<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by philemer:
We've driven everywhere (well, almost everywhere) on Kauai and never used a 4WD. The only really bad road was the one to the beach on the West coast, near where the Na Pali cliffs start. It is rutted and bumpy but OK if you go slow. Some have recommended a Subaru AWD. We're renting a Ford PU for our next trip because they are/were on sale thru Budget.
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and... it is possible to get stuck in the sand there on the west side. You have to be really stupid and help someone out of the same sandtrap, then decide that you, in your front-wheel drive vehicle, can back up, get up all the speed you can (in the hopes of possibly jumping the sandtrap), yet dig yourself deeper in the sand then the guy I just... errrr that YOU just helped out of said sandtrap...
The west side IS beautiful, but if you see what looks like a big pit of soft sand, test it first :-)
[This message has been edited by Lavarock7 (edited 10-25-2003).]