Ever wanted to drive in Maui or maybe the big island in your MINI?

http://hawaiisuperferry.com/

Here you go a 4 hour trip to the big island or a 3 hour trip to Maui or Kaua'i

Q: How much will it cost?
A: About half the price of flying.

Q: How much will it cost to take vehicles? Will there be a price difference between passenger cars, vans, trucks, vehicles with trailered boats and tractor-trailors?
A: Transporting a standard car will cost about the same as the driver's fare. The price for vehicles is based upon length, width and height. Cars can be up to 8 feet high and trucks / buses can be up to 15 feet high. Extra wide loads (such as a farm or construction vehicles) will cost more.


Looks like there will be plenty of room for a MINI on there.

 

Some more numbers about it.

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/ar.../ln/ln01a.html

The ferry company plans to charge $55 to transport a passenger vehicle to Maui or Kaua'i from Honolulu and $90 for a pickup truck, van or limousine. Fares would be higher for the Big Island and at peak times.

With discounts for advance and Internet purchases, a ticket could be as low as $42, making a round-trip fare about half the price of an interisland airline ticket, company officials said. Fares to the Big Island and on weekends and holidays would be $10 higher.

Looks like these are one-way so just under 200 dollars for you and your MINI.

 

I believe the big boss for the Superferry either owns a MINI or was looking at one at MINI of Hawaii.

I know lots of people are waiting for the Superferry to begin operation because they will be able to bring their cars over to Honolulu to run in Spring Fling or Aloha 500.

 

It's going to be a wait-
http://hawaiisuperferry.com/company/timeline.html

maiden voyage is 4th quarter 2006 if all goes well.
Hopefully no hurricaines to slow down the construction process in Mobile Alabama

 

HMMC has already contacted the owner and is working very hard on trying to charter the very first trip between islands. I can't wait...can you imagine how cool that will be!!!!!

 

i'd definitely like to be on that maiden voyage

 

That's exactly what I was thinking when I posted this here