I picked mine up in Miami and drove it back home to Atlanta. It was supossed to be a 600 mile, 10 hour trip, but I was so distracted with the car that I missed my hwy exits twice and ended taking a 200 mile detour adding 3 more hours to my trip. lol

Drive it home if you can. I'll be a great bonding opportunity for you and your car.

 

Sorry..I had mine shipped home...wasn't about to do another 8 hour drive as I had driven 8 hours the prior week to check the car out. $350 vs 8 hour drive..nah..we'll bond when it get's here!

 

Bought mine in Tucson, drove it to Atlanta and then my home at the time in Daphne Alabama. Very worthwhile experience for me. Really got to know the car

Jon

 

I've purchased 2 P-cars in FL and driven them both back to MN - great trips except for when the 90 C2 quit in the mountains in TN and had to be towed in. Thank goodness for AAA and cell phones - turned out to be just a DME relay. Of course I had no problems with the tt since I brought a spare DME relay with me.

 

DRIVE IT! I bought mine in Yuscon , and me and my then 14 yr old son drove it back to Atlanta. It was a bonding of father and son and father and car.

 

Are you buying a 993 to drive or look at?.............I agree with everyone who replied "Drive it back, it's a right of passage".

There is almost nothing better than taking the keys to your "new" porsche and hitting the road!

Good Luck & I hope you enjoy the drive........ZP44

PS: If you don't want to pay for shipping, call me and I'll drive it home for you just for the cost of gas & a plane ticket......LOL

 

Lazy.....jus kiddin'.....two weeks ago I spent 13 hrs driving from Denver to Flagstaff in a fully loaded 26' Penske towing a car on a trailer and another 11 hrs the next day from Flagstaff to San Diego, (24hrs of driving in 48hr period), then as soon as I got home, I jumped in the 993 and went for about a 3 1/2 hr drive thru the mountains of So Cal to get the "truck off of me".

But then again, I like to drive.......ZP44

 

I've shipped a few cars. Nothing more frustrating than waiting for them to arrive. Though rolling that car off the transporter, especially if its the first time you've seen it, is a kick.

Next car I buy from afar, though, I'm going to make the time to drive home. Am I crazy driving a Lotus Elise cross country?

 

Four years ago I drove a 1964 356C from SF to Houston in the middle of the summer with no A/C. Old semi-rotted tires, loose fan belt, questionable battery, clogged carbs. Made it in three days! Drive it.

 

Word of caution: check the tax laws in the state where you are picking it up and your own state tax law. I bought mine from a dealer in Arizona. If I had driven it home, I would have had to pay AZ sales tax, THEN would have had to pay WA excise tax. Shipping it via transport means you don't actually take possession until it gets there and you pay tax in only one state.

Glad I didn't drive it anyway. There was a slow leak in the Kinesis Supercup 3-piece front wheel seal, which the PPI didn't pick up. I suspect the dealer covered it up, there was no way they couldn't know there was a problem with the front wheel. Damn stealers

 

Drive it! I drove my (former) 1970 911E from LA to Charlotte and then did the same thing with my SC last year. Both were great experiences that I would love to do again.

 

Now that's my kind of road trip! can we make it or not?????....LOL ZP44

 

Drive-It ! !

How many chances you gonna get in life to do this?

Scott

 

I have driven two cars back from Miami to Boston. Both trips were fantastic. I think of it as an opportunity to bond with the car.

 

Flew to Orlando, drove it back to Maryland and loved every second of it. Became one with the car. Drive it and forget it.


Ken