Date:         Fri, 9 May 2003 08:37:02 -0600
Reply-To:     "Miller, Ryan" <RMiller@STANTEC.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Miller, Ryan" <RMiller@STANTEC.COM>
Subject:      Auto transport info
Comments: To: wetwesties@yahoogroups.com
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Just thought I'd share a little info I got in the last day about
transporting a car. This all started because my wife got into graduate
school in Salt Lake City and starts summer school on Monday, but we live in
Phoenix, so I'll be moving her up there this weekend and following her
sometime in the next few months. Anyway, I reserved an auto trailer from
U-haul to tow her vw super up there for her to use until the rest of us (me,
the dogs, and the ferrets) make it up there later. Well, I went in to pay
for it and pick it up when the clerks (very nice guys) started laughing
behind the counter while looking at the computer screen. Turns out the
one-way cost of the trailer was going to be ~$466 to SLC! This startled them
so much they cracked up. Of course it wasn't cracking me up in the least.
But, they soon calmed me down by informing me that since I was coming back
to Phoenix after dropping off my wife, the car, and half of our possessions
that I could do the in-town rental for ~$49 a day! (no mileage charges
'cause they have no way of determining the mileage on their trailers yet :)
Well hell I said, sign me up! It's only going to take me a couple of days to
go up and back. So, needless to say, I saved ~$300 by bringing them back
their trailer. Enough $$ to buy a couple round trip tickets to seem my sweet
while we are apart ;) BTW, if anyone knows of someone that needs a car
hauled from SLC to Phoenix this weekend, I've got an empty trailer that can
take it.

Ryan

'82 westie