Some pics I picked up from our paper online news attached.
To asawadude and VF1-X5:
Maui's population is only around 120,000 (in 1999) and at any given day there would be about 44,000 tourists. I often wondered how car dealers can do good business here but we do have stand alone BMW, Lexus, Acura (under construction next to BMW), Toyota, Honda, Kia, Audi and the usual Chevy , Ford, and Chrysler dealerships. I heard that Jaguar and Mercedes will be opening stores here during the next two years. Someone told me that middle class families here have at least a Bimmer or a Lexus. There might be some truth to that. In my neighborhood (not one of the expensive developments), almost every other house has an expensive car.
The BMW dealership parking lot is usually packed with new and CPO inventory, probably close to 50. That plane crashed right into the middle of that lot. When I passed by last week, there were three 650 convertibles in there and you could see the rear of one of them on one of the pictures.
This tragedy could have been worse. There are 3 restaurants within 50 ft from the crash site and it's along Kaahumanu ave, one of the main roads here. Costco is less than a qtr. mile away. It's just a blessing that the accident happened after 7 pm and here in Maui, you wouldn't see many cars or people in that area of town. You will find them at Costco!
