How far would you drive ?

[Pblesh85]

:2f2f: Im currious how many miles you guys would or have driven to pick up parts for your car.

The reason im asking this is because I just drove 580 miles down to and 580 miles back(plus around town, food, ect...) to Tallahassee FL from Fayetteville NC to pick up a sr trans. with 24,000 miles on it for $120.

I could have paid him to ship it for the money I spent on gas(01 z28 at an avg. speed of 75mph) but I thought it would be fun for the wife and daughter. I started at 8:10am and got back the exact same time the next day. We stopped for gas, food, to sk8 for a bit, and to take a few cat naps. Other that that we did not get lost and I drove the whole time. I slept a total of 2.5 hours, that drive was not easy. To think it was all for my car(a 15 year old nissan).:2f2f:

Does anyone else have any similar stories ?

[liv2drift045]

Naw i hate driving long distances lol. And so does the wife. It all depends on what it was. If it was a big part and the person WOULDN't ship... i'd probably make the trip. BUt not if i had the option to have it deliver'd lol.

Good on ya though :)

[jackal264]

i would only drive really long distances for track time. i did a 1000km round trip 2 weeks back for a d-sport event.

[gregfarz78]

I drove about 120 miles each way to pick up a mint s13 dash I probably wouldn't drive much further especially with gas at $4.20/gal :( back when gas was under $1/gal I would've made a trip out of it

[Sileighty_85]

I flew to Okinawa to get the Blue Defi Gauges, a Nardi Steering wheel, Tein Tension rods, tall bubble shift knob and a bunch of other parts from UpGarage.......

Oh yeah and while I was there getting parts I got Married. lolz

[a_ahmed]

^lmao thats crazy

the furthest i went was 100km and i dont wana bother again even though i love long drives

[bjones414]

I drove 760 miles one way to pick up my s13. A few years ago I drove from South Jersey to Ohio for a Sr20 trans. Gas wasn't as expensive then though. It would be cheaper to ship it now.

[ej2civic]

I had a 450 mile round trip to pick up my S13, a few months ago and we took a diesel pick up. Not a good idea with diesel around $4.50 at the time

but it was worth it

[S13_SideWayz]

lmao if u had fun drving then it doesnt matter... bt how gas prices are... and on a z28? ajajaj... no ty.. ill chill here.. in FL :D

[g6civcx]

If gas + lodging + wear and tear on car + lost wages - personal enjoyment < shipping, then yes, you should drive to pick it up.

If not, then ship. Quite simple actually.

[exitspeed]

I drove from WI to Atlanta to buy my coupe. Before that I drove from WI to KY to buy my hatch.

With the price of gas now though, I don't know how cost effective it would be to travel so far for just a trans.

[g6civcx]

Well, the one advantage you have over shipping is that you don't get scammed.

[exitspeed]

Well, the one advantage you have over shipping is that you don't get scammed.

That is true. The disadvantage is, that if you go all that way and it turns out to be an absolute pile, then you just wasted X amount of time and money. Might have just been easier to get scammed.

[krisdeezy]

LOL i drove to Los Angeles to San deigo (2 hour drive) to go pick up some coils =]

[TurboNetic05]

I drove from flint, michigan to some place in pennsylvania for my friend so he could buy a mustang. It was like 500 miles each way. It was sweet... but it sucked too

[TurboNetic05]

oh ya, all in one day. No stops other than food and to look at the car

[g6civcx]

That is true. The disadvantage is, that if you go all that way and it turns out to be an absolute pile, then you just wasted X amount of time and money. Might have just been easier to get scammed.

That's a very interesting perspective, and equally valid as well :spank: scammers.

[fbiphil]

Maxed out at about a 3 hour drive each way for car parts, but my wife and I drove from Sacramento to LA to pick up a vintage recliner!
See, when it's something SHE wants, we can justify the journey, but if it's just for some dirty parts for my noisy car... LOL

[corriganjoshua]

That is true. The disadvantage is, that if you go all that way and it turns out to be an absolute pile, then you just wasted X amount of time and money. Might have just been easier to get scammed.The way gas prices are this is nothing but true and has happened to me...drove 3 hours and 3 hours back for nothing because the part was broken.

[Pblesh85]

we had a good trip for the most part. im on block leave so i dont have anything better to do. we brought a gameboy and a book for my wife and my laptop, power converter, and dvds for my daughter(who needs tv's in the dash or head rests). it sucked after i sk8ed for an hour or so at a local park, i had to drive back all sweaty.

when i lived in monterey ca i drove to sac twice(once to look and test drive a car, and the other to buy it) to buy a car. about two hours each way.

[turbobrick]

I drove 400 miles one way to california to buy some wheels

[eulalia]

i think my limit would be 150 miles one way, i really like taking long trips to the place, but i always hate the drive home

driving home is boringggg.. lol

[Rob's S14]

I would do it for a car...maybe not that far but definitely not for parts.

[M4Rl0N]

The farthest i have driven for part would be from the San Francisco bay area to Pomona Ca just to get 2 zenki lips. The journey was about 316.71 according to yahoo maps.

[sldbyuramg]

the furthest i have driven was from chula vista san diego to big bear for some rims...he was on vacation so he needed my rims to swap... it was a great deal i got enkei 18's with R compound tires for evo 9 rims and 300 bucks...so i figured it was worth the trip although r compound 265's were BRUTAL on the way home...

[miggypq21]

Everybody should be driving to ASB4 lol

[ZX88]

i ended up driving like 50 miles to get a stupied combination switch from a guy. He told toldme over the phone what town he lived in and a could barley understand him because of his accent. i ended up going to the wrong town. after it was all said and done it had taken 2hrs to get and a quarter tank of gas for a $10 switch.

[CrimsonRockett]

Drove 15 minutes to my first hatch, 15 minutes to my second hatch, 4hr round trip to my third, and had the 4th and 5th S13's towed to my house.

The furthest I've driven for car parts was 15 minutes away from the TJ border. So, 5hr round trip drive including horrid ass traffic.

Yeah, I pay for things to be shipped to my house nowadays.

:)

[civilized_drifter]

i drove from nashville tennesee to atl to p[ick up my first silvia front end

[sldbyuramg]

now i cant actually leave san diego county so i have to get everything shipped.. Formal Probation sucks balls

[stinky_180]

the furthest i drove was 1.5hrs for pop-up front end minus the hood.

[StaticX27]

I drove from LA to north San Francisco to pick up my FD a few years back, and drove back same day. 900 miles in 1 day 4tw.

[turbocrazy07]

flew to sac from ontario and picked up a car in chico and drove back... also went from the IE to Phoenix to pick up another car once...

[k-os]

i drove to cali back and forth from vegas the same day to pick up a silvia hood and bumper.

it wasnt fun haha.

i made it back to the car rental place(rented a truck) 2 minutes before they closed here in vegas

[Tenchuu]

I drove from Bend, Oregon to San Diego CA to pick up my last car. but my company paid for the ride down there and i was getting paid the whole time. yay for business trips.

[JoHn E]

i flew 400 miles to go buy my 240 haha

[DRFTWHORE]

drove from LA to san francisco to pick up a s14 blacktop which i got for hella cheap ($1000 + he gave me a greddy FMIC, and blitz gauges, and a apexi turbotimer), it was all worth it, except that i got rear ended by a fukin tank (hummer h1) da first day i got my swap in :duh:

[Oo_Skyline_oO]

60 miles there to pick up my 3rd hatch, got there at 2pm, wasn't running, (wiring all messed up, motor mounts, trani pilot bearing and clutch master cylinder)she limped all the way home and I stopped at a gas station 10 minutes from home at 4am where I accidentaly fell asleep and got harassed by 3 dumb cops haha, and 2 weeks ago I drove more than 4k miles round trip to mexico city, fun drive, and gas is less than $3/gal there

[Phlip]

It really depends on the size/urgency of the need for the part... Say it is something like an engine or a car and you DO have the ability to drive and get it. Exitspeed, you apparently had time and did not have locals to case your cars out for you, and a used car is something major enough to warrant driving. Smaller things that can be shipped, however, might be better off shipping. Furthest I have driven for parts is about 220ish miles, to El Casa De ThatGuy, and I did that twice, once for an Engine harness that I HAD to have to get my car running, and once for the KG/MM suspension on my car, and I used that as an excuse to stop at the outlets in Smithfield, NC, to get some new shoes and clothes and shit on the way home.
If I didn't need the harness, I might have opted for shipping, and the pirce to ship the suspension might have made it not worth it.
To the OP: consider yourself lucky that you're right there on I-95, you didn't have complicated directions and shit to contend with, just a straight shot through 4 states.

[240drifter1]

lol.

Farthes ive drove for parts is prolly 30 minutes.

Farthes ive drove for the 240's, first one, all the was to Jacsonville, FL, second one, all the way to Myrtle Beach, SC.

[drift freaq]

I drove to Fresno from Los Angeles to pickup a Steel Fender S13-15 conversion. I would not do it today though given the price of gas.
I do have to drive out to Ventura to pick up a $3k engine and bring it back to Northridge though.

[carnagexxxx]

I drove up with a buddy of mine a few years ago to Heavythrottle in Poughkeepsie NY. Long drive but if you pick a day that is gorgeous out driving isn't too bad for me. It took about 3.5 hours. Then again, that was when gas was only $1.50 a galllon.

These days with gas over 4 bones a gallon I'd say the only reason you drive that far is to make sure you are getting robbed. At least you had some quality family time!

[WangonwWarrior]

I drove from birmingham to Pigeon Forge TN to buy my '78 z28 and drove it back, but that was 3 years ago and i thought gas was expensive then...

[drift freaq]

I drove to Fresno from Los Angeles to pickup a Steel Fender S13-15 conversion. I would not do it today though given the price of gas.
I do have to drive out to Ventura to pick up a $3k engine and bring it back to Northridge though.

[Syncade]

I drove from flint, michigan to some place in pennsylvania for my friend so he could buy a mustang. It was like 500 miles each way. It was sweet... but it sucked too


It was sweet when you got to Pa lol. Michigan/the Midwest makes driving seem like a death sentence. I make that drive to and from school, and when i arrive in Pittsburgh after that 6 hour drive, i usually get a nice stiffy.

BACK ON TOPIC

I flew down to Lynchburg VA to get my s14. Drove about 7 hours home to Pittsburgh, then another 6 to Michigan. The first half of it was awesome mountain roads so i was in heaven :)

[drift freaq]

I drove to Fresno from Los Angeles to pickup a Steel Fender S13-15 conversion. I would not do it today though given the price of gas.
I do have to drive out to Ventura to pick up a $3k engine and bring it back to Northridge though.

[HyperTek]

probably about 100 for some coilovers back in 02 i was really excited so i made the trip.

Socal- you usually have access to everything you need within a 1 hour drive to anywhere =p

[iHeartTheTouge]

the farthest i've driven was an hour to a huge junkyard with everything you could think of... only to find out its closed on sundays

[Je-C]

Not sure about EVERYONE on zilvia.net but i'm pretty sure i got everyone on this post beat.

i flew to vegas from South Carolina (2 weeks after moving here from Japan) to pick up my 240 w/ an SR swap and then drove back to South Carolina.....that about sucked balls!...mostly cuz of that long haul through Texas. since then i haven't been driving much. just saving money for suspension parts =) Total trip distance: long as F**K
Total driving time: 28 hours spread across 3 days.

[idnthav1]

Well i got my friend to call out sick from work to drive me to vegas to pick up a car, then when i got there it wasnt the car from the ad, but a complete piece.....so i ended up blowing all my money gambling and drinking:duh:

[sxe]

drove from san marcos to tresure island/san fransico for my rb25, exhaust, r33 x-member all for $2,000. in a 91' toyota pick up with no radio or Ac in august.

[gotta240]

Drove 3000 miles round trip to buy a car. Have made too many 200 plus mile parts trips to count.

[JDM_eightSIX]

I've walked about 5 feet to get my parts. I only had the car for about 2 months now and haven't found any parts worth driving for yet. So most of my parts have been coming by mail.

[sldbyuramg]

thats a sweet drive

drove from san marcos to tresure island/san fransico for my rb25, exhaust, r33 x-member all for $2,000. in a 91' toyota pick up with no radio or Ac in august.

[Volchok]

:2f2f: Im currious how many miles you guys would or have driven to pick up parts for your car.

The reason im asking this is because I just drove 580 miles down to and 580 miles back(plus around town, food, ect...) to Tallahassee FL from Fayetteville NC to pick up a sr trans. with 24,000 miles on it for $120.


you got a good bargain, worth the drive. I drove from Vegas to CA to get an sr trans for $350. driving is what we love right? in one form or another, might as well do it for parts...

[Pblesh85]

Drove 3000 miles round trip to buy a car. Have made too many 200 plus mile parts trips to count.

thats love for you car. +1

share the wealth...:naughtyd:

[Pblesh85]

you got a good bargain, worth the drive. I drove from Vegas to CA to get an sr trans for $350. driving is what we love right? in one form or another, might as well do it for parts...

thanks, I thought it was a good deal. plus I got off my ass and spent time with the family.

[origin_s135]

from oakland to LA, my friend and i went to LA to pick up his 1993 fastback. bought it and went back up to oakland. but of course we chilled in so-cal. we picked up the POS before we left.

[LongGrain]

i drove 25 hours round trip to pick up my first s13 in kentucky

[derek_s13]

i live in springfield, massachusetts. so east coast s-chassis business isn't as easy as cali

drove 2 hours to derry, new hampshaa for my first s13 in 05

then 3 hours almost to maine to pick up type-x taillights a year later

and lastly i did an 11-hour round trip through hartford, new york city, and
horrible new jersey turnpike to pick up my s14 from philadelphia

[Tenchuu]

I drove to Fresno from Los Angeles to pickup a Steel Fender S13-15 conversion. I would not do it today though given the price of gas.
I do have to drive out to Ventura to pick up a $3k engine and bring it back to Northridge though.

I drove to Fresno from Los Angeles to pickup a Steel Fender S13-15 conversion. I would not do it today though given the price of gas.
I do have to drive out to Ventura to pick up a $3k engine and bring it back to Northridge though.

I drove to Fresno from Los Angeles to pickup a Steel Fender S13-15 conversion. I would not do it today though given the price of gas.
I do have to drive out to Ventura to pick up a $3k engine and bring it back to Northridge though.

Apparently Drift Freaq made this drive 3 times, that is dedication, and allot of steel fenders!

[sr20alex]

I didnt exactly drive out cause i was in school, but my brother flew out to arizona from cali to pick up my first car 91 white bone stock 240.. we were planning to drove out in his IS350 but the amount of money to fly there and drive were the same so he flew!

[r6_240sx]

With gas prices these days I won't drive more than 60 miles, LOL.

[Pblesh85]

tell me about it, I spent about $160 at least on gas alone.

[touge monster]

Depends on how good the deal is... and money spent on gas. I drove 2.5 hours to get my coupe. 50 minutes for my wheels. 5mins for my steering wheel/hub/nrg quick release.

[touge monster]

tell me about it, I spent about $160 at least on gas alone.

I'm kinda glad I dont have a boosted car haha.,

[BustedS13]

i drove with a buddy about 400 miles from STL to Des Moines IA to pick up some leather seats for his celica. but gas used to be like a nickel.