This week we purchased our car for Costa Rica. It is cheaper to buy one here, ship and pay
import taxes than to purchase one in CR.
Cars in CR are very expensive. Plus here we had the help of cars.com, a
wider selection and can speak the same language. We felt much more comfortable with buying
here.
We needed an all-wheel drive vehicle since we are going to
live in the mountains. Plus we wanted
something with good MPG. John has a 4
wheel drive pickup but we wanted a car since it will be our only vehicle. John’s 2008 Dakota pickup is going up for
sale (only 28,000 miles!); my van is a lease going back early 2014.
We got a 2012 Honda CRV.
Foreign vehicles are common in CR, not the Big 3 vehicles. Very uncommon to see US made cars in CR. So to take, say a Chevy, one would have a
hard time getting parts and finding someone to work on it. We sure will miss the ease of use of a
mini-van, love my mini-van! Have bikes
will travel!! And anything else you want
to haul, so easy!
But we wanted high gas mileage. Good Deal on the CRV! You know that old story of buying a used car
from a lil’ol lady? Well, we really did
get a hardly used car from lil’ol lady.
An 87 year old lady had it, turned it in early and only had 7,785 miles
on it.
The CRV will go in our shipping container of household
goods, the last thing to be loaded in a 40 foot container. It will take from 4 to 6 weeks to receive the
container down there and be processed.
So we either live here without the things we need, or live down there
without the things we need. We haven’t
figured that dilemma out yet but I am sure we will tackle it with humor. (And with a little bit of stuff!)
Diane
