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RD Evans
post Sep 4 2003, 07:21 PM
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Is it crazy to drive a newly purchased 914 1500 miles? If you were going to brave it, what would be the minimum list of things to check beforehand and what parts would you want with you? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)
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Curvie Roadlover
post Sep 4 2003, 07:27 PM
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Only 1500 miles? Piece of cake! Bring tools, plugs, throttle and clutch cable, fuses, bulbs, adventurous attitude. Cell phone. Post your intended route here so members can monitor your progress and lend assistance if needed. Where are you buying and where are you headed?
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post Sep 4 2003, 07:28 PM
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Cell phone.
Cash.
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RD Evans
post Sep 4 2003, 07:36 PM
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Deal isn't completed. If it happens, it will be East coast to central Texas.
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post Sep 4 2003, 07:40 PM
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lol...i was a little worried about driving mine 90 miles home, but after driving it for a while, it would have been fine in a longer trip...it all depends on the car's condition and how mechanical you are, good luck though, these cars are worth it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Sep 4 2003, 07:42 PM
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Try to get someone from the board to go look at it for you. You don't want to get out there and (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)
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post Sep 4 2003, 07:46 PM
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I would want Brad's cell number so if you breakdown he can tow you in or fix the car for you.

lol

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post Sep 4 2003, 08:02 PM
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I just did it - 1700 miles - it was a blast.

I brought a few special tools (CV joint socket, feeler gauges, fuses, a round relay, clutch and throttle cables). I went to Wal-Mart after I arrived to get the car and bought a travel tool kit for the general tools. It came with a test light, electrical tape, and some other things besides the wrenches and screwdrivers.

I also got paper towels, oil, and other things like that at the Wal-Mart, so I was all supplied after one stop, and I didn't have to bring all that stuff with me.
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post Sep 4 2003, 08:12 PM
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James...I've got a better idea. I'll just buy you a plane ticket and take you with me! I will drop you off in Ft. Worth on my way back to Temple.
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post Sep 4 2003, 08:16 PM
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R.D., take me.....take me!!!!!!!!!!
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post Sep 4 2003, 08:17 PM
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QUOTE(Bleyseng @ Sep 4 2003, 05:46 PM)
I would want Brad's cell number so if you breakdown he can tow you in or fix the car for you.

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I had Brad's cell phone # on my voice dial on my ride home. I just had to flip the phone open and yell, "Braaaaaaaad". Fortunately, I didn't need it. 3000 miles without a single problem. I would do it again in a minute. It was great.
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post Sep 4 2003, 08:30 PM
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didn't you have a problem before you got out of town?

OH, I'll go, I'll go! I love road trips!
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post Sep 4 2003, 08:38 PM
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yeah, but since I hadn't left town yet I don't count that. Plus it was fixed in about 2 minutes without tools, only required Brads' wisdom.
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post Sep 4 2003, 09:58 PM
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What they said....

Plan your trip so you have lots of time and aren't stressed to be on schedule. Drive as much as you want to. Stop and smell the roses (take pictures) along the way. Take back roads, interstates can be boring.
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post Sep 4 2003, 10:47 PM
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East coast car ?? Hopefully its a not a Ebay car.

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post Sep 4 2003, 11:37 PM
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1500 miles. I would tow, or ship it. You have all the time drive it for fun when you know it.




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post Sep 5 2003, 12:25 AM
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I just had the same dilema - fly in and drive it or have it trucked? I went with having it trucked. East coast (Oregon) to Minnesota was $800 door to door (shop around, it pays... others like the ebay preferred service were $1200).

I still don't understand my car well enough to say whether or not it would have made it, but definitely I would have to have stopped and replaced part of the gas line... brittle and spilling gas when the key first turned in the ignition. That's of course assuming I wouldn't have been engulfed in flames before noticing the leak!

Also - the car was NOT in as good a shape as it appeared on ebay (and how it was discribed... let alone the wrong engine).

On the other hand - would have been a fantastic adventure, if I could have spared the time off work and had some reserve funds in the bank.

cheers and good luck!
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post Sep 5 2003, 04:44 AM
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the boys from lake oswego would probably recomend an alt belt.

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post Sep 5 2003, 05:23 AM
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QUOTE(zeppelin71 @ Sep 4 2003, 10:25 PM)
East coast (Oregon) to Minnesota

Did they move Oregon? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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post Sep 5 2003, 06:22 AM
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RD, that sounds like fun, when do we leave? To bad I have sooooo many projects going on right now or might actually consider it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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