Shipped my car to America, drove it around, shipped it back
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muhnkee2 said:
Its great to see someone stepping outside the slightly cliched US road trip, sure Route 66 is great, but the rest of Arizona is amazing!
Did you get to Utah? I hate to say i think its more dramatic than Arizona.
Next time you pass through Arizona, let me know, I would love to buy you a beer and hear about the trip.
We could have a "right hand drive cars on UK plates in Arizona" party - but it would probably be quite a small party...
I know a few folks in AZ with RHD cars. Did you get to Utah? I hate to say i think its more dramatic than Arizona.
Next time you pass through Arizona, let me know, I would love to buy you a beer and hear about the trip.
We could have a "right hand drive cars on UK plates in Arizona" party - but it would probably be quite a small party...
I'm in the process of sourcing and shipping a Land Rover myself. In fact i'll be in Phoenix and Tucson for an off-road competition at the beginning of November.
rossub said:
It’s amazing how everyone is different. As a huge fan of US road trips, you’ve gone to an awful lot of places that don’t interest me at all 
1 day in Colorado? Shocking! Missing out Pikes Peak in your 993?! Although you can’t quite get to the top at the moment anyway due to construction I suppose.
Great story and ‘awesome’ pics though.
It was shocking as there is so much up there and in hindsight adding some more time, even an extra day, would have been better. Pikes Peak was on the list but was sacrificed in order to allow us to track back and see the Badlands that morning. The good thing is we have somewhere to go back to another time – although I think I'll opt for something with higher ground clearance. 1 day in Colorado? Shocking! Missing out Pikes Peak in your 993?! Although you can’t quite get to the top at the moment anyway due to construction I suppose.
Great story and ‘awesome’ pics though.
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Love the photos of the Florida 993 in London and the Moggy in Arizona!!
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Car finally arrived home this week. Much slower process on the return. It came back in a container (outward bound it was 'roll on, roll off' and took just over eight weeks. I will update the shipping and planning secttion of the blog to include this later in the week.
I've been busy with the book too. Thinking of putting all the planning information in it, some of the things learned, an overload of photographs, and route maps.
Already contemplating another go at this in a different car.
What an awesome trip!
Not had time to read (even all this thread, which passed me by originally), so apologies if you already know, but we did a month long family trip a few years back: 4 days to smash jet lag & ‘do’ NYC, train for a couple of nights in DC, then a flight to Salt Lake City to commence a 19-day adventure covering Bryce & Grand Canyons, Vegas, LA, Yosemite then Monterrey and SanFran....& found a few interesting/quirky spots using roadside.com....although now I find the site isn’t available outside the US, rendering my typing above worthless
Probably GDPR paranoia.....they do have a twitter account.
Book idea is cool - I made a tiny “folder-book” (from a blog we did) for my own purposes, but mine was more a “personal family adventure”, reconnecting with pals across the States whilst there: yours is more likely to sell!
Not had time to read (even all this thread, which passed me by originally), so apologies if you already know, but we did a month long family trip a few years back: 4 days to smash jet lag & ‘do’ NYC, train for a couple of nights in DC, then a flight to Salt Lake City to commence a 19-day adventure covering Bryce & Grand Canyons, Vegas, LA, Yosemite then Monterrey and SanFran....& found a few interesting/quirky spots using roadside.com....although now I find the site isn’t available outside the US, rendering my typing above worthless
Probably GDPR paranoia.....they do have a twitter account.
Book idea is cool - I made a tiny “folder-book” (from a blog we did) for my own purposes, but mine was more a “personal family adventure”, reconnecting with pals across the States whilst there: yours is more likely to sell!
Only just seen this thread.
What an awesome summer you've had, and what great photography you've documented it with - respect! I'm glad it went well and the insurance got sorted in the end, and good work with the book - it looks great, and you definitely should get it out there for the world to see.
What an awesome summer you've had, and what great photography you've documented it with - respect! I'm glad it went well and the insurance got sorted in the end, and good work with the book - it looks great, and you definitely should get it out there for the world to see.
muhnkee2 said:
Its great to see someone stepping outside the slightly cliched US road trip, sure Route 66 is great, but the rest of Arizona is amazing!
Did you get to Utah? I hate to say i think its more dramatic than Arizona.
Next time you pass through Arizona, let me know, I would love to buy you a beer and hear about the trip.
We could have a "right hand drive cars on UK plates in Arizona" party - but it would probably be quite a small party...
I'd be up for the party - I'm pretty sure I recognise that cars & coffee meet... Did you get to Utah? I hate to say i think its more dramatic than Arizona.
Next time you pass through Arizona, let me know, I would love to buy you a beer and hear about the trip.
We could have a "right hand drive cars on UK plates in Arizona" party - but it would probably be quite a small party...
rossub said:
Your photo is better than mine! 
mikeiow said:
What an awesome trip!
Book idea is cool - I made a tiny “folder-book” (from a blog we did) for my own purposes, but mine was more a “personal family adventure”, reconnecting with pals across the States whilst there: yours is more likely to sell!
Yes, If I can pull it together within the next month. Book idea is cool - I made a tiny “folder-book” (from a blog we did) for my own purposes, but mine was more a “personal family adventure”, reconnecting with pals across the States whilst there: yours is more likely to sell!
Production costs are a lot more than I expected which is disappointing as it will push it out of the ideal price point, but it might be of interest to some.
Going to do simplified route maps, way points and timings covering the same as I did but modified to allow for improvements learnt from experience, an East coast to West coast version, the most common Smokey Mountain routes, and possibly the more well traveled PCH/Death Valley/Vegas/Grand Canyon/Joshua Tree loop.
Have been working on the maps with one of the designers at work and we are both super excited about them.
It will also have the 'how to' guide from the blog (which is already and will continue to be available for free) along with some other stuff I've discovered by doing the road trip.
Pub2Pub_Ben said:
What an awesome summer you've had, and what great photography you've documented it with - respect! I'm glad it went well and the insurance got sorted in the end, and good work with the book - it looks great, and you definitely should get it out there for the world to see.[/url]
High praise coming from you Ben, thank you. 
5k to drive your own car around the US for three months. Not too bad really. People spend that sitting in a plastic theme park for two weeks and not venturing 1 mile from their hotel room :P.
I guess when you take into account what renting a car would cost it doesn't seem that bad.
I did the whole east coast with my Uncle (he is lives in Canada) all the way down to Florida (Ironically to go to Disney Land with my 6 year old cousin but we did stop off at Cape Canaveral) and you get to see America that you just wouldn't see going to touristy places.
I guess when you take into account what renting a car would cost it doesn't seem that bad.
I did the whole east coast with my Uncle (he is lives in Canada) all the way down to Florida (Ironically to go to Disney Land with my 6 year old cousin but we did stop off at Cape Canaveral) and you get to see America that you just wouldn't see going to touristy places.
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