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Car Forum / Mazda / Mazda Miata / August 2005want to drive my Miata NYC->SF?
I am wondering if it can be/have been done. Would anyone be interested to drive my 1997 Miata across the country from NYC to SF some time in September? The car has a luggage rack and a hitch bike rack. I would throw in $250 for gas and a Jet Blue ticket back. It's not working out time-wise for me to drive it myself. You can post here or email me privately at revyakin@NOSPAMstanford.edu >I am wondering if it can be/have been done. Would anyone be interested >to drive my 1997 Miata across the country from NYC to SF some time in >September? The car has a luggage rack and a hitch bike rack. I would >throw in $250 for gas and a Jet Blue ticket back. It's not working out >time-wise for me to drive it myself. You can post here or email me >privately at revyakin@NOSPAMstanford.edu I wish I had the time to do this. Have you looked into one of the transport companies? It might be worth it if you can't find a trustworthy person to do it. -------------- Alex Companies ask for at least 1K, and it involves bringing the car to a terminal at a certain date (door-to-door runs for 1.5K) > Companies ask for at least 1K, and it involves bringing the car to a > terminal at a certain date (door-to-door runs for 1.5K) You might want to make a less-insulting offer than $250 for gas and a flight home. Practically speaking, 2900 miles will result in two overnight hotel stays somewhere, let's just call those $80/ea, 6 meals (let's average those at $12/ea), and at 27MPG (estimating), 108 gallons of fuel at around $2.50/ea. Without even paying labor of any kind and excluding the flight home, you're looking at $500 in expenses for a door-to-door run. Maybe shipping the car is a better deal? Dana wow she is good yes 250 is a little low inmy books too I would love to do it but i'm In Canada I just bought a Maita from TX last month and buy Transport it cost me 800 to Grand Forks ND and then i picked it up from there and that still cost me about 100 so yes $250 is low >> Companies ask for at least 1K, and it involves bringing the car to a >> terminal at a certain date (door-to-door runs for 1.5K) [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Dana I think the original poster was looking for someone with a need to get from NYC to SF and took a shot at finding that person here. In that case, providing "free transportation" with a gasoline allowance thrown in isn't such a bad deal. Well, with gas at $2.50US a gallon, or more, and Miatas getting roughly 30 MPG, and Mapquest giving the driving distance as 2908.20 miles, that works out to just about right for the gasoline. Whomever made the trip would have to buy meals and lodgings, no matter the mode. I might do it if I were in NYC, if I were planning to go to SF, and if I didn't have my own Miata, which would get me back. ;-) Jim Stuyck > wow she is good yes 250 is a little low inmy books too I would love > to do it but i'm In Canada I just bought a Maita from TX last month and [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> >> Dana "Jim Stuyck" <jstuyck@comcast.net> wrote in: > I think the original poster was looking for someone with a need > to get from NYC to SF and took a shot at finding that person > here. It seems to me he'd be way better off putting an ad in the NY papers and reaching folks who are already in NY? > I think the original poster was looking for someone with a need > to get from NYC to SF and took a shot at finding that person > here. Someone with three days to get to SF instead of flying :-) Dana |
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