Ho,ho,ho! Santa is coming
For god's sake......How many times are we going to hear about this absurdity. And to think that it is not only foreigners who commit this idiocy, but also Dominicans abroad, who buy cars in DR and leave them in the hands of "trusted friends" so they can save on car rentals.
Even in pure numerical terms it does not work. Supposing that your friend is the Cardinal or the Pope, who can be trusted(more or less) you would have to travel to DR every week to make it worthwhile.
Any decent car in DR or imported would end up costing you over $250,000 just the price, add maintenance, insurance,plates, revista,repairs, accidental damage fixed,car washes, etc. But the worst part is wether or not you will have a car when the Dominican you left it with destroys it on the road like most Dominicans do.
Dominicans do not avoid pot holes, drive over "policia acostados" as if they were not there, drive and park on sidewalks, drive on flood days,hardly ever check their oil, accelerate towards red lights to make sudden stops,drive on mud as if they were getting a facial. Be serious man you hate your car too.
TW