Moving to Kona Hawaii. Should I take my C5 vert
05-23-2018, 11:10 PM
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Moving to Kona Hawaii. Should I take my C5 vert
My work has me moving to Hawaii Kona airport and I am not sure if I should take my 2002 convertible to the big Island or get a 4x4? Advice please help this Haole.
05-23-2018, 11:25 PM
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Drifting
There are no good roads to drive the Vette waste of a great car. The salt air really ruins the paint. Please get a 4X4. We’ve been there 27 times since 1987 and seeing corvettes there makes me cry.
05-31-2018, 02:03 PM
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There are plenty of good roads there. The salt air is no worse than living on Puget Sound. Kona is a beautiful place and usually has good weather. It's the opposite of Washington where the Cascades stop the weather and the clouds dump their rain on Seattle leaving Eastern Washington a lot drier. On Hawaii the weather gets stopped in the opposite direction and dumps the rain on Hilo leaving Kona more like Eastern Washington. If brush stomping is your thing of course get a 4x4, but it is not necessary.
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05-31-2018, 03:46 PM
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I think it depends on your driving style. If you like cruising at the speed limit with the top down along scenic routes, by all means take it. If you like more aggressive driving along twisty mountain roads and get bored running the same route, don't take it.
I lived on the Big Island for seven years. There's primarily the belt road that circles the island. It can be boring in spots. Heading north out of Kona, there's the high road as an alternative that is more scenic and twisty. There's also the saddle road the cuts across the middle of the island. It's very twisty but road conditions aren't as good and it's considered dangerous due to all the accidents (rental cars are not allowed). There are a few other roads, one heading to "South Point" from the south part of the belt road and another that heads to the north section. Both are scenic drives.
I think the main thing is whether you get bored easily or not. There are some beautiful roads with nice curves and elevation changes and scenery, but you'll quickly experience them all and then it's repeat and repeat.
I lived on the Big Island for seven years. There's primarily the belt road that circles the island. It can be boring in spots. Heading north out of Kona, there's the high road as an alternative that is more scenic and twisty. There's also the saddle road the cuts across the middle of the island. It's very twisty but road conditions aren't as good and it's considered dangerous due to all the accidents (rental cars are not allowed). There are a few other roads, one heading to "South Point" from the south part of the belt road and another that heads to the north section. Both are scenic drives.
I think the main thing is whether you get bored easily or not. There are some beautiful roads with nice curves and elevation changes and scenery, but you'll quickly experience them all and then it's repeat and repeat.
06-01-2018, 12:43 PM
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Melting Slicks
We lived on Maui for 10yrs,never lived on the Big Island, but wish we had had a Vette when we were there. Most of the roads are "Vette roads" You will love Hawaii. I love where we live now,but would go back to in a minute!!
06-05-2018, 04:19 AM
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Burning Brakes
I think it depends on your driving style. If you like cruising at the speed limit with the top down along scenic routes, by all means take it. If you like more aggressive driving along twisty mountain roads and get bored running the same route, don't take it.
I lived on the Big Island for seven years. There's primarily the belt road that circles the island. It can be boring in spots. Heading north out of Kona, there's the high road as an alternative that is more scenic and twisty. There's also the saddle road the cuts across the middle of the island. It's very twisty but road conditions aren't as good and it's considered dangerous due to all the accidents (rental cars are not allowed). There are a few other roads, one heading to "South Point" from the south part of the belt road and another that heads to the north section. Both are scenic drives.
I think the main thing is whether you get bored easily or not. There are some beautiful roads with nice curves and elevation changes and scenery, but you'll quickly experience them all and then it's repeat and repeat.
I lived on the Big Island for seven years. There's primarily the belt road that circles the island. It can be boring in spots. Heading north out of Kona, there's the high road as an alternative that is more scenic and twisty. There's also the saddle road the cuts across the middle of the island. It's very twisty but road conditions aren't as good and it's considered dangerous due to all the accidents (rental cars are not allowed). There are a few other roads, one heading to "South Point" from the south part of the belt road and another that heads to the north section. Both are scenic drives.
I think the main thing is whether you get bored easily or not. There are some beautiful roads with nice curves and elevation changes and scenery, but you'll quickly experience them all and then it's repeat and repeat.
Last edited by TomdaToolman; 06-05-2018 at 04:20 AM.