MtnRacer

Hey all! Soooooooo, YES, FINALLY, I am the owner of a 1990 TurboII!!! The car's amazing, only 43,000 on the clock! Flawless condition, it's been a show car its entire life and has never been raced! The only bad thing about it is, it's 2000 miles away from me =P So I am going to drive it back. My question, how much distance at a time would be smart to cover before I take a break and let the turbos cool off, take a nap, etc. etc. Has anybody else driven long distances like this with their Rex? Did they have any problems? Looking forward to responses, I maybe leaving as soon as wednesday to grab this car!! Thanks!!

MtnRacer

P.S. Does anyone have any shipping companies they might recommend? If I can ship the car for 600-800 bucks, I'll do that instead to save wear and tear on the car. The car's in memphis, TN and I'm shipping it to Sacramento, CA

vosko

erik drove his T2 1500 miles when he bought it i think. if you are confident in the car i would drive it. i would drive like 5-6 hours then take a break.

YucA

props on the car. if you dont mind me askin...how much u get it for?

turborotor

As long as you get fresh air and nothing leaks, keep driving it still the gas tanks goes to empty, Fill it up and keep going. if you are easy on th egas you should at least get 250 miles per tank ful or more. I got 24mpg on my FC covering 1100 miles.



The turbos don't heat up hard till you start boosting, you can keep off doing that if you can.



C

MtnRacer

I got the car for 10,000. Which is pretty damned pricey if you ask me. But I had the following factors to work in as well:



-The car is 11 years old, but is in flawless condition. It's been a show car its entire life.



-It's never been raced, dragged, etc.



-No engine modifications save for an HKS intake



-43,000 miles on the clock! Yippee!



-I've been looking for about 3 months, and I want a car now!



I put some temporary pics up at

http://www.geocities.com/cullyucsc/My_FC_Page.html

nothing fancy, the car ships next monday, as soon as I get it I'll put up some real pics. The hardest part is going to be waiting for it to get here!! but at least the shipping company I'm using has satellite tracking(ooh, nifty buzzword!)!!

YucA

PIMP car!!! im so ****** jealous!!! holy ****.



the only thing i dont like is the red interior parts, and the rims, but jesus 42k miles...MAD PROPS!@!!!!

vosko

car looks good. should be real nice

Erik

yes, like vosko said i drove my T2 a LONG ******* way to get it home. i drove 15 hours to wisconsin to get it...and 15 hours home. right after each other. to say the least i was grumpy as hell afterwards. i kinda had a bad experience cause the TPS went bad and teh car sucked *** the way home. so that kinda put a damper on my already tired *** drive. but, i eventually made it home...slapped in a new TPS, and the car is great again...



i've taken my 91 n/a on exactly 20! 7 hour drives. this has been back and forth to college the past 3 years form NJ to VA. never had a problem once. that car is amazing.



if you are brave enough drive it back, although 2000 miles IS a long way. and after a while COFFEE WILL NOT WORK ANYMORE! lol. i was literally slapping, pinching, and screaming at myself to stay awake driving my T2 back.



not trying to scare you off, but DEFINATELY stay over at least one night. and if you feel you're starting to doze off, pull over in a rest stop asap hehe. congrats on the purchase...looks like a nice car, let us know how it turns out!

Erik

opps...my bad...didn't read that you decided to ship it! haha...ignore my last post, hehe