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[quote=”smekuly”]Hi david
good points.. and you did spell it right :D:D:D:D
my friend did this last year. he picked a mercedes.. although you could probably do this with a toyota land cruiser something that is already in abundance here.
he bought a 1990 mercedes 190 diesel manual transmission
he bought the car for $1500 bucks.. invested another $3500 to $4000 in completely rebuilt motor, parts, and clutch, tires, etc.. he rebuilt the cars main points.
shipped it here and paid $1500 taxes and shipping.
once he got it here he invested another $1000 which he did NOT have to since the car looked pretty good but he had it painted.. and got really nice covers.
but point is he has $6000 $7000 into this car which now is basically a new.. mercedes 190.
he drives around ina new mercedes and knows exactly what went into it. he did this in the states since parts are alot cheaper.
came out beautiful. beautiful
his marchamo is $100 bucks a year. :D:D:D:D
it takes some time and patience.
but this would be a great plan
because costa rica does not take into affect the shape the car is in
only their book value.. so you would pay taxes on the car whether it looked like a dump or brand new.
the roads here are so bad that it probably ages a car double on wear and tear.
just mis dos centavos
[/quote]i really like this idea, we have an old mercedes for the kids that we were just thinking about getting rid of. now you’ve got me thinking we should rebuild it let the kids keep driving it til we get to make our permanent move to cr, and bring it with us. thanks!
we bought in the uvita area four or five years ago, and are very happy with our decision. originally we were going to build, but when we looked at the costs, it was less expensive to buy an existing house. we bought at nice tico house that has “good bones” and are fixing it up over time. we still live in the states, but go down to visit often. the area has nice mix of amenities (lots of great restaurants, especially in ojochal! exotica is the best!) but the area isn’t over developed it still has a nice remote feel.
How old are your grandsons? Are they interested in something school related or doing community service while on vacation?
There are colleges that offer study abroad opportunities in Costa Rica.
In the Uvita area(Pacific coast area) there are organizations that utilize volunteers, our daughter(20yrs) is planning on volunteering in her off school time. I’d think most communities would welcome such help.we notice it more on the tile floors in the morning. i just assumed it’s something you have to live with.
We’ve been very happy with Randall Sanches Mora, his office is in San Isidro, he was recommended to us by a number of people. We’ve used his office to purchase property and work up rental and caretaker contracts. They speak English fluently.
Don Lulu’s horseback ride to the Nauyaca waterfalls near Dominical on the road to San Isidro. There are a range of horses available to ride from very passive to lively. Two meals are included and you can dive off of the falls and swim under them. It’s too much fun!!
Great, I was concerned about possible problems with the layover. Both kids speak some Spanish, but conflicts with authorities, in a second language, isn’t something I’d want them to have to deal with. We’ll send a notarized latter with them just in case…
ThanksI haven’t checked out this development but you’re correct the area is close to Dominical. We usually take the route from San Jose thru the mountains to San Isidro and then down to the coast a 3-4 drive. We ‘ve also driven the coast route and the road below Quepos is in the process of being improved.
We fly into San Jose and drive down to the Central Pacific area soflying into Liberia wouldn’t work for us. We bought a little place in a village on the coast and are going down to work on the place and make friends. The more expensive arefares will slow us down though unless we can get more fares on sale like this.
We live in San Diego also, we fly out of LAX. My husband is in CR right now, he flew down last Sunday round trip for $374 including taxes. He flew United thru Houston ( I believe) which made it a 7+ hour flight instead of 5+, still not bad. I got the tickets thru Priceline, we bought the tickets one week in advance.I would agree that buying tickets too far in advance usually is quite a bit more expensive. I’ve been down five times this year on TACA the last time in late May and I was able to get tickets for under $560 each time. Since then everything is in the $700 range so we’re having to be very spontaneous to avoid the high fares.
