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Mitch
Jul 11th, 2006, 06:58:03 PM
Well, things around my place have been odd lately to say the least.

With the owner of the house I'm at now having gotten a new job in downtown Seattle, he doesn't want to be driving an hour and a half in traffic each way every day to go to work and back. So, he's decided to get a studio condo there, and rent out the place I'm in now.

How does this bode ill for me? I can't afford to get a place on my own right now, but I have to move rahter soon. Probably in about a month.

Fortunatley, I have a friend in San Diego who is looking to find a place to split with someone, and I've decided to take up his offer, and that brings me to my issue.

I am needing to move from Tacoma, WA to San Diego, CA, and while I don't have too much suff to move, Uhaul won't rent me a trailer because for some reason they think a '93 ford Explorer 4WD can't pull a 6'x12' trailer. I know it can, I've seen my vehicle pull a massive boat. It can do it. But, Uhaul doesn't believe me, and I'm hard-pressed to find somewhere else here that rents one-way trailers. Now, I can get a 16' truck from Penske for $260 for six days, but the car carrier costs $325 extra. Silly.

So, if anyone has any ideas of how to get my Explorer down to San Diego that might be easier and cheaper than towing it, I'd love to hear them. Estimated gas cost to drive the Explorer from here to there is about $220, just for the sake of argument.

Morgan Evanar
Jul 11th, 2006, 07:08:08 PM
Try a different U-haul? That's absurd.

Sell the Exploder in SoCal since you'll have to smog the thing anyway?

Mitch
Jul 11th, 2006, 07:23:04 PM
Oh, it'll pass smog check no problem. And, thats U-haul's company policy on my vehicle.

Ryan Pode
Jul 11th, 2006, 10:28:53 PM
Check craigslist for any sort of trailers being sold/given away in your area. Or try a rooftop carrier.

Lilaena De'Ville
Jul 11th, 2006, 11:43:10 PM
Bribe someone into driving it for you and buy them a plane ticket back home?

Mitch
Jul 12th, 2006, 03:07:22 AM
Heh, that seems to cost more than renting the carrier.

Looks like I'll be using the car carrier.

Lilaena De'Ville
Jul 12th, 2006, 07:29:38 PM
Or get Superman to carry your car for you.

Ryan Pode
Jul 13th, 2006, 12:49:09 PM
Sell the car?

Dalamar DeSang
Jul 13th, 2006, 10:28:25 PM
Do you have a friend that has a car that is acceptable. If you do sign him up... then just use yours anyway... Its all I can think of.. Oh and if your moving to San Diego, your moving closer to me... Hehehehe Maybe I'll get a personal drawing whoot.. I live bout 4 hours from San Diego...