[Shotimes] Convention Round Trip Vehicle Transport

[Joshua Teixeira]

That is correct.  They are actually based in South Carolina, so anyone
between SC and NY can be easily worked in as well - not just the North East.

Again, if you are interested:

sales@shonutperformance.com

Regards,

Joshua Teixeira,
SHO NUT Performance
www.shonutperformance.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donald Mallinson [mailto:dmall@mwonline.net]
> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 10:20 AM
> To: sales@shonutperformance.com
> Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Convention Round Trip Vehicle Transport
>
>
> 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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