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Old Jul 19, 2011 | 08:26 PM
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Rent a Truck to all your things if you need it, U haul, Ryders, etc. your choice. Rent a trailer that puts all 4 wheels on the trailer and off the road. Take your time and make the trip. You have all your things with you upon arrival ready to put in place, your car with no mileage, wear and tear on it, and a piece of mine. I did it that way and it was a nice trip, 2,800 miles without a hitch and actually enjoyed the trip.
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 06:55 PM
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Drive your Z
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Old Jul 21, 2011 | 01:13 AM
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i would drive the car you should always enjoy a good drive
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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 07:23 AM
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if its not a flat bed, don't tow it. 800 miles isn't that bad, I drove a supercharged vw vr6 1700 miles during a move, took me 3 days having to rest my car up every few hours and overnight. would've been cheaper to just have somebody haul it.
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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 10:08 AM
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if you're used to long drives then by all means drive it and enjoy the trip
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Old Jul 25, 2011 | 07:33 PM
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If it were me:

1) Rent a penske and trailer. Why penske? They guarantee you will everything you want to rent at the location you rent from. U-Haul doesn't do that ****. i've moved seven times in the past six years and two of those times I had drive nearly an hour out of my way each direction to the get whatever U-Haul trash I needed. Penske isn't that much more and their trucks are newer and cleaner.

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2) Drive stuff down to GA. Fly/drive back to OH and drive Z down.
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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 09:42 AM
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Drive, but I cant stress enough to USE PAINTERS TAPE!!
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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 09:46 AM
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I would either drive my car or have it shipped via flat bed. Towing it is not something I'd do
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Old Jul 31, 2011 | 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by citymunky
Use the Uhaul flat bed trailer.
Ditto
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Old Jul 31, 2011 | 03:34 PM
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I just drove mine from Las Vegas to Witchita Falls TX, 1080 miles, broke it up into 2 days. no problems.
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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 05:53 AM
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Drive it, you wont reget it...

flew to Rochester, Minnesota to pick up my Mr2 and drove it back 1100 miles with only 4 cans of red bull, 1 cd with 11 tracks on repeat and a total of 16hrs with only a 45min rest when I got into Ohio.

That is a trip where you will say, "Man i wish i was driving my car right now" more than once if you dont drive it. Just dont be stupid and over zealous during your ride, just enjoy it

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