Advice/comments please, epic possible road trip

Zoom This · #1 (**permalink**) 03-31-2011, 08:40 PM

Beyond a doubt I would have it shipped. I would not want to stick my neck out that far on a used Cobra that I know little about...especially being 6 foot 7 on a 3-4 day trip. Ship it, fix the seating to your needs then take it out as often as you want, After that THEN think about an extended trip with dual quads and a freeway high revver. Know your car inside and out before taking that drive in the April rains up the coast.

timsullivan · #2 (**permalink**) 03-31-2011, 08:45 PM

Drive it home.

Bartruff1 · #3 (**permalink**) 03-31-2011, 09:17 PM

These are not GT cars...they are more like motorcycles... two to four hours at a time in one is plenty for me...the have no air...a joke for wipers a heater and defrosters...the top is very marginal... You will need to check for leaks etc.. every couple hundred miles...when you stop for gas about every hundred miles...you will need to have safe overnight storage at every stop....but...I am old and I used to ride motorcycles along the coast from Alaska to Cabo when I was young and thought it was fun..and it was ..then...not now.

Bartruff1 · #4 (**permalink**) 03-31-2011, 09:30 PM

Think about buying a enclosed trailer and haul it yourself and drive a few of the interesting road sections in good weather and it would be safe overnight. You will likely need a trailer anyway to access some of the great roads in BC like the Ice Parks to Jasper and out to Lund and up to Whistler and over to Tofino and Port Hardy and Kamloops...and Anahim Lake....Gods Country BC is.

Tommy · #5 (**permalink**) 04-01-2011, 05:02 AM

I don't know west coast weather, but that would make the decision for me. If I thought I could have a dry trip with only one day stuck in a motel waiting for the rain to pass, I'd go for it. But if there were a 60% chance of rain every day, I'd ship it. The cost isn't going to be much different either way, but driving a big engine Cobra in the rain is not my idea of fun.

DonC · #6 (**permalink**) 04-01-2011, 09:02 AM

I second the "Plan B" approach with the way you've described the car.
I had my ERA delivered in Denver and spent two days shaking it and myself down before driving it the 1200 miles back to Portland but it was a fresh build by ERA and well sorted when it arrived.
The biggest concern would be the seating issue and the weather.
If you aren't very comfortable in the car to begin with you'll be really unhappy by the end of a trip of that length.
Weather won't be suitable for extended coast travel through the northwest until late July and August and even then it can be pretty cool and damp. The soft top would make a lot more comfortable getting through some of what you'd likely run into.
I've done Carmel/Monterey to Portland with my wife over 4 days in Sep. and spent the last day running about an hour if front of the rain that lasted for 5 days when we got home.
I've kicked the idea around about using my Serpent Express trailer for a long haul and taking the car out for side trips but haven't gotten to it yet. On my to do list.
DonC