MTTS: Wanna go all the way, but how to get the MINI back home?

My ex wife and son should be flying into Boston to have thier own road trip back to SoCal but I have 3 volunteers who I trust to get mine back. Either way I am flying home to reality at the end, my car will get driven here by someone......

 

Maybe you have a GREAT and FAITHFUL friend who will accompany you to Boston and be willing to drive the car back so you can return to your job on time? You could pay for the gas and whatever his lodging and food costs are, with regard to a return timeframe so you do not go bankrupt in the process.

 

I don't think that many of us here on the Eastern end would be driving the whole MTTS route. I guess there may be some, but they would have the same problem as you, or be happy for the long drive back. Since I am in Ohio, it just makes better sense for me to either catch the tour in Chicago or Cleveland and go on from there to Boston and just drive back home. However, I have a friend who lives in Erie, so I may just go to Cleveland and on to Erie to visit him, and then try to either catch up with the group in Buffalo, or drive down to Harrisburg to visit another friend before heading on back to western Ohio.

That said, I realize your predicament. I wouldn't want to see you selling your car just to solve your return problem and that's why I suggested that you take a friend along and have him drive the car back. He would have lots of people to tag along with on the return trip, because others are in the same boat as you, I think.

Just my 2c. I wish you luck.

 

If you pay all my expenses I might fly to Boston and drive your car back to CA for you and fly me back to Philly. :ihih::lol:

It would be much easier to find someone to drive your car back rather than ship it back.

A friend on mine who is a teacher did the whole MTTS last time and drove from PA to the end and drove all the way back home again. Talk about an epic road trip with the wife and two dogs. :crazy:

 

^^^ I thought you would only drive an R53???? :smilewinkgrin:

 

I said "buy" not drive for free across the country and fly back.

Who would pass up a free road trip across this beautiful country? :idea: not me :lol:

 

Never said I hated R56 MINIs. We have an R55 in our garage. The way I see it I am vastly more qualified to return that beloved JCW R55 back to its loving home in Cali. :smilewinkgrin:

CharlieVickor you can pm me with the details.

 

We are working on setting up a transporter from Boston to California to get several Minis back. We have gotten prices in the $1100 ea for open trailer and about $1450 for enclosed trailer. Open trailers can carry up to 10 MINIs and the enclosed trailers carry about 6-8. Transit time is about 7-9 days. The above prices are one pickup point and one dropoff point. I am currently working with members of SCMM (So Cal) and Shasta Minis, and Nor Cal to see how many MINIs we have. If you are interested please send me an email [email protected] . I think the more the merrier. We have about 6-7 MINIs now.

 

And I'm looking into options for the opposite direction .. I need to get my MINI to SFO (or Colorado and I'll fly into there to pick it up and drive it to the start in SFO); I'm on the east coast and likewise only have sufficient vacation time to drive one direction .. which of course will be from the start (wouldn't miss the Million Dollar Highway in western CO that's been on my MINI bucket list for almost anything!) .. I would have expected to see some formal plans for shipping cars to SFO, especially from NJ (I could get my MINI there from here) and so far, nada .. if anyone sees a post regarding shipping to SFO, please post here (unless I should start another thread?)

This is gonna be a blast!!!

 

your shipping prices seem excellent - i was considering doing the opposite - ship my car from the east coast and drive it back. With very limited research i was getting figures in the 2k range. If you decide to ship it go for the covered option imo.

The other thing reason i ruled out driving the entire way is that MTTS is a lot of miles each day for many days and my older body probably couldn't withstand it...

 

For any & All California Mini owners going the whole way to Boston on MTTS, if you are thinking of shipping your Mini back to California, please contact me if you wish to team up and save some money with a group rate. We have already done a lot of research and are ready to secure plans. You can contact me via PM (Private Message) or by email: [email protected] Thanks!