Can you post a hardtop ?

[chrisdk]

I've found a potential hardtop purchase, sadly it's 300 miles from my home.

Anyone any experience of if Parcelforce or the like would be prepared to transport it for a reasonable price ?

It's keenly priced but I wouldn't like to pay more than 20-30 quid for postage.

[Dift]

Pick your courier carefully if you do go down this route.

Parcel Force are cocks. They destroyed a Elise hard top I sold, even though in my eyes it was more than adequately protected (as per their guidelines). I got nothing back from them, not even a sorry, and I appealed numerous times. £700 down the pan.

[JonnyFive]

Can't see it being cheap, at all.

Its not a one person thing to lift due to the awkwardness of it..

[J-Tuner]

I would say don't even bother. Go get the thing yourself or find one closer.

The weight on them is lop-sided and its a fair old size to carry alone. The risk of dropping it and smashing the glass/cracking it is high.

[snotrag]

From where to where? I/we migh be able to ferry it, my car has hardtop latches.....?

[JonnyFive]

snotrag said:

From where to where? I/we migh be able to ferry it, my car has hardtop latches.....?

This.. I've also got latches on too.

[chrisdk]

It was from the South West (Exeter) to North East (Teesside).

It's all academic now as I don't own a 5 (yet), but had spotted an ideal candidate, but on viewing it yesterday it appeared to have been clocked and had patchy service history so it's back to the drawing board. I have another one in my sights and this has a hardtop so it might be two birds with one stone.

Much appreciate the kind offers of some kind of PH courier relay, it's quite heartwarming to think of guys meeting up in motorway service stations to switch a roof onto another 5 to then drive it 100 miles up the road only to hand it over again.

Pistonheads: Helping people out (despite a mismatched roof) matters.