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Old 07-31-2019, 03:00 PM   #15
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You're probably more likely to have to get peppered by rocks if it's on a trailer, to be honest. At least when you're driving it, you're not stuck 5 feet behind a vehicle.
If you want to be ghetto, when it's on tjhe trailer get a king ssize blanket and use c-clamps to pin it to the tow hooks and in the windows with them rolled down slightly.
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Old 07-31-2019, 03:10 PM   #16
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its a subaru brz, not a Bugatti. just drive it bro
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I would say just drive it 1,500 miles, sounds like a fun tour in the twin. However I get you don't want to drive it. I would have it loaded onto a truck or something and not just tow it with the wheels touching the ground. Contact a good moving company and have them transport the car in a way that it doesn't touch the ground on some sort of vehicle transport carrier. Also review the owners manual section on towing.

That being said I honestly think the chances of scratches and dings or damage is more likely to happen with a tow than it is for you to lovingly drive it. It will also be much cheaper to drive it. Dude just drive it, it isn't that far, what 2 days of driving?

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You're probably more likely to have to get peppered by rocks if it's on a trailer, to be honest. At least when you're driving it, you're not stuck 5 feet behind a vehicle.
If you want to be ghetto, when it's on tjhe trailer get a king ssize blanket and use c-clamps to pin it to the tow hooks and in the windows with them rolled down slightly.
With my luck that would be when one of the clamps comes loose and batters the side of the car while stuck to a flapping blanket for several hundred miles.
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Old 07-31-2019, 03:58 PM   #19
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I rent a car trailer from time to time from my local U-Haul. $50 a day but I return it to where I picked it up.


I've done Miami to Houston a few times over the years. Two day trip for me.
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Old 07-31-2019, 06:20 PM   #20
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Guys I am not driving the BRZ. I would like it but my wife and 2 dogs are coming along. I have a 2019 Altima SR and a 2017 Corolla XSE.
I am also moving 2 full bedrooms, all my tools and a Sofa.
I want to keep the BRZ with really low miles because I want it as a weekend drive. It's a 2017 with 7,600 miles.
My plan was to rent the Big Uhaul and load the car on the tow dolly.
Just like the picture below:

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This would be my 1st move. Thanks for all your input on this. I been reading every post and it seems like the move will be around $2,000 plus fuel for the other 2 vehicles
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I did that drive 2 years ago, from Austin to Fort Lauderdale, car was in the back on my Penske rental truck on a trailer. But buy a car cover cause the truck always throws crap back, found a few chips on the bumper, then I had a 2016 Scion Tc last edition. Next Friday, we are moving to Boston, and we are shipping all the house stuff with PODS, came much cheaper than renting a truck and all. So we will be driving both of our cars only to Boston. I got the new brz and a new crosstrek. Can’t wait to have the drive. If you taking the truck, the trailer would be around $350 for it. Good luck on the move. And enjoy the drive.
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The only time we moved long distance and had to deal with cars it was from DC Metro to South Florida. To move our two cars at the time we took the AutoTrain which was great. Since we were moving in May it was opposite the "snow birds" so we got a heck of a deal on it. With a sleeper cabin it was less than the cost of the gas for the same trip.

The only downside was when we arrived and they unloaded the cars.

One of our cars was the first one off (top deck in the back) so we thought we were golden. After an almost two hour wait while other cars were unloaded it turned out our other car was the last one off.

Basically, when they load cars they load them top row, front to back, then bottom row front to back.

When they are unloaded they are top row back to front, then bottom row, back to front.

Our cars had been loaded following each other, except we ended up being the last car loaded on the top, then first car on the bottom, which made us first and last off.
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That is roughly 1,500 miles of bugs and highway rock chipping.
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@ NARFALICIOUS, I plan on doing that to the Altima, The Corolla already has the Clear Wrap installed.
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I wish I had a chance to drive 1500 miles with a BRZ on the US roads. It would be great.
It's pretty boring. I did 2200 miles in two days in my BRZ.
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It's pretty boring. I did 2200 miles in two days in my BRZ.
My 2018 tS has 9,000 miles. 2017 with 7,900 miles, keep it in a showroom.
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OP, I just went from Indiana to Tampa and then tampa back to Indiana. Just tape up the front end and GTFO of Florida. Once you're past Tampa, it's relatively smooth sailing traffic wise. If you leave at the right time, you'll avoid any and all traffic, aka rock chip city.

Drove my tS both ways. 20k miles in one year so far.
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