[Shotimes] Convention Round Trip Vehicle Transport

[Donald Mallinson]

Josh,

I understood that this trucker could also pick up cars in 
the midwest, like Ohio, Indiana, Illinois Etc.  The price 
would probably be the same but I think there might be a 
couple cars in Illinois/WI/ MI etc that he could pick up 
maybe at one location along I-80.  I had talked to Ben 
Bentley about maybe parking a few cars at the dealership he 
works at (not too far off 80) and dropping them off there 
again on the way back.

So if you need cars to fill up the rig, don't leave out the 
midwest.  $1000 round trip from Illinois to CA and back is a 
pure bargain, and I would not mind paying the same as the NE 
people.  I was going to ship my '89, but just don't have the 
time to prepare it.

Don Mallinson

Joshua Teixeira wrote:

> We are putting together round trip auto transport from the north east to the
> convention and back.
> 
> We have a driver lined up (former multiple SHO owner) who would take the
> cars from the North East down to the hotel, be there for 2 weeks, then take
> the cars back to the North East.
> 
> The 2nd week gives people a chance to take a vacation in CA/Vegas/etc. with
> their cars after the convention, and also gives the driver the opportunity
> to find more cars on his own to fill the truck for the way back*, as well as
> time for himself to vacation.
> 
> *Interestingly enough, auto transport companies have no trouble filling a
> truck with cars to go West, but the trip back East is really hard for them
> to fill their trucks, and they often come back half-full.
> 
> The round-trip cost is ~$1000 total for BOTH ways.
> 
> To compare, if you contact a car carrier, they will quote $900-$1100 to go
> from the North East to Vallejo (actually Sacramento), and $1000-$1300 to
> come back, the latter being higher to make up for lack of paying customers.
> They also want 20 days to transport the vehicle, where our guy can do it in
> less than a week.
> 
> In other words, this return transportation for $1000 total is about half the
> usual cost for someone doing this on their own.
> 
> 
> We would also be VERY interested in anyone that is looking for transport to
> the North East from the convention area, i.e. one way, to help him fill the
> truck for the way back.
> 
> 
> If you are interested, please contact us at:
> 
> sales@shonutperformance.com
> 
> within in the next few days.
> 
> We are looking for 1-2 more cars to make this work, and ESPECIALLY anyone
> looking for just transport from CA to the North East.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Joshua Teixeira,
> SHO NUT Performance
> www.shonutperformance.com
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