| Author | Message | ||
     Heinrich Herrer (Nordwand) New Member Username: Nordwand Post Number: 8 Registered: 02-2004 |
Guys....I bought a RR and it is in Salt Lake City. I am in North Carolina. The dealer i bought it from is going to charge me 1200 dollars to ship it. is there any other shipping methods that are cheaper?! thanks | ||
| Jack Leitch (Liveattheedge) Member Username: Liveattheedge Post Number: 240 Registered: 12-2003 |
shop around. I got mine from Nor-Cal to atlanta for about $800. That was as cheap as it's gunna get tho. Cheers Jack | ||
| Rick Neff (Lostinboston) Senior Member Username: Lostinboston Post Number: 364 Registered: 06-2003 |
drive it or hire someone to drive it | ||
| benny (Wreching_today) New Member Username: Wreching_today Post Number: 3 Registered: 03-2004 |
ya if it were my truck i would not let any one drive it. this is your excuse for a vaction! fly there and drive home and see the sites of the old route 66. IMHO | ||
| Steve Rupp (Steve_rupp) Member Username: Steve_rupp Post Number: 145 Registered: 03-2003 |
Get a plane ticket to Utah, have some fun at the Mormon Tabernacle, and drive it home. | ||
| Edward Cho (Echo63) New Member Username: Echo63 Post Number: 8 Registered: 02-2004 |
I bought my Disco II from a dealer in Harrisburg, PA and shipped the car to SF Bayarea. After an extensive online research, I selected Dependable Auto Shippers and opted for terminal to terminal shipping. It cost me $890 including insurance. Unfortunately, auto shippers are a hit or a miss, and I had to wait 4 weeks for them to deliver my car, but they at least washed the car at the destination terminal. Your $1200 could be door to door and/or with guaranteed delivery date. You can save a few hundred bucks by going terminal to terminal as I did and hope for the best. Good luck. | ||
| Jayson W. Romig (Alpineski) New Member Username: Alpineski Post Number: 1 Registered: 03-2004 |
I would fly there and drive it home if you knew the vehicle and had the time. Utah, Colorado, New Mexico could virtually be on your way home. There are infinite trails and backcountry roads to use your vehicle as it was designed. Specifically in the southwest Colorado region. Around Silverton. I have been through the area several times but never to off-road. I am dying to take my Disco II there. Did do New Mexico (Los Alamos) back in October. Rented a Durango and took it off-road. Wasn't a Disco, but was the most off-road worthy I could rent. Didn't find out about Hertz until I returned. But the trails in Colorado are better. There is a good guide book on the trail systems too. But, I guess you would have considered driving it home or you wouldn't have asked, so $1,200 seems high for shipping. I checked into it 6 months ago and it was inline with what others are indicating. About $8xx from west coast to south central PA. Shipping from Harrisburg? I live just south of Harrisburg. What's so special about the dealer in Harrisburg? Other than the fact they have/had a D110 recently. | ||
| Jayson W. Romig (Alpineski) New Member Username: Alpineski Post Number: 2 Registered: 03-2004 |
Here's a thought, hire me! Sort of kidding. I look for any excuse to go to that area. Like I said, sort of kidding. | ||
| Rob Davison (Nosivad_bor) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Nosivad_bor Post Number: 1741 Registered: 02-2003 |
http://www.driveaway.com/ worked for the person who purchase my truck rd | ||
| Aaron Richardet (Draaronr) Senior Member Username: Draaronr Post Number: 521 Registered: 09-2002 |
So Ben I guess I can assume you aren't coming to look at the RRC tomorrow. An email would have been considerate. | ||
| Peter Carey (Peterca) Member Username: Peterca Post Number: 97 Registered: 10-2003 |
I'm guessing all the people telling you to fly out and drive it across the country probably assume you have the time. I'm assuming you don't. DAS was $1500 for an overheight disco from Pitt to Seattle. driveaway.com wanted $1400 for it trailered or $550 to have someone drive it. To sweeten the pot, I paid for gas ($340 for a Disco). Delivered door to door. If you don't have the overly possesive issue with someone else driving "your truck" that you haven't driven yourself, it could work well. Might take a few weeks, but with Spring Break here, you might get lucky and get it sooner. Rob! A Defender 110 in Harrisburg!! It's only 5 hours away! goooooooooo!  pwc |
