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nickcorr

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Hi All,

Mate needs to ship his W8 Passat from Sydney to Melbourne now that it has stopped leaking everywhere...

Any recomendations/approx pricing from city to city trucking?

Many thanks.

Nick

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If its running, try FINEMORES. They truck Fords north from Melbourne and a few trucks come back empty.

If its not running be prepared to have your ass reamed. Cost me $750 from Dubbo to Melbourne.

Mr Eps Grand Master

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honestly???? from my PERSONAL experience???

if it's running, DRIVE it back.

if it's NOT running however...

...get in touch with a fair weather friend with a car trailer. borrow / rent it... buy him whatever he wants. after all - he's a fair weather friend. show him what REAL mates rates are. buy him a carton or three of his favourite imported beer...

clean his gutters out...

see if he'll lend you his ute to tow it too... if not - rent one from bunnings.

get the trailer and the ute - and connect the two.

drive up to sydney - pick up the car. and tow it back your god damn selves. do it over the course of a weekend.

you'll save HUNDREDS of dollars. and get the car in exactly the way you had it before.

i transported two cars. one had a few scrapes on the bumper, small scratch on the bootlid no big deal...

the other car, flat battery... battery had been arced and fried. blow two major fuses @ $40 and a $1000 price for EACH car.

i live in WA. i didn't have a choice. you do have a choice.. grab your mate. and handle your biz.

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Beer Baron Grand Master

Beer Baron

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autotrans

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theres a mob from QLD I think called scotts transport or something similar that I've used before.

just good car carriers or car transport etc.

Adriano Grand Master

Adriano

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EPS, im pretty sure if you do the sums, it wouldnt end up any cheaper, by the time you pay $150 to hire a trailer, $150 for the ute+25c km($500), 2000km of fuel(about $400) and about 30 hours of boring driving, its really not cheaper at all.

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