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Old May 12, 2009 | 01:16 PM
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Need MINI transportation from westcoast to midwest

Need MINI transportation from westcoast to midwest


Anyone have experience or suggestions?
 
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Old May 12, 2009 | 01:41 PM
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you want a company to move your mini for you? When?? price range?? lots of variables!
 
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Old May 12, 2009 | 02:06 PM
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everything is flexible
 
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Old May 12, 2009 | 03:20 PM
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Are you looking to do it yourself or ship it?

My friend, when we graduated and he went to the University of Toronto, had his Lexus shipped by CN Rail from Vancouver to Toronto. Received it without a scratch (they wrap the car up, like when it's delivered new). Cost him a few hundred dollars.

More expensive than putting it on a transporter, but safer, in my mind.

I'm sure there's a similar option in the States.
 
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Old May 13, 2009 | 04:26 AM
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I had checked into putting my mini on a train and sending it out to Vegas to do amviv.. if I recall, there were no auto trains running out west, that they only did an auto train on the east coast, well worth checking out tho!
 
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Old May 13, 2009 | 05:50 AM
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Me and my wife recently relocated from LA to Ohio, had her car (not Mini but Toyota Corolla) shipped using auto-transport (like those new cars on two-level truck), total cost around $1200, take about 2 weeks.
 
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Old May 13, 2009 | 09:57 AM
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Hand me the keys, I'll drive it over there.
 
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Old May 13, 2009 | 11:02 PM
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Thats a just like a 24 hour drive with food/gas/bathroom stops.
Stock up on Redbull, Monster, Rockstar, 5 Hour Energy, Starbucks and for that last 4-5 hours try some RedLine. Synchronize your gas stops with your food, bathroom, smokes, and energy drink stops. Keep the Starbucks cup, Venti preferably for some inbetween stops drainage, and don't forget that little green drip stop plug. Keep at just 9 mph over the speed limit, if no radar. Get radar!
 
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Old May 14, 2009 | 06:29 PM
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Why not drive?
 
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Old May 14, 2009 | 07:00 PM
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Buy me a plane ticket gimme the keys and a card for gas, seriously
 
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Old May 14, 2009 | 07:13 PM
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Buy me a plane ticket gimme the keys and a card for gas, seriously
Thanks for the offer, I think I'm gonna have to pass on the deal, however good it is. I would need to sell my car fast and thats a big road block for me ,unless somebody steps up real quick that needs a cheap JCW in the midwest ?
 
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Old May 16, 2009 | 03:06 PM
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Thanks to everyone offering help.I'm not buying the car ,I hope it goes to a fellow NAMer
 
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