Re: [alfa] road trip!

["Daegrigg (Don)" <daegrigg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul,

Check into renting a U-Haul truck and trailer if you have the time to do the
driving.

Don

----- Original Message -----
From: P Hood <phood56@domain.elided>
To: <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 10:40 AM
Subject: [alfa] road trip!


> Esteemed Digestives:  Well, I've purchased the '73 Berlina that Andrew
> Watry posted here on the Digest a couple of weeks ago...sight unseen, two
> rather large states away. (Silly me.) When I bought my Spider about two
> years ago, trucking it up from SF to Seattle cost $400. but I was
> surprised to learn that rates have risen appreciably...best quote I've
> gotten so far is $500, and most are in the $650 to $700 range. SO, if I
> can't pull a magic-cheap-trucking-coup here in the near future, I'm in
> for a flight to Sacramento to see what I've bought, and a road trip back!
>  If anyone knows any trucking industry secret passwords that will get me
> a discount, or tricks to reduce my costs, or Alfisti coming north from
> Northern California with room on their trailers, I'd be pleased to hear
> of them. I've asked about back-hauling, but the trucking companies all
> say that their rigs are full both ways these days, so they don't give you
> a discount for that...Renting a truck/trailer one way is even more
> expensive, so that's not going to work, and rail doesn't seem to be
> responding to my requests for quotes.  At any rate, I may very well be in
> for a Damian Magista-style Berlina road trip within the next couple of
> weeks. I read the posts to and from Damian as he was preparing for his
> jaunt, (which, by the way, he recommends, and says went swimmingly!) so I
> have a feel for what to bring and which route to take...If any
> digestibles are on the route twixt Sacto and Seattle, I might alter the
> route a bit to stay nearer to them, in case of major problems. And I have
> the cell phone all warmed up and ready to rock. (The *most* important
> road-trip tool). Any words of wisdom as I prepare for this would be
> welcome. I have great respect for the knowledge, skill and heart of this
> group...I've seen it displayed over and over again here.
Ciao
> for Now,                                                     Pat Hood,
> Psyching myself up in Seattle
>  '78 Spider                                                      '74
> Berlina parts car                                                     '74
> Berlina parts car...well, tiny bits of one. Need parts?
> '73 Berlina keeper...waiting for me at Barber's Shop
>
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