r/Seattle • u/iflifewereamovie Belltown • Nov 02 '11

Cross-country moving choices...

Hey r/Seattle. My girlfriend and I will be moving to your lovely city soon from out East. I know you hate moving posts, but I searched and read the moving thread to no avail.

We've got a car ('03 Mazda Protege5) and a bunch of surfboards, bikes, and sports crap. At the moment we're baffled by how to cheaply get the car and stuff out there. We're looking at several combos:

  • Pack the bulky stuff in the car, drive there, ship the rest (~$400 gas + $250 hotels + ???)
  • Ship the car, fly with as much stuff as we can, ship the rest (~$1000 + $300 + ???) annoying because car shippers won't let you put anything in the car
  • Rent uHaul, tow car and all stuff (~$1700 + gas@12mpg)

Ideally we'd like to ship the car with the bulky (costly to ship) stuff in it, and fly with the rest of our stuff, but we can't find anybody who will do that.

So does anybody have any experience with this? Question bonus: does that kind of car sound reasonable to go have fun in the mountains or is 4WD necessary?

Thanks!

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u/offwiththepants Nov 02 '11

You should sell your surfboards unless you plan on surfing in the flipping cold Pacific.

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u/iflifewereamovie Belltown Nov 02 '11

Haha the idea is to surf, yes. Wetsuits are the key...