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04-21-2004, 05:05 PM
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Originally posted by motion
2835 miles in 3 days... SoBe to Laguna Niguel. Got pulled over 5 times for no license plates, 2 times for speeding, 1 time for illegal u-turn.
Someone on Pelican pointed out that each day's mileage was 911.6. That's pretty cool!
2835 miles in 3 days... SoBe to Laguna Niguel. Got pulled over 5 times for no license plates, 2 times for speeding, 1 time for illegal u-turn.
Someone on Pelican pointed out that each day's mileage was 911.6. That's pretty cool!
...and got lucky NEVER being pulled over either
....despite very darkly tinted windows all around (that had to be taken off for Chicago/Illinois regulations)
04-21-2004, 05:37 PM
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First place to Nile13, cool move, 5000+ as your first tour!!
Kim, a colleague of mine delivered his daughter to California in a week going cross country. I guess it is doable but just takes up a hell of a lot of time.
Thx for the responses.
Kim, a colleague of mine delivered his daughter to California in a week going cross country. I guess it is doable but just takes up a hell of a lot of time.
Thx for the responses.
04-21-2004, 05:49 PM
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I picked up my car in Houston on a Saturday morning this past June and drove it back to Memphis. Approx. 500 miles and no problems. It was a great ride!
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04-21-2004, 05:56 PM
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75 miles for each Porsche, but 650 non-stop in the Morgan. I bought it in Ohio and drove it home to Long Island. I got detoured (construction) off the George Washington Bridge at 4 am, right into the South Bronx in an old British orange car with no top...
04-21-2004, 05:57 PM
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Tampa, Florida to Henniker, NH=1400+ miles. The best part was reading the owner's manual while my brother was at the wheel. Somewhere I read this:
WARNING: DO NOT DOWNSHIFT from 6th GEAR TO 5th GEAR ABOVE 135 MILES AN HOUR.
We were somewhere in NC and very delirious at that point so that was a VERY funny moment!
WARNING: DO NOT DOWNSHIFT from 6th GEAR TO 5th GEAR ABOVE 135 MILES AN HOUR.
We were somewhere in NC and very delirious at that point so that was a VERY funny moment!
04-21-2004, 10:53 PM
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Probably about 140 miles. Bought the car in Cleveland and drove it back to Pittsburgh. The sales folks were very accommodating; a salseman drove down to Pittsburgh and drove me up to the dealership in Cleveland to complete the paperwork and pick up the car. Was really a salesman, too; not a minimum wage car polisher.
04-21-2004, 10:54 PM
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Santa Monica, California to Edmonton, Alberta (Canada).
Not the foggiest notion how far that was, but made it in 3 days. California to Nevada to Montana. Would have been 2 days except I didn't have all my paperwork for the border crossing and had to spend a night in Shelby, Montana sulking while the paperwork arrived.
Here's some bizarre things if you've never imported a car before.
California use to issue one-way "in transit" paper plates. It's suppose to allow you to drive the car straight home until you get the paperwork sorted out. Well, home was 1000+ miles away which probably was not the intent of the in-transit plates. Plus, there's some sort of clause about taking the shortest distance possible to get home. But, technically I was within the letter of the law.
Second weird thing, dealership wanted to charge me state tax even though I didn't live in CA or have any intention of registering the vehicle there. The only way they would not charge state tax is if the car was put on a transporter and hauled off their lot.
So, that's what I did, I called a flat bed, put the car on and hauled it off their lot and into the strip mall across the street. Then he took the car down and I drove off... with my in-transit plate.
Totally legal but cost me $50.00 and a strange look from the towing guy.
This was more than 15 years ago. Sure hope things have changed since then.
Thanks,
Peter
Not the foggiest notion how far that was, but made it in 3 days. California to Nevada to Montana. Would have been 2 days except I didn't have all my paperwork for the border crossing and had to spend a night in Shelby, Montana sulking while the paperwork arrived.
Here's some bizarre things if you've never imported a car before.
California use to issue one-way "in transit" paper plates. It's suppose to allow you to drive the car straight home until you get the paperwork sorted out. Well, home was 1000+ miles away which probably was not the intent of the in-transit plates. Plus, there's some sort of clause about taking the shortest distance possible to get home. But, technically I was within the letter of the law.
Second weird thing, dealership wanted to charge me state tax even though I didn't live in CA or have any intention of registering the vehicle there. The only way they would not charge state tax is if the car was put on a transporter and hauled off their lot.
So, that's what I did, I called a flat bed, put the car on and hauled it off their lot and into the strip mall across the street. Then he took the car down and I drove off... with my in-transit plate.
Totally legal but cost me $50.00 and a strange look from the towing guy.
This was more than 15 years ago. Sure hope things have changed since then.
Thanks,
Peter
04-22-2004, 09:03 AM
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......less then one-half mile.....the car was stored in a barn just down the road.....the PO worked on me for over three years to buy it......refused to look at it all that time 'cause i knew i couldn't resist......then , one day out of the blue.......
