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ChrisxChainsaw · 04-15-2014, 03:44 AM

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I am in the military stationed in North Carolina. I have a 3-4 month class coming up in august. The military will not pay for me to get my car out there. But I don't see my life without my FRS. I want to bring my car out there. I have tried searching forum vendors for a shipping company and when I use search all I find is avoid accelerated and fa20club bashing. If I'm over looking something please send a link.

----question----
I'm looking at $1100 to ship it to CA from NC. Then $700 from CA back to NC. Or driving there. I've never done a drive longer then 13 hrs. (On a 2013 zx6r) (8hrs in a car, pt cruiser). Any suggestions or tips on cross country driving in general and cross country driving with a FRS. Thank you for your help.

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Sailors14FR-S · 04-15-2014, 03:59 AM

Active navy here, just made a trip from Oklahoma to florida then back all the way to cali... I would say make the drive, for two reasons:

1. it really sucks being TAD without a car
2. more importantly, if you drive your own car the military will take the money from your plan ticket and give it to you to travel, that way not only are you saving money on the shipping, you will actually make alittle money if you are good with your money on the trip.

For some reason I am thinking that you are air force, just because you are in the carolinas, so things might be alittle different between the branches but I don't think so. Just out of curiosity what part of cali will you be in?

ChrisxChainsaw · 04-15-2014, 04:00 AM

Marines, I'm going from camp lejeune to 29 palms

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Sailors14FR-S · 04-15-2014, 04:04 AM

being in the marines it should be same as navy, you being our sister branch and all, joking. another perk of having you car out there is there is really nothing to do in that area, so you could take the weekends to go to the la area or san diego area. Or come to some of the frs meets.

ChrisxChainsaw · 04-15-2014, 04:07 AM

Frs meets would be awesome. Yeah I was there for 8 months before when I was a boot at comm school. So I know the area. 45$ taxi ride to get to a crappy town to take a bus to Palm Springs and same on the way back.

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Sailors14FR-S · 04-15-2014, 04:08 AM

yeah my buddy was there for about a year... he didn't like it much

ChrisxChainsaw · 04-15-2014, 04:10 AM

Lmao. He didn't like the old ladies at. "Deep Thai massage" ?

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Sailors14FR-S · 04-15-2014, 04:10 AM

Yeah... Not so much

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M3_Dust · 04-15-2014, 04:50 AM

you'll save a lot of money just driving and stopping half way to spend the night, I can't recommend a specific route, but that's what I would do

Lavalover · 04-15-2014, 09:17 AM

Just so you know its a 4-day drive. It's a big&$$ country!

Actually if you have not done it before you should take some extra time (like a week or 10 days) and enjoy some sights along the way. There are some fabulous National Parks for example.

ChrisxChainsaw · 04-15-2014, 09:42 AM

Anyone sleep in a frs yet? Lol

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Frank5364 · 04-15-2014, 09:42 AM

I made the trip 2 years ago

im also in nc and moved from cali to nc base took the I40 but i hated the Tennessee to NC road cause of the Appalachian mountains.

i for see making the drive again end of this year to beginning of next and im encountering same dilemma haha. I own BRz but shes my baby. But deff will take the south route this time around using the I10.

ChrisxChainsaw · 04-15-2014, 09:44 AM

Isn't the car made for mountain driving? Never driven in the mountains so idk

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Frank5364 · 04-15-2014, 09:53 AM

Yeah but at the time i owned a Yukon and i was towing my wife's lil ford focus. So it just have me a bad taste cause more then likely ima have to also get a uhaul again and tow

haha. If it was only that i had to drive BRz it would be hella fun i bet tho

04-15-2014, 03:44 AM	#1
ChrisxChainsaw Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Drives: 2013 Scion FRS Location: Tampa FL Posts: 41 Thanks: 12 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Cross country, drive or transport ---back ground story no one cares about--- I am in the military stationed in North Carolina. I have a 3-4 month class coming up in august. The military will not pay for me to get my car out there. But I don't see my life without my FRS. I want to bring my car out there. I have tried searching forum vendors for a shipping company and when I use search all I find is avoid accelerated and fa20club bashing. If I'm over looking something please send a link. ----question---- I'm looking at $1100 to ship it to CA from NC. Then $700 from CA back to NC. Or driving there. I've never done a drive longer then 13 hrs. (On a 2013 zx6r) (8hrs in a car, pt cruiser). Any suggestions or tips on cross country driving in general and cross country driving with a FRS. Thank you for your help. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

04-15-2014, 03:59 AM	#2
Sailors14FR-S Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: 2014 Scion FR-S Location: Orange, CA Posts: 176 Thanks: 37 Thanked 41 Times in 22 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Active navy here, just made a trip from Oklahoma to florida then back all the way to cali... I would say make the drive, for two reasons: 1. it really sucks being TAD without a car 2. more importantly, if you drive your own car the military will take the money from your plan ticket and give it to you to travel, that way not only are you saving money on the shipping, you will actually make alittle money if you are good with your money on the trip. For some reason I am thinking that you are air force, just because you are in the carolinas, so things might be alittle different between the branches but I don't think so. Just out of curiosity what part of cali will you be in? __________________

04-15-2014, 04:04 AM	#4
Sailors14FR-S Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: 2014 Scion FR-S Location: Orange, CA Posts: 176 Thanks: 37 Thanked 41 Times in 22 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	being in the marines it should be same as navy, you being our sister branch and all, joking. another perk of having you car out there is there is really nothing to do in that area, so you could take the weekends to go to the la area or san diego area. Or come to some of the frs meets. __________________

04-15-2014, 04:08 AM	#6
Sailors14FR-S Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: 2014 Scion FR-S Location: Orange, CA Posts: 176 Thanks: 37 Thanked 41 Times in 22 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	yeah my buddy was there for about a year... he didn't like it much __________________

04-15-2014, 04:10 AM	#8
Sailors14FR-S Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: 2014 Scion FR-S Location: Orange, CA Posts: 176 Thanks: 37 Thanked 41 Times in 22 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Yeah... Not so much Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________

04-15-2014, 04:00 AM	#3
ChrisxChainsaw Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Drives: 2013 Scion FRS Location: Tampa FL Posts: 41 Thanks: 12 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Marines, I'm going from camp lejeune to 29 palms Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

04-15-2014, 04:07 AM	#5
ChrisxChainsaw Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Drives: 2013 Scion FRS Location: Tampa FL Posts: 41 Thanks: 12 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Frs meets would be awesome. Yeah I was there for 8 months before when I was a boot at comm school. So I know the area. 45$ taxi ride to get to a crappy town to take a bus to Palm Springs and same on the way back. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

04-15-2014, 04:50 AM	#9
M3_Dust Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S Location: USA Posts: 37 Thanks: 13 Thanked 20 Times in 13 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	you'll save a lot of money just driving and stopping half way to spend the night, I can't recommend a specific route, but that's what I would do

04-15-2014, 09:17 AM	#10
Lavalover Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Drives: 2014 FR-S Monogram Hot Lava Location: Mid-Atlantic Posts: 122 Thanks: 27 Thanked 45 Times in 28 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Just so you know its a 4-day drive. It's a big&$$ country! Actually if you have not done it before you should take some extra time (like a week or 10 days) and enjoy some sights along the way. There are some fabulous National Parks for example.

04-15-2014, 09:42 AM	#11
ChrisxChainsaw Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Drives: 2013 Scion FRS Location: Tampa FL Posts: 41 Thanks: 12 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Anyone sleep in a frs yet? Lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

04-15-2014, 09:42 AM	#12
Frank5364 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Drives: 2014 Subaru BRZ white limited Location: NC Posts: 119 Thanks: 73 Thanked 17 Times in 15 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I made the trip 2 years ago im also in nc and moved from cali to nc base took the I40 but i hated the Tennessee to NC road cause of the Appalachian mountains. i for see making the drive again end of this year to beginning of next and im encountering same dilemma haha. I own BRz but shes my baby. But deff will take the south route this time around using the I10. __________________ Check out this social group http://www.ft86club.com/forums/group.php?groupid=65

04-15-2014, 09:44 AM	#13
ChrisxChainsaw Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Drives: 2013 Scion FRS Location: Tampa FL Posts: 41 Thanks: 12 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Isn't the car made for mountain driving? Never driven in the mountains so idk Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

04-15-2014, 09:53 AM	#14
Frank5364 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Drives: 2014 Subaru BRZ white limited Location: NC Posts: 119 Thanks: 73 Thanked 17 Times in 15 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Yeah but at the time i owned a Yukon and i was towing my wife's lil ford focus. So it just have me a bad taste cause more then likely ima have to also get a uhaul again and tow haha. If it was only that i had to drive BRz it would be hella fun i bet tho __________________ Check out this social group http://www.ft86club.com/forums/group.php?groupid=65

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