Tag: Cars

Editor's Note: Okinawa Expressway and ETC was originally published on Okinawa Hai on March 27, 2009; you can read a PDF copy of that original review HERE....

CONTRIBUTED BY BRETTE KNAUTE There was a time, back in my youth, when my car was spotless. The seats were clean, the windows were washed --...

CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH BANCROFT We all fear the dreaded ‘death’ of a car. The battery is dead, the starter is shot, you have a flat...

CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH BANCROFT Do you need a new or duplicate key for your car? Well, we sure did when we purchased our new car...

CONTRIBUTED BY LACEY SOILEAU When my husband first told me he got orders for us to move to Okinawa, he made it his mission to...

CONTRIBUTED BY SHELL BURGER When we first arrived on-island last June, one of the first things we wanted to do was buy a car. We felt...

CONTRIBUTED BY KELLY MULDER When we arrived on the island my husband was beyond eager to purchase a car. I was 34 weeks pregnant and...

Follow Sarah's OCONUS to OCONUS journey here:  1, 2, 3, 5, 6 CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH FORTE We started our time in Okinawa with twin cars: two silver...

Follow Sarah's OCONUS to OCONUS journey here:  1, 2, 4, 5, 6 CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH FORTE Olympic PCS e1340020468834 There are several milestones when planning a PCS...

CONTRIBUTED BY QUENTIN RICHARDSON The first time I rode through Nago on a trip with some co-workers, it seemed like forever. It was the middle...

CONTRIBUTED BY AMY MADDOCKS Oki Motor Fest Street Jam Any motor-heads out there? Enjoy watching car or motorcycle racing? Or perhaps you want something...

Car Wash Shell CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES When we first moved to Okinawa, our neighbors told us about a great car wash place right outside our...

CONTRIBUTED BY KATHERINE MOORE Although I just arrived here on the island in January this year, it's already time for me to renew my JCI....

Editor's Note, from a comment below: "Sky Parking has changed their name to Honest Naha Airport Parking Service. Same great people running it. This...

CONTRIBUTED BY JEANINE CZUBIK When a friend recently asked where she should take her car for repair, I didn’t have an answer.  What I do...

CONTRIBUTED BY KANDY You know you're a military spouse...if there has ever been a motorcycle in your dining room. One thing I will never forget...

CONTRIBUTED BY KANDY   Pop quiz!  Do you all know the difference between the four signs above? Just kidding! I received a question from a reader regarding...

CONTRIBUTED BY KANDY Update: Summer 2011 JCI. It's one of those "scary" we-don't-have-this-where-I-come-from type of things. Some people hire someone else to do all the required...

CONTRIBUTED BY MEREDITH NOVARIO Three things this post WAS going to be about until exhaustion punched me in the ear. Our last deployment has begun and...

CONTRIBUTED BY KAHO I had spent some time writing a post on purchasing a car, not realizing that there were already posts AND discussions about...

The whole car experience here in Okinawa for me was like teenage deja vu.  Oh! the feeling of freedom and independence of buying that...

CONTRIBUTED BY LAN Good morning, Okinawa Hai! readers!  One of our own, Kimberly, has submitted a very good question for us all to ponder: Does anyone...

CONTRIBUTED BY MEREDITH NOVARIO There was much sweating involved in getting my driver's license here. Aside from the relentless heat which made me cry at...

CONTRIBUTED BY CHUN We recently went on a trip to Taiwan and parked at Naha Airport.   The airport is south on 58 for about 40-50...

CONTRIBUTED BY JULIE So my husband cranked up our van one chilly morning only to have it make the most awful racket you have ever...

CONTRIBUTED BY MEREDITH NOVARIO You'll need wheels so let's swap stories about where and why and how much it cost and how happy we have...