V8 4WD in Hawaii?

[Range]

Its a 4Runner. Drive that b i t c h over. I bet you'll get to see some pretty cool looking fish when your flexing on the ocean floor.

 

[leftyguns21]

i wanna move to HI (to a place ive never been)

is your car paid for? if so id ship it. not sure if it was mentioned or not the cost of shipping but I imagine shipping being cheaper than starting over with a new/used car. and you know your car and its history.

 

[hawaiian05]

If I could drive it over I would.. trust me!

But yes, it's paid off so no lien on the title (I hate payments!). Shipping cost (freight to dock + shipping) would be roughly $1700. So either I sell it and start fresh w/roughly $15-17k (assuming that's what I can get out of it), or I incur the cost to ship it and continue it's use. I've only had it for roughly a couple of months, but given I'm a former Toyota tech, I've done the major
90k service to it and I'm confident in it's reliability.

 

[guardsred944s]

On a side note, how much household items did you ship, or did you jus sell all and repurchase there?

I brought it all, but no family so it was a pretty small amount of junk (Maybe two 8x8x4). I left some stuff with my family including the car that I did not bring: Thanks to them I still have it!

 

[Aquafbody]

My wife and I are pre-planning for our move to Honolulu in the next year or so and I'm stuck on the subject of whether or not to ship my 4runner over. I'm from Honolulu so I know how gas prices are higher than the mainland, making the V8 4WD combo not the most economical option of all. I also know that I have a solid rig that will last for many years to come, making it a tougher decision.

I'm curious how many people in Hawaii (any island) have a V8 4WD model, or a V8 Lexus GX. I know it wasn't a top seller in Hawaii when they came out, mainly because of the reduced fuel economy, making it tougher to sell of I chose to ship it and eventually changed my mind (and decided to sell it there). Obviously these are some pretty solid and reliable rigs and getting over the not so great fuel economy may not be too hard, but with the price of gas being higher I'd hate to invest in shipping it just to learn a hard lesson.

Any advice or feedback welcomed, especially from anyone back home with this vehicle. Much mahaloz!

It's worth it just to piss off the Prius in front of you lol.

 

[hawaiian05]

I brought it all, but no family so it was a pretty small amount of junk (Maybe two 8x8x4).

I'm sure that made it a little easier. When you say two are you referring to boxes/crates? How'd you go about shipping your stuff? Still tryna figure out what all we'll be shipping as far as household items.