I drove from Cambridge to Orlando straight through once, then back a
week later. I put a notice on the ride board to see if anyone wanted a
ride, pay some gas money, some guy calls and says he did. So he got
dropped off at an exit on 95, he had no particular plans just wanted to
go to Florida. He had a small backpack. OK, I will pick you up RIGHT
HERE next Saturday at 10AM or whatever, if you aren't here, you're ridin
the dog back to Boston. OK he says. On the 20-some hour ride he said
about 6 words the whole time, which were an odd oblique second-degree
abstraction reference to a billboard we had passed about 50 miles
before, in the middle of the night. After about 15 minutes I was able to
work it out, and said something in reply, he just grunted. I think he
was a genius-level functional idiot.
Stop to pick him up, he was there at the gas station. Gets in the car
and the stench was gagging me and my other friend. Turns out he just
hitchhiked to wherever was near there, down to the beach, and stayed
under a bridge for the week. Met some bum who was living there too,
they ate oysters or mussels or something ("seafood" he said) they picked
from the creek. He had a great time. Next exit I stopped at a gas
station, got out a rag and a bar of soap I had in my bag, told him he
was to go in and bathe and if he still stunk he was finding his own way
home. He was in there a little while, came back with his change of
clothes from the backpack on (he wore the same clothes all week), and
fairly tolerable. He made no complaint of it, it was like it never
happened. Again, he said about 6 words the rest of the whole ride back,
then thanked me for the ride and walked off when we got back to campus.
--FT
On 10/7/16 4:14 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Theres sort of a challenge among a certain kind of person around here to make
it all the way to Miami in one shot. Its a 24 hour drive and I know several
people who claim to have done it. I think they're idiots...
-Curt
From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: Mercedes List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Cc: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com>
Sent: Friday, October 7, 2016 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Auto transport
Unless you started out really early in the morning, I wouldn’t think about trying to go from Naples to DC in one day. That would be a very, very long day.
I’ve made it from Reading, PA to SC or GA in one day, and even that’s a haul.
I just did the drive from Little Rock, AR to Tampa earlier this year when I got
my 350SDL, and that was 14 hours nearly nonstop. I went across to ATL and then
down, rather than dropping down across MS. It was a little longer, but faster
and all interstate. If I hadn’t been within a few hours of home when I started
to get tired I would have stopped. I left LR around noon local time (1:00 pm
Tampa time) and got home around 3:30 am, if I recall correctly. I was wiped
out.
And yes, I broke some laws doing it.
Dan
On Oct 7, 2016, at 3:56 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:
The more I think about it, I think it makes more sense to fly down and pick it
up. I know you were just wanting a quote and I think most rough estimates
would be anywhere from $400 to $750. For that much money and for peace of
mind, flying down and driving back would be a better way to go. Its roughly
600 miles. So, its either a long one day drive or spend the night somewhere
and make it an easy two day cruise. That way you don't have to worry about the
car being torn up or taking two weeks to get to you. From all the horror
stories about an open carrier, a covered truck would be better. But, I think
that increases the price quite a bit.
I flew to Tampa once to pick up a car and drive it back. The drive up Florida
was an easy and pleasant part of the trip. I drove from Tampa to Tupelo,
Mississippi (which was almost 750 miles) in the first day. It should be a
decent drive with almost all interstate.
Don Snook
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From: Andrew Strasfogel [mailto:astrasfo...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2016 2:07 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Cc: Rick Knoble <rickkno...@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Auto transport
The guy in Boca Raton who purchased my 1970 W111 coupe hired a covered carrier
to PU the car. Very safe way to do this but also pricey. I think he paid
$700. The stupid part is he didn't even have a garage to protect the vehicle
once he took possession in FL.
On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Dan firmly states:
That’s why I retrieve all of the cars >I buy, no matter how
inconvenient.
+1
Me too.
Today's buy.
Rick
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