[Shotimes] transportation to CA Conv. via truck info

[Adam Parrott]

Kirk,

I /would/ tell you to leave the NE and come join us down here in Texas
(where you'd be in the "middle" of the country), but then us LSSHOC guys
would have to put up with you AND Kerby at all of our meets.  Dunno if
that's something I could live with or not.  ;)

Adam Parrott


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kirk Doucette" <Kirk.doucette@verizon.net>
To: "Hartberger, Jason M. ATAN" <hartbejm@roosevelt.navy.mil>; "'George
Fourchy'" <krazgeo@jps.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 10:31 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] transportation to CA Conv. via truck info


This is why I need to leave the Northeast!!!!!!!!

Nashville to Mass 1061 miles...  17hrs
Nashville to PA somewhere    10hrs



Kirk J Doucette
NESHOC President
Stormtrooper-97 White

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Hartberger, Jason M.
ATAN
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 9:34 PM
To: 'George Fourchy'; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] transportation to CA Conv. via truck info

well, at $30 a tank, and about 400 miles a tank (I got the 16 gallon tank,
curses), with 3500 miles total, that's about $270 for gas. assuming about
1200 miles a day (14 hours a day driving 90, minus stops for peeing once or
twice a day), that's, oh, conservatively 4 days of driving. 3 nighs of
hotel, at ~$70-$100 a night, is, we'll splurge and say $300. For food,
we'll throw in another $75. Eatin' cheap here, folks. So, the grand total
would be $645. Throw in a little more for tolls and incidentals, and that's
$700 coast-to-coast. Now, granted, I'm young and fit (hahahah.. what a
dork), so I could really drive 14 hours a day and be good to go. Plus, I'd
probably just sleep in car and save another $300... $400 to go
coast-to-coast for me! of course, I'd be a friggin wreck when I got
there... and the chances of me dying on that fourth day would be pretty
high... this is alone. If there were a passenger, it'd be higher... more
mouths to feed.

Just my experience. I drove from Wichita to Norfolk in 2 days, in a 94 MTX
that I wasn't sure would make it.. (failing CPS, I know now) that was fun.
cost maybe $150 total. food (didn't eat), gas, lodging ($60, looove the
military discount).

Like Dave says (must give credit where due), just my .02

> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Fourchy [mailto:krazgeo@jps.net]
> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 4:19 AM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] transportation to CA Conv. via truck info
>
>
> On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 12:44:17 -0600, Donald Mallinson wrote:
>
> >Cars picked up on the east coast would cost about $1000 per
> >car round trip, and cars farthur on down the line would be
> >somewhat less expensive.
>
> Hey!!!  This is a GOOD deal.  When I shipped the black car to
> New York for Mark to
> put the engine in, it was $1000 eastbound, and $950
> westbound, same company.  I got
> a 5% discount(!)
>
> Jim Koper was considering trucking the Fiesta to
> Ohio.....that would have been $750.
>
> It will cost you almost $1000 to drive it one way, coast to
> coast, if you have a
> passenger, unless you eat sandwiches you make in the car, and
> sleep in the back
> seat.  I've done it enough, I KNOW.   Eva does pick more
> expensive hotels to stay
> at, but they're only about $300 more per direction at the
> most.  When I went by
> myself, I paid about $800 each way.
>
> George