Shipping my electric 914 from San Diego to SF Bay Area Options

[PThompson509]

Hi Folks,

I did a search on the site, and holy cr@p, the shipping costs are high. There is no way I can drive the car that far (it only has a range of 70 miles).

What options are available to me to haul the car from San Diego to Santa Clara (south SF Bay Area)?

Thanks!

[PThompson509]

Uhaul sounds like the right way to do it - I don't want to make a range extender considering how rarely I would use it (as cool as it might be though).

I'm actually renting a Penske truck to haul plants and electronics, so hauling a trailer behind it shouldn't be a big deal.

Thanks for all of the suggestions!

[Tom_T]

Uhaul sounds like the right way to do it - I don't want to make a range extender considering how rarely I would use it (as cool as it might be though).

I'm actually renting a Penske truck to haul plants and electronics, so hauling a trailer behind it shouldn't be a big deal.

Thanks for all of the suggestions!

IIRC Penske also rents car hauler trailers &/or car tow dolly too, but IMHO I would do the caur hauler trailer over the dolly.

Maybe you can change your rental from Penske to U-Haul to get their flat car hauler trailer?

... or if not rent the trailer there, but make sure the Penske truck has the hitch & electrical connector for the trailer. IIRC U-Haul only uses 4-pin electrical their trailers, since they have surge brakes.

Penske may have 7-pin connectors only on their truck (combo 4 & & pin if you're lucky), so you may need a 4-to-7-pin adapter too.

Also - you may want to look into more batteries in your 914E up there, cuz it can be pretty spread out to the City, East Bay, up North from South Bay & over the hills east & south, etc., so you may want 100-150 if you can swing it, or change from lead acid to more power dense batteries (Li, hydride & others).

Safe Travels! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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