I am in dire need of a roll bar for a recent Miata purchase. A forum member in the Colorado Springs area has offered one up for sale, but I'm in Arkansas about 11 hours away. I'm hunting for cheap flights and car rental but maybe, just maybe I can get a relay started to shorten the gap?
Fastenal shipping?
In reply to RossD :
I think he was hoping to avoid messing with shipping, so I'm trying to be mindful of that.
Alright. Roll bar is purchased. If anyone can get the part closer to me even by an hour or two that would be great. If not I'm hopping on a plane Tuesday or Wednesday and driving back with a rental car.
In reply to captainawesome :
Price that rental car. Rates are high many places due to Spring tourism and the forces of supply and demand.
In reply to John Welsh :
Yeah we've dealt with that a few times already between last year and early this year. Don't book through an agency like Expedia or similar as priority is given to the actual customers who went directly through the agency you are renting from. We ended up waiting two days in Orlando last year while on a trip to Disney to get a car. They basically sold most of their fleets off from what I understand.
I've got it all priced out and while it isn't an ideal scenario, I at least will have a roll bar in quicker time than new which affords me time to test on track before my first TT event.
What route are you taking to get it- like which states are you going through?
In reply to GIRTHQUAKE :
Colorado to Kansas to Oklahoma to Arkansas
I fly out Tuesday morning from Tulsa since they were the only place I could return a rental for a one way. If I had time on my side I could have done things a bit different. Just glad to get something sorted out quickly.
Ah, you're in a rush. I'll be driving from CA to NC in a few weeks, wish I coulda helped
I'll be hauling my car on a trailer from the Salina, KS area to Cassville, MO first of the month if that helps
In reply to seadoorider :
Thanks for the offer. I am going to fly out this week to pick it up now. Unfortunately just couldn't get a relay set up in the time frame I needed.
All sitting here and waiting for you. See you tomorrow.
In reply to captainawesome :
Can you turn this thread into an epic road trip thread? I mean only a GRMer would fly several states over to pick up a used roll bar and drive it back.
In reply to Stampie :
I'm wondering how big of a rental car you need to bring back a roll bar? Some cars will be better than others but in the roulette that is car rental???
In reply to Stampie :
I certainly could. Unfortunately the photo upload for mobile devices are a bit wonky still. Maybe I'll pony up for Flickr again.
In reply to John Welsh :
I'm signed up for a Focus. They usually upgrade me to a larger car every time, which will stink cause I'd rather not have 10 mpg less than what I wanted. We shall see how it goes when I land.
John Welsh said:In reply to Stampie :
I'm wondering how big of a rental car you need to bring back a roll bar? Some cars will be better than others but in the roulette that is car rental???
A true GRMer would remove the passenger and rear seats for more cargo room. Hopefully the seats fit in the trunk.
In reply to captainawesome :
Should we start hitting Colorado CL for stuff for you to bring back east?
For sure, any compact SUV would work and hatchback. It's really getting it into the car. With the rear seats folded down, not an issue once it gets in there. I wasn't about to try and do it by myself into an altima.
I'm sure the most interesting part of this trip will be fitting everything in whatever car I rent and then swapping everything at the Tulsa airport into my Audi A3 hatchback. I purposely gave myself more time on the layover in Dallas for possible rain delays. Nothing ever goes according to plan though, so it could get sketch. Heading out from my place about 3am at the latest tomorrow for the 2 hour drive to the airport. Planning to download some audio books as it's way easier to burn road miles than with the same music on repeat.
Also thinking of how to package the stuff so it's not flopping around everywhere. Can't just bring a bunch of blankets or something soft on the plane, so I might hit up a store to buy a cheap comforter or something.
I have some pillows and blankets that were going in the trash. Got plenty here to handle that.
In reply to bmw88rider :
Sweet. One less thing to sort out. Would it be weird to have you sign the roll bar with like a silver sharpie or something? At some time in the distant future someone will stumble on this bar and eventually find this thread. Or not.
I'm coming to Fayetteville next weekend from Kansas City.
In reply to Patientzero :
Shucks. I'll be at Hallett I think that weekend. That's actually the reason I'm going through all the effort to get the roll bar. So I can get on track before my first TT event at Heartland next month.
In reply to captainawesome :
Dang, I need to get my car fixed so I can go to Heartland next month too... 
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