Big Vern

Well, we've been in North Carolina for five minutes (well, 12 days..) and it looks like due to work commitments we're going to have to move almost immediately to Seattle WA. It's not all bad news as that part of the US has always been top of our list of places to live....

So the usual question - anyone know a good place to live and rent a house, 4 beds or so, with all the usual family stuff, good schools etc...

There's a further complication...I've just bought a brand new minivan (courtesy of Intl Autosource, bless 'em) and now I've got to get it to Seattle from Charlotte NC without spending my life savings or putting 5000 miles on the clock. Anyone got any suggestions or experience on that front???

Pulaski

(i) disconnect the speedo!

(ii) drive directly to Seattle (mapquest gives the distance as only 2872 miles)

(iii) rent a car trailer (not a two-wheel dolly tow-drag thingy) from Penske and haul your minivan to Seattle.

Big Vern

Any ideas if I don't want to drive it at all?? Although the idea of driving across the US really appeals to me, I don't think its very practical for a family with small children.

Do you know of any hauliers etc. who specialise in this sort of thing??

meauxna

This is pretty common in the US. You can get someone who wants the transport to drive your vehicle cross country. My family did this when I was a child, stuck in NY and needed to get to California. We drove someone else's car, had to do it in a deadline and were limited by the amount of stuff the owners had packed in the trunk/boot.

The quickest search turned up this post: http://tinyurl.com/24u2n with some key words for you to search.

Also try message borads like craigslist.org

Edit to add: d'oh! Did you see this post?
http://67.15.12.206/forum/showthread...hreadid=231094