Well I am in Florida my car is in Jersey. I keep finding prices of like $800 for my car to get shipped. Seems expensive. Anywhere I should look or is this about rite.
98' Eclipse GS- Hahn Stage 2- SOLD 02' Honda S2000- SOLD 04' Acura TL- Current Whip
#2433, "RE: Cost For Getting Car Shipped" In response to Reply # 2
Originally posted by EclipseSix Buy me a plane ticket (cheapie for like 80 bucks), and a few tanks of gas and I'll drive it to you a nice tip would be cool too of course.
If you are serious I may consider it, I need to get my car here. The car has navigation and all so you wont get lost. And I am in the military so if you pulled some shit on me I'll come after you with a few Marines.
98' Eclipse GS- Hahn Stage 2- SOLD 02' Honda S2000- SOLD 04' Acura TL- Current Whip
#2439, "RE: Cost For Getting Car Shipped" In response to Reply # 3
Originally posted by EclipseTenzoR
Originally posted by EclipseSix Buy me a plane ticket (cheapie for like 80 bucks), and a few tanks of gas and I'll drive it to you a nice tip would be cool too of course.
If you are serious I may consider it, I need to get my car here. The car has navigation and all so you wont get lost. And I am in the military so if you pulled some shit on me I'll come after you with a few Marines.
I thought about offering to do the same thing, IT's not a bad idea but think how super pissed you would be if something happened to the car on the drive down, hell i'd be pissed cause your car is just so nice and clean. if you can't do it yourself it might be worth the peace of mind to pay to have it shipped of course they would probably take at least a week and they can just as easily fuck somethin up, but then it would be them/there insurance that would have to pay for the mistake
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#2442, "RE: Cost For Getting Car Shipped" In response to Reply # 3
Originally posted by EclipseTenzoR
Originally posted by EclipseSix Buy me a plane ticket (cheapie for like 80 bucks), and a few tanks of gas and I'll drive it to you a nice tip would be cool too of course.
If you are serious I may consider it, I need to get my car here. The car has navigation and all so you wont get lost. And I am in the military so if you pulled some shit on me I'll come after you with a few Marines.
If I could spare the time away from my college classes I might consider it, but I have neither the time nor the balls to drive someone else's car across the nation, especially as one as nice as yours.
#2446, "RE: Cost For Getting Car Shipped" In response to Reply # 6
I totally agree on what you mean about the what ifs of it breaking down on the way. It does have many miles on it 103k, but you wouldnt have to worry about be turning into a raging manianc. I miss my car alot. Only drove it once when I returned from basic training and not again since.. So it's been quite awhile and the boost bug still itchs inside.
98' Eclipse GS- Hahn Stage 2- SOLD 02' Honda S2000- SOLD 04' Acura TL- Current Whip
#2459, "RE: Cost For Getting Car Shipped" In response to Reply # 7
Originally posted by EclipseTenzoR I totally agree on what you mean about the what ifs of it breaking down on the way. It does have many miles on it 103k, but you wouldnt have to worry about be turning into a raging manianc. I miss my car alot. Only drove it once when I returned from basic training and not again since.. So it's been quite awhile and the boost bug still itchs inside.
Driving your car would make me hate driving mine, hahahaha
#2467, "RE: Cost For Getting Car Shipped" In response to Reply # 8
If it already has 103K on it would you really want to put the miles from NJ to Florida on there? The other option of shipping would be more expensive and I'm not sure how much safer it would be from damage. I know if something real bad were to happen their insurance would cover it, but small dings and stuff would be a huge hassle. My friend used a company to ship their Corvette from PA to CA and it had all kinds of scratches when it got to their new home. They tried to fight it but in the end gave up because it just wasn't worth the hassle.
If I were you I would just wait until I was home to drive it. I know it's hard, but it's the safest, and cheapest, thing to do. Good luck with whatever you decide.
97 RS- Runs, but never driven 2000 Subaru Outback- Daily Driver
#2517, "RE: Cost For Getting Car Shipped" In response to Reply # 9 Feb-05-06 06:46 PM by EclipseTenzoR
I would wait if it was an option but given my situation I'll go insane if I dont get my car here. To get off base and into the area of where there are things to do cost $30 one way by cab including tip. And being on base sucks all the time, the majority of my weekend included sleeping and playing need for speed most wanted and call of duty 2 on pc. It sucks, and the worst part is I am stuck on this base until august. It gets way to expensive to take cabs all the time. I spent $200 in 3 days on cabs when my girlfriend came down. It sucks horribly. After all the money I waste on cab rides, I will never again bitch about gas prices and filling my tank.
Edit: And the amount of money I dumped into my car before I left for boot camp. And all the mods and shit I did to my car, makes me want it here even more so that I may be able to enjoy it.
98' Eclipse GS- Hahn Stage 2- SOLD 02' Honda S2000- SOLD 04' Acura TL- Current Whip
#2529, "RE: Cost For Getting Car Shipped" In response to Reply # 10
well if you can wait till the end of feb I could drive it down and you could fly me back up. I have a boosted 2G so I wouldnt hate driving my car after driving yours (though yours looks tons better then mine).
Ive been a 2GNTers for a long time so I dont think there'd be much of a trust issue. We would however have to go drinkin or something and you could hook mme up with a hottie down in florida =)
#2531, "RE: Cost For Getting Car Shipped" In response to Reply # 11
Price sounds about right. I looked into shipping a car from the far side of New Mexico to Phoenix and got anywhere from $800 to $1300, so maybe you're getting a break since it's all flat?
I ended up buying a hitch for Vanessa's truck and renting a dolly to tow it back this weekend.
#2533, "RE: Cost For Getting Car Shipped" In response to Reply # 11
Originally posted by Malenko well if you can wait till the end of feb I could drive it down and you could fly me back up. I have a boosted 2G so I wouldnt hate driving my car after driving yours (though yours looks tons better then mine). Ive been a 2GNTers for a long time so I dont think there'd be much of a trust issue. We would however have to go drinkin or something and you could hook mme up with a hottie down in florida =)
I could possibly hook you up with a girl down here. Try of course is the key word. As for drinking as much as I would like to have a few drinks I can't Military is very strict with underage drinking and I dont have the best luck so most likely I'd get caught and pay would get docked $1,500. On another note I would trust you driving it down. I'll see how much money I can get together after putting the new tires on and getting the car alighned. I would need enough for gas plus a pretty good tip for you.
98' Eclipse GS- Hahn Stage 2- SOLD 02' Honda S2000- SOLD 04' Acura TL- Current Whip
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a nice tip would be cool too of course.
