WillieS
American looking for information about Ecuador
Forum posts
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About me
American
Lives in EL Paso
Registration: 23 March 2013
Moving to Quito....freaking out about La Mariscal assaults by yggdrasill
I'm moving to Quito with my husband. I'm worried about safety. Don't get me wrong--I grew up in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic but I'm a bit out of practice with a third world country and I won't have a car. There's been about 580 assaults in La ...
If this is a true story and I actually hope that it is because if you lie about something like this, you are a VERY sick person. Otherwise, if its BS, I don't really see what you can gain from it....People are going to follow their dreams to Ecuador ... Read More
nurses
The US government has an Embassy there and there are groups such as the CDC and USAID there as well. I dont have any info on the local stuff though. Read More
nurses
Do you know if your friend wants to work for the US government or private company in Ecuador? Read More
Importing vehicles as a business by Bob10
Apparently, some vehicles command a much higher price in Cuenca than in the U.S. Taking import duties and shipping charges into consideration, is it viable as a source of income for an expat to bring in a few now and then?
From what i understand, the car has to be the same year or one year older than the actual year that you are moving to Ecuador. Plus the engine size can't be over 3000 cc I believe, so that's basically like a 142 CI motor or so. If you have an old ... Read More
The negatives about retiring in Ecuador by Bob Way
Please tell me all the negatives of retiring in Cuenca, Ecuador. What are the most important things I need to know. I don't speak Spanish, how much of a problem is that? I thank you in advance for your answers. Bob Way
I'm really new to the retiring in Ecuador idea, still doing lots of research and plan to visit real soon. I've lived and worked around the world including the top VERY hostel countries we all know about. The only thing that me and the wife see that ... Read More
Muscle cars
Neil, Thanks for the feedback. I haven't seen too many articles online about performance cars down there. I have a few autotrader style sites that i look on from time to time for price reference etc..I did see a 2013 Mustang GT500 for 135k, guess ... Read More
Importing vehicles as a business by Bob10
Apparently, some vehicles command a much higher price in Cuenca than in the U.S. Taking import duties and shipping charges into consideration, is it viable as a source of income for an expat to bring in a few now and then?
I did some research about this and was under the impression that if the car has over a 3000 cc engine, even if its new, you still can't import that car. Do you have any new info on this? Thanks Read More
Muscle cars
Hello, My name is Willie. Me and my wife are really into muscle cars and performance cars in general. We are going to move to EC in the next couple years, maybe sooner. We've researched all the car importation rules etc. It looks as if we can't take ... Read More