Sydney To Melb In The New Car!

[chef_stagea]

hey hey ive braught a new car and im just wondering what the best way home is guna be... we will leave sydney on a sunday morning and start the ride home... is the direct route kinda trew waga waga the best or threw melbourne? so its nice rds allt he way.

what do i needa take apart from cash, laptop with internet for an sau session or 2, tools, coolant oil etc

cheers guys

[Nightcrawler]

$300 on a Toll truck

Unless you think driving a car from Sydney to Adelaide is fun

Hey, are you selling R34 gear on Ebay by any chance? I bought an R34 engine cover off a 'Rocco' - am wondering if it is u.

[Damo_R34]

why, hasn't it arrived Andrew

yep i got a Silvia from Melb to Adelaide for about $360 about 2 years ago, that included picking up the car from the guys house, and delivering it to the depot in Adelaide. That included insurance as well.

[Nightcrawler]

^^ nah I have been super busy and haven't managed to contact him to pick it up yet. Have left a message on his mobile, but he hasn't called me back yet. No problem, just seems likely he is the same guy.

[RubyRS4]

I picked up my Stagea from Sydney importers and drove it back. Also done the trip again, and thrown in a drive to Canberra and Melbourne too

Drive from Sydney thru Wagga (stay the night if you have to), drive to Mildura (stay the night if you have to), and then down to Adelaide. Will take about 18 hours, so break it up and stay the night in either Wagga or Mildura. Overnight stay is cheap ... dozing off and crashing isn't.

^^ nah I have been super busy and haven't managed to contact him to pick it up yet. Have left a message on his mobile, but he hasn't called me back yet. No problem, just seems likely he is the same guy.

Can we stay on topic please Andrew This isn't wasteland you know!

Edited January 13, 2009 by RubyRS4

[Iron Chef]

yep i got a Silvia from Melb to Adelaide for about $360 about 2 years ago, that included picking up the car from the guys house, and delivering it to the depot in Adelaide. That included insurance as well.

The price has effectively doubled for transport in the last year or so. For enclosed transport through TNT (my only option, because of the low ride height), my N1 cost over a grand from Brisbane, and that was to the depot, not to my house...

[SkyHi_33]

Mates dad brought in a Subaru SVX on a truck from Gold Coast to Adelaide. It cost him $700 with insurance, not bad huh?

[The Bogan]

Drive your bloody cars guys, thats what there for, fuel shouldnt be a issue as it is cheap, i am amased at the amount of cars that get trailered, most for no reason.

Take your time and hit the back roads and you may even have some fun if your not carefull.

Unless of course its a race car or youve built a trailer queen show car, or your idea of a long drive is to do blockies at the mall.

Drive your cars

[Ryan&Sez]

Also depends on whether they want to run up a few thousand kms too mlr

[Import S13]

soooo, what car did you get

[jrm]

When I bought my car in Sydney, I considered getting it shipped back but I eventually drove it back from Sydney through Melbourne - I really enjoyed every minute of it (even with the factory nissan stereo with FM converter and only a tape player ...)

I also found it a really good opportunity to get familiar with the car and how it drove

[mid life crisis]

sometimes your time is worth more than the money to frieght it

[kralster]

^^^

only a tosser would say that, just enjoy life. make a trip of it with someone special.

Nothing like a road trip with some mates or a chick just listening to music, and singing and taking photo's whenever you see something interesting.

[chef_stagea]

$300 on a Toll truck

Unless you think driving a car from Sydney to Adelaide is fun

Hey, are you selling R34 gear on Ebay by any chance? I bought an R34 engine cover off a 'Rocco' - am wondering if it is u.

na mate not me... :S

[Iron Chef]

Drive your bloody cars guys, thats what there for, fuel shouldnt be a issue as it is cheap, i am amased at the amount of cars that get trailered, most for no reason.

Take your time and hit the back roads and you may even have some fun if your not carefull.

Unless of course its a race car or youve built a trailer queen show car, or your idea of a long drive is to do blockies at the mall.

Drive your cars

I think one of 18 ever built and no airconditioning was a good enough excuse to get it transported rather than drive it from Brisbane

[kralster]

Yeah cos you wouldn't want to enjoy it.

Were you one of those kids that kept all his action figures in the boxes and never had any fun with them.

[RubyRS4]

Yeah cos you wouldn't want to enjoy it.

Were you one of those kids that kept all his action figures in the boxes and never had any fun with them.

I never was.

I had the option of having my Stagea delivered to my door for free, but I chose to fly to Sydney and drive it back, stopping by friends in Wagga, for a bit of a road trip.

[Nightcrawler]

Yeah cos you wouldn't want to enjoy it.

Were you one of those kids that kept all his action figures in the boxes and never had any fun with them.

I would hardly call 18 boring hours of long-haul driving enjoying your car. Dodging roos, nearly falling asleep at the wheel, avoiding crazy drug induced truck drivers, being done for speeding, getting stuck behind losers doing 90km/h in a 110km/h zone, getting robbed of your hard-earned buying very dodgy food at truck stops ....

Taking a car for a belt in the hills or around Mallala is, however.

Not quite the same IMHO.

[The Bogan]

I would break your 18 hrs down to 4 x 4.5 hr sessions over 2 days and staying at a nice motel at the halfway point, take my camera, my missus and cruise.

But then I sometimes drive old R Series Mack Trucks with a 20 ton trailers loaded with stores or Plant Equipment to and from the Cape which takes about 6 days doing about 90kph, now that is boring, sitting behind the wheel of my car and just cruising, stopping for photos and enjoying the scenery is what i enjoy.

ROAD TRIPS ROCK

[RubyRS4]

I would hardly call 18 boring hours of long-haul driving enjoying your car. Dodging roos, nearly falling asleep at the wheel, avoiding crazy drug induced truck drivers, being done for speeding, getting stuck behind losers doing 90km/h in a 110km/h zone, getting robbed of your hard-earned buying very dodgy food at truck stops ....

Taking a car for a belt in the hills or around Mallala is, however.

Not quite the same IMHO.

I dunno.

I like a good thrashing around Mallala ... but I also love my road trips.

Can do Adelaide - Phillip Island without thinking about it (done it 10 times now) ... either riding to music or talking the trip away with passengers. I've also done the Sydney-Wagga-Adelaide trip twice now, with Canberra thrown in too. Its easy for me to just hit the road, with the amount of times I travel per year.