just smiled at me. I guessed at the time that it needed an imminent repair that would cost about $80 and maybe she felt bad about it. I mean, it did need repairs, it was almost 20 years old, I knew that it needed repairs going into it, but it was a cool Aloha experience I've never forgotten.

All that being said, you could luck out as I did, but I agree with Kalakoa, if you want to guarantee to have one ship one over. You should at the minimum be able to sell it enough above your mainland purchase price to recoup the shipping costs and maybe even more. I know a guy who scours Craigslists and auctions etc on Oahu and when he finds a good deal, he has the vehicle shipped here and then he flips it at a profit. And they are usually pickups. So if the madland isn't an option maybe Oahu is.

[terracore]

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Originally posted by Nancy Fryhover

I see some on craigslist for around $2000 so maybe we will find one when we arrive.

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Every vehicle I've encountered on Craigslist has had either a problem with clear title or past taxes due. I had to walk away from purchases because of it. Sometimes the past taxes are higher than what they are asking for the vehicle. I think that is unique to Hawaii, that a new owner has to pay the past registration fees etc of previous dead beat owners in order to make it legal. Granted, 100% of the cars I've had on Hawaii came from Craigslist, but "buyer beware" is important.