{"id":179,"date":"2007-07-04T18:38:45","date_gmt":"2007-07-04T23:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=179"},"modified":"2007-07-04T18:38:45","modified_gmt":"2007-07-04T23:38:45","slug":"we-finally-have-our-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=179","title":{"rendered":"We finally have our car"},"content":{"rendered":"

After almost exactly 3 months since we purchased it via an online auction in Japan, our CRV is finally here.\u00a0 I must admit though, it was worth the wait.\u00a0 The car is in fantastic shape and works beautifully.\u00a0 The windows are heavily tinted\u00a0; great to keep out the sun. Also, the outside has no dings\/dents, only a few very small scratches, quite normal for a 2002 I would think.\u00a0 Inside, all is perfect.\u00a0 As an added bonus, the car is equipped with the very bright Xenon headlamps (for those not familiar, these are the very bright white\/blue-ish headlights most luxury cars have) which are usually a 1000$ option, so I am quite pleased since the purchase sheet did not mention that this CRV had them. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

On tuesday, it took Julie & I pretty much all day to get the car thru Cayman’s “administrative process”.\u00a0 Here goes :<\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a09:35am.\u00a0\u00a0Get insurance coverage for the car. Prices are quite similar to Canada.<\/li>\n
  2. 10:30am. Go to the bank to get cash.\u00a0 Most government agencies only accept cash or cheque. I had to wait in line; I am not used to going to the bank anymore.<\/li>\n
  3. 11:00.\u00a0Go to customs to pay the 27.5% duty\u00a0and 250$ environmental charge<\/li>\n
  4. Around 11:30. Pickup Julie\u00a0in Savannah\u00a0 (still with the Mazda) and then go to KPMG to park the Mazda.\u00a0 We then got a lift from a Co-worker for step 5.<\/li>\n
  5. Around 12:30. Get dropped off at the Port Authority and pay a small port fee (20$)\u00a0 Customs then drove our car to us and inspected it to make sure we are not smuggling in anything we are not supposed to.\u00a0 The battery was dead (we expected this).\u00a0 We had it boosted and all was fine after driving around and letting the car idle.<\/li>\n
  6. Around 2pm. Over to the licencing department.\u00a0\u00a0 With the car, we lined up for about 15 minutes.\u00a0\u00a0An\u00a0inspector\u00a0then just checked if all the turn lights & headlights worked and a few other things are in good working order; all was fine.\u00a0 Then we had to go inside,\u00a0show the inspection report and pay 250$ for the exam and\u00a0the annual licence fee.\u00a0 We were also given the\u00a0licence plates and a sticker to put in the windshield. \u00a0<\/li>\n
  7. Aound 3pm. Go home.\u00a0 We are dead tired!\u00a0 We had supper and of course I had to wash the car and give it two coats of wax. After 3 months at a japanese port & on a boat, it was quite filthy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Here are some pictures of the day and of our new car.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    This is the Port Authority location in the industrial park in Georgetown.\u00a0 Our car was stored here.<\/p>\n

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    Before it was cleared from customs, it was behind these barbed fences.\u00a0 Its the 3rd one from the left.<\/p>\n

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    After going from Kobe, Japan\u00a0– Kingston, Jamaica – Cayman, these are all the markings on the windshield.\u00a0 We needed rasor blades to get all of this off.<\/p>\n

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    First picture at home after wash & wax.<\/p>\n

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    Notice the small rearview mirror on the hood. We are not 100% sure, but think its to see the sidewalk for parking in order not to scrape the wheels.<\/p>\n

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    From Honda de Brossard to Honda Nagasaki.\u00a0 I would have never though\u00a0we would get a car from that dealership! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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    Notice the small Quebec flag we put on the rear.<\/p>\n

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    After almost exactly 3 months since we purchased it via an online auction in Japan, our CRV is finally here.\u00a0 I must admit though, it was worth the wait.\u00a0 The car is in fantastic shape and works beautifully.\u00a0 The windows are heavily tinted\u00a0; great to keep out the sun. Also, the outside has no dings\/dents, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-in-cayman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}