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20-02-2007, 01:44 PM
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If I was to buy a T3 in WA, does anyone know the best way of getting one back to Sydney. The drive would be too much for clocking up K's, damage from trucks, roos and the likes. Looked at the Indian Pacific Train but again I'm worried about damage from loading it on/off and the clearance issues. Does anyone have suggestions?
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20-02-2007, 01:49 PM
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I'll drive it over for you - I'll be especially careful and provide my own car bra.
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20-02-2007, 02:14 PM
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Sorry we do not let T3's out of WA :evil_laug
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20-02-2007, 02:19 PM
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20-02-2007, 02:20 PM
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20-02-2007, 02:38 PM
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Good, you can keep em all. hahaha, :evil_laug |
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20-02-2007, 03:24 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Either drive it back or have the front bar taken off and put inside the car. If you lay the passenger seat down and feed the bar in from the D/S rear door around towards the the P/S dash it will fit. Have transported mine that way to spray painters in the EL with no problems. Just get both ends wrapped to protect dash and door trim an lay something underneath it This is crazy. T3's criss-crossing the nation. One went from SA to Perth and another from Canberra to Kalgoorlie just before Xmas Better send me some details on the car for the register
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20-02-2007, 03:37 PM
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Having said that they do make cars (sort've) in SA so car carriers may only run to there empty, it might be cheapest to freight it to SA then drive it to Syd.
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20-02-2007, 03:39 PM
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The 'Stihl' Man
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Yeah transport it for sure, then its not going on your odo!
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20-02-2007, 03:40 PM
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Agree with the car-carrier bit, but don't let them put it on a train.
Make sure is is trucked over. Yes, I said trucked! |
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20-02-2007, 04:05 PM
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Just drive the thing, thats what a car is built for is it not?
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20-02-2007, 04:10 PM
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Hard decision ... but for me ... I'd be enjoying the drive.
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20-02-2007, 04:15 PM
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I've done that drive twice now. Huge kilo's thats for sure, but at least they are open road kilo's. Stone chips and the like were not a problem. I would drive it. The wear of open road kiol's are half as painfull as town/city driving. Probably cost less and the car will not be out of your site. No bogans taking joy rides around staging depot's etc.
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20-02-2007, 04:17 PM
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20-02-2007, 04:52 PM
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Well if you add up the flight there, petrol, accommodation, food etc then it would be pretty much the same as getting it transported.
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20-02-2007, 04:54 PM
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head east out of perth and keep going and going and going till you can go no further
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20-02-2007, 04:56 PM
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20-02-2007, 05:19 PM
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Try and get in on a plane as checked luggage? Yes Mr Qantas, it is less then 35 kgs....
No really, get a nice car bra, and enjoy an amazing drive in a car designed for it |
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20-02-2007, 06:45 PM
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For the life of me I cannot understand why People buy lovely cars like this and then are afraid to drive them for fear of clocking up the kilometers. Thats like buying a raincoat and then refusing to wear it in the rain cause it might get wet.
 : They depreciate, get over that unpleasent fact of life and enjoy the thing. I have done the trip several times myself and had a blast, lots of high speed cruising and no major road damage..... you can just as easily get stone chips going down the Roe Highway here in Perth as you can across the nullabour. I am just getting my plans together to do it all again in March. cheers Peter
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20-02-2007, 06:52 PM
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It is about a grand to get the car to SA and there on you should drive it as the roads aren't that bad and it's not a really big drive .We have used car care a few times to do this and never had ay thing do wrong .
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20-02-2007, 06:56 PM
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Why don't you rent a car, hire a car trailer and trailer the car back to the East Coast.Be an excellent Road trip
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20-02-2007, 07:15 PM
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I would drive it... I think the trip is... 4000-4500 km max so whats the km issue?? this sorta distance would be covered in 3-4 months anyway.
I would fly over with a mate or the other half and drive it back, but stretching the trip out to a week to actually stop for a look around and a decent rest every now and again. I wouldnt train it, i got a car delivered by train and it was covered in iron dust that started to rust causing stains and blemishes in the paint. Trailering the car back would be a nightmare! |
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20-02-2007, 08:10 PM
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Let Whoosha Do It
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20-02-2007, 08:30 PM
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Drive it, i did the drive in my XR8 from WA back to Vic and loved it although alone it could be boring, but it's a great way to get to know the car.
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20-02-2007, 08:33 PM
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20-02-2007, 08:36 PM
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i'd fly to wa, put it on a train to broken hill, take it off and drive the rest of the way, should only be about 1000k's from there.
also, putting it on the train isn't as bad as you think. |
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20-02-2007, 09:57 PM
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20-02-2007, 11:00 PM
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Dave you should give toll a try they deliver all or most of the new cars to WA, And a back load should be quite cheap.
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21-02-2007, 07:55 AM
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Roadtrip sounds fun Dave. Who is going with you?
Princessxr6t has done the trip a few times, maybe you could give Dave a few tips buddy.
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21-02-2007, 09:24 AM
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I was getting some quotes from Toll and the like when I was going to sell my car to a fella in Rockhampton. My car was in Newcastle at the time and the price seemed reasonable. On the other hand, I would personally love to go for a big drive in a new car.
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