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Hi everyone,

Thinking of purchasing a car here, and if i do go ahead with it i guess i will have to drive it back to Sydney.

So just wondering how long will it take and if its worth it? Or should i just get a car freight company to do it?

Cheers,

Sidd.

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I drove my R34 back from Sydney, gave me an opportunity to familiarise myself with the car - it was a fairly pleasant trip despite lack of any real stereo (AM/FM had been retuned for aus chans, but otherwise had a tape-deck).

I had an alarm fitted and my car booked into Croyden whilst over in Sydney and had a complete inspection (so I could take it back to the yard if they found any probs my pre-inspection hadn't picked up) and to fit a 3" turbo-back exhaust. I did have the benefit of being able to crash with friends in Sydney to make that easier on me though.

The drive back itself was fairly uneventful and long - took about 15-16 hours in all, sticking to the speed limit - taking plenty of breaks. It's a drive I've since repeated a coupla times since then as I have friends/family in Melbourne and Sydney (sometimes going direct to Sydney via Melbourne to shake it up - doesn't take that much longer and gives more interesting scenery).

drive it, its not that far.

frieght company will more than likely flog your car before they put it on or fling it up there with a forklift if you dont give them the keys.

if you can con someone into going just swap drivers every now and then and it'll be easy as.

The trip is done in about 14 hours for me in the camry i left sydney at 4.30am missed heaps of traffic personally it will take more fuel in a line so car carrier might be better and safer for break downs

CVAR i think it is looks wrong now, someone will correct me charge $400 on a truck they mark off all prior damage and you sign off both ends

Just drive it back (nothing better then a road trip) and as above it will get you used to the new car and assure that no damage is caused via a freight company etc. Last time I brought a car back from Sydney I took 2 days x 8 hours (I wasn't in a rush though).

Ryan

o and i used to work in transport and its 3 days standard, less you wanna pay double for xpress and have it go overnight.

and i shudder at the thought of a decent skyline going on the truck the same as the things i seen packed.

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Once you start driving you prolly wont want to stop unless your feeling fatigued, my trip went very smooth and easy

In comparison my trip to melbourne in the r33 made me tired and sleepy and thats an 8hr trip

So say 16-17 hours max. Thats not too bad i guess!! Might just make a stop over somewhere.. have a nana nap and keep driving lol.

Cheers guys!!

If you do have a stop over I recommend staying in "Hay" it's about half way and a pretty decent town.

Done it before when I picked up my Stagea from Sydney. Drove to Wagga overnight, then Mildura over night. Made a nice road trip of it. I've had freight companies damage my cars before, and don't trust them. They worm their way out of fixing it as much as they can. :ph34r:

The trip is done in about 14 hours for me in the camry i left sydney at 4.30am missed heaps of traffic personally it will take more fuel in a line so car carrier might be better and safer for break downs

CVAR i think it is looks wrong now, someone will correct me charge $400 on a truck they mark off all prior damage and you sign off both ends

hahahah looked myself as there near my work

its CEVA sounds similar

me and a mate did adelaide, sydney, newcastle, and then adelaide without stopping for more the fuel or food.

we had work comitments so taking nanna naps werent a option.

in all we did 3200 kays in 36 hours.

i wouldnt recomend it to most people but, we took turns, and got the job done.

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