DOTS: Big Island Edition

"slipperysallylikespenguins" (slipperysally) 03/26/2017 at 17:41 • Filed to: None

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Just a dump of random car sightings from the Big Island of Hawaii.

A rental Mustang that took a hit.

Because 707 HP is what you NEED on an island.

So many goofy lifted trucks.

Twas land of the Tacomas.

For Sweden > slipperysallylikespenguins 03/26/2017 at 17:46

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Was the Land Cruiser with a snorkel owned by a haole?

Sentient Portrait of Leonid Brezhnev > slipperysallylikespenguins 03/26/2017 at 18:18

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I’m trying to help my relative look for a car on Big Island (remotely) and dear lord the car selection there is shitty. It’s like Cuba over there, with 200k mile Neons and clapped-out 1990s Accords littering cl.

slipperysallylikespenguins > Sentient Portrait of Leonid Brezhnev 03/26/2017 at 18:26

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Good luck with that. I was only there a week and selection seemed pretty limited and nearly everything was pretty beat.

slipperysallylikespenguins > For Sweden 03/26/2017 at 18:27

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Never saw them, but it was at the Marina so the chances are good.

Sentient Portrait of Leonid Brezhnev > slipperysallylikespenguins 03/26/2017 at 18:28

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Probably something to do with the east side of the island being a mostly poor, very rural area that also happens to be surrounded by ocean...

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Sentient Portrait of Leonid Brezhnev 03/26/2017 at 19:28

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According to this girl I know from the big island (the south east side, so even worse), the car situation there is pretty ghastly. People buy the cheapest/shittiest new cars because the used market is so bad and it’s pretty much guaranteed it’ll suffer some body damage that you’ll never get fixed.

Their car when they moved here was the most ghastly thing ever: a first-gen Aveo. Her parents gave it to her when they got a decent car. I felt so sorry for her, and it’s my main experience with Aveos.

wiffleballtony > slipperysallylikespenguins 03/26/2017 at 21:56

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slipperysallylikespenguins > wiffleballtony 03/26/2017 at 22:23

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Nope, wrong island. But damn if I didn’t hold onto hope.

Matsayz > slipperysallylikespenguins 03/26/2017 at 23:20

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I’ve been to Oahu a few times in the past 12 months and all I ever see are Tacomas... it’s like Subaru’s in Colorado

Sentient Portrait of Leonid Brezhnev > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 03/27/2017 at 12:09

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Yeah, I notice a lot of cars with body damage, rust and generally poor maintenance is par for the course there. There are some better ones on the Kona side, where some retirees live, but that’s not an insignificant drive. I would go for the most basic and durable car possible, like an old corolla, but those are in high demand for exactly that reason.