For me, simply attending is the question. I'm still working and have a
limited amount of vacation time. Attending or not is based primarily on
available free time. If I were to attend I wouldn't have the time to drive
more than a day, possibly two.
I wonder if more people would attend national events if the national clubs
were able to work a deal with a transport company for discounts to and from.
It would alleviate a lot of issues around individuals and/or local clubs
trying to organize a truck.
Any of the auto transport companies owned by Healey Drivers?
Greg
--- On Tue, 11/9/10, Editorgary@aol.com <Editorgary@aol.com> wrote:
> From: Editorgary@aol.com <Editorgary@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Shipping Healeys this summer
> To: 55healey@comcast.net, healeys@autox.team.net
> Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 11:40 AM
> In a message dated 11/8/10 9:16:03
> PM, 55healey@comcast.net
> writes:
>
>
> > Hi Gary,
> >
> > Thank you very much for checking on this and sending
> the followup
> > information. This will get the interested people
> talking.
> > When I was checking out transportation it was sounded
> like $1,000 each
> > way per car and that put me out of the deal. I
> really
> > did like the concept and I will be interested to see
> who comes forward
> > to take Neil up on a deal.
> >
> > Rob Westcott
> >
>
> Typically, professional transport is going to be minimum
> $1.00 a mile. The
> interesting exercise is to calculate the equivalent in
> personal expenses and
> then decide whether wear-and-tear on the car and
> driver/passenger is worth
> it.
>
> For example, Vancouver is 1339 miles. So at 20 mpg and $3 a
> gallon, that's
> $200 for gas. It's a 22 hour trip, and eight hours in a
> Healey is about the
> best anyone can manage, so two nights in hotels, add $175.
> Three days on the
> road, nine meals, add $100. Figure you're $500
> out-of-pocket for the trip.
> But on the other side, you've got to add air fare, but with
> advance booking
> that's only $100.
>
> So the comparison really is whether someone is willing to
> pay $600 to avoid
> driving three days in a Healey across the West in
> mid-summer.
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