Shipping a 911 to mallorca

[rootsandculture]

Thinking about taking my 911 on holiday to patch up our differences.

Could anyone recommend a shipping company that do this kind of thing? I only seem to able to general freighting outfits (which feels a bit crude) or ‘prestige’ high value specialists, which I assume will be silly money.

Any advice greatly appreciated

[breadvan]

I’m not sure if it’s an option for you but driving to Barcelona and jumping on the ferry is a piece of cake and adds to the badge of honour.

[911r]

I’ll drive it for you no problem

I’m actually serious as I’m not working right now

[coyft]

I drove my old 911 to Mallorca in May of this year. I' guessing it would be about £3-4K to have it professionally shipped.

[rootsandculture]

@cofyt

Excellent, any recommendation on good roads?

I’m aiming for the one in this video

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y1LhUzL3qdU

[rootsandculture]

breadvan said:

I’m not sure if it’s an option for you but driving to Barcelona and jumping on the ferry is a piece of cake and adds to the badge of honour.

Good point, but have you seen all the insane queuing that’s going on at the border at the moment.

[coyft]

rootsandculture said:

@cofyt

Excellent, any recommendation on good roads?

I’m aiming for the one in this video

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y1LhUzL3qdU

You need to get up early to do that road as coaches drop visitors off at the bottom. It’s quite narrow, but a great road if you get a clear run.

What time of year are you thinking of going? I wouldn’t want to be in an old 911 without air con in summer. Send me a PM when you set off, I’m there quite often.

[stevemcs]

Surely driving it down there and making it one long road trip would be more fun ?

If not, ferry to Santander, then across to Barcelona and ferry across to either Palma or Alcudia.

[4Q]

breadvan said:

I’m not sure if it’s an option for you but driving to Barcelona and jumping on the ferry is a piece of cake and adds to the badge of honour.

This, we drove to Ibiza a few years ago,

[Billy_Whizzzz]

One of the nicest drives I can think of (as soon as you’re out of the UK that is).

[majordad]

This road is to be closed to cars for good from late August 2022. I was there and drove it in May this year and it was closed for the final kilometre to the Lighthouse. Locals told us that it’s been decided that the road will be accessible only by shuttle bus in future.

[rootsandculture]

majordad said:

This road is to be closed to cars for good from late August 2022. I was there and drove it in May this year and it was closed for the final kilometre to the Lighthouse. Locals told us that it’s been decided that the road will be accessible only by shuttle bus in future.

Sounds like I may just make the final curtain

[Tin Hat]

4Q said:

breadvan said:

I’m not sure if it’s an option for you but driving to Barcelona and jumping on the ferry is a piece of cake and adds to the badge of honour.

This, we drove to Ibiza a few years ago,

Yes, we did that too in my S1 Elise, it must have been almost 20 years ago - Great fun, a real adventure

[Fnumber1user]

Happy to drive it down for you, for a fee to be agreed - but can't see why you wouldn't want to do it yourself.

Drove UK to Portugal 2016, lazily, over a period of 1 month. Had a whale of a time.

[iguana]

Is what I do

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=13...

[braddo]

stevemcs said:

Surely driving it down there and making it one long road trip would be more fun ?

If not, ferry to Santander, then across to Barcelona and ferry across to either Palma or Alcudia.

These options sounds ideal.

If you don't want the long ferry trip maybe you can find someone to take the car on the ferry to Santander, meet them there and they fly back to UK!

[mogman888]

Taken my Morgan via Barcelona to Mallorca and driven Spain and Portugal several times. On the way back one of my friends drove Barcelona Docks to Bishop's Stortford in one day. 17 hours, just over 1k miles.

[TonyG2003]

The OP’s Evo video is Sa Calabra not the lighthouse. It’s a Mecca for cyclists (I’m one and have ridden it quite a few times). There are some better driving roads in Majorca (IMO) near there that won’t be full of cyclists and coaches.

Honestly I’d say the drive through the quiet roads of mainland Spain would excite me more than a crowded island like Majorca.

[AndrewCrown]

Roots

There is a very long established business of shipping cars like yours back and forth to southern european locations over the summer.
Stick the job on upship or shiply and prestige car movers will bid for the job...
Easy

[The Wookie]

Send me a PM if you're struggling, one of my best mates does vehicle transport and is regularly running cars to Idiada proving ground for manufacturers.

If he or the prestige logistics company he regularly subcontracts for have got an empty slot in a truck being run down there then you'll get a good deal with the easiest/cheapest likely being to meet the car in Barcelona and ferry it across yourself.

Be aware that there are plenty of small, cheap outfits that do vehicle transport, but few carry proper insurance for the full value of their load (both transport AND loading), not to mention managing all of the Brexit bullst now.