Susan, thanks for the quick response! Early this morning while at Topix.com Forum I found a post 7/2010 American Gringos: Retiring in Ecuador (post# 11, 1/10/11). It spoke about this very subject and the author gave alot of info on the subject and that you should bring your vehicle to Ecuador and that it should be a new one. I sent a response to this because I had read the opposite in IL posts. I also asked a slew of questions related to this subject. Hope I get a response. Thanks again!