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canyonwalkerDoes this sound familiar?
It's not just a filk of a song by The Proclaimers (see below), it's also how Hawk and I picked up our new car last summer. We bought it (mostly online) from a dealership in Encinitias, CA then flew 500 miles to San Diego one Saturday morning and drove the car 500 miles home after finalizing the purchase.
Sounds fun, right? It's so fun I'm doing it again! But this time it's not for our car; I'm helping friends who've bought a new car.
The car market is crazy, even crazier than when we bought a little over a year ago. Our friends David and Devlin had to look all the way to Henderson, NV to find the car they wanted. That's just over 500 miles away. Devlin's not well enough to do a road trip right now, and David's a bit iffy on it, so I offered to help.
Tomorrow I'll fly to Las Vegas in the morning and meet David at a hotel (he's staying overnight tonight). A driver's coming at 9:30 to shuttle us to the dealership. David will finalize the paperwork, then we'll start the drive home in the new car.
It's a long drive back: 541 miles to my place, about 30 miles longer to David's. I consider that's doable in one day though it's a tough drive. We'll split this drive across two days, though. Two reasons: One, it's a plug-in electric car so recharging will take longer than filling gas. It'll require way more planning, too. Two, David's not as much of a road warrior as I am. 500 miles of driving in a day, or even the majority of 10 hours as a passenger, is not his thing. We'll stop for the night in Bakersfield, splitting the drive roughly in half.
For now, it's time to wind down for bed. I've got to get up at 4:30am for that flight to Vegas! 😱
🎵
I would fly 500 miles
And I would drive 500 more
Just to be the man who rolls 1,000 miles
To help some friends buy a new car.
🎵
I would fly 500 miles
And I would drive 500 more
Just to be the man who rolls 1,000 miles
To help some friends buy a new car.
🎵
It's not just a filk of a song by The Proclaimers (see below), it's also how Hawk and I picked up our new car last summer. We bought it (mostly online) from a dealership in Encinitias, CA then flew 500 miles to San Diego one Saturday morning and drove the car 500 miles home after finalizing the purchase.
Sounds fun, right? It's so fun I'm doing it again! But this time it's not for our car; I'm helping friends who've bought a new car.
The car market is crazy, even crazier than when we bought a little over a year ago. Our friends David and Devlin had to look all the way to Henderson, NV to find the car they wanted. That's just over 500 miles away. Devlin's not well enough to do a road trip right now, and David's a bit iffy on it, so I offered to help.
Tomorrow I'll fly to Las Vegas in the morning and meet David at a hotel (he's staying overnight tonight). A driver's coming at 9:30 to shuttle us to the dealership. David will finalize the paperwork, then we'll start the drive home in the new car.
It's a long drive back: 541 miles to my place, about 30 miles longer to David's. I consider that's doable in one day though it's a tough drive. We'll split this drive across two days, though. Two reasons: One, it's a plug-in electric car so recharging will take longer than filling gas. It'll require way more planning, too. Two, David's not as much of a road warrior as I am. 500 miles of driving in a day, or even the majority of 10 hours as a passenger, is not his thing. We'll stop for the night in Bakersfield, splitting the drive roughly in half.
For now, it's time to wind down for bed. I've got to get up at 4:30am for that flight to Vegas! 😱
