St. John Talk Blog

It’s virtually impossible to live on St. John without some sort of vehicle.  Lots of people hitch rides and it’s generally safe to both hitchhike and pick up hitchers on the island, but without wheels you’re pretty much limited.  Here’s the car we got about two weeks ago.  It’s a Suzuki Grand Vitara.  Our friend Albert Willis, who owns St. John Car Rental, hooked us up with one of his contacts on St. Thomas and got us a pretty respectable deal.  2008 model year, just $300 more than a 2007 model (azure grey metallic is also better than fire engine red on the 2007 model).  So far, we really like the vehicle, handles the rocky steep roads pretty well but, like most SUVs, kinda sucks on fuel economy.  If you looked at the car you wouldn’t know it was new.  It’s already all covered in dust, scratched on the inside by propane tanks rolling around and Casey has thrown up in it.  A real island car, mon.