Gonna do the drive (was 1995 S6 problems/issues? AND auto shipping from VT to CO)

[Unka Bart]

Hi Tom and other Audi dudes,

> Well, I've researched shippers (didn't give me a lot of confidence: 
> huge
> variations in price, no ability to commit to an exact pick-up date and 
> few -
> if any - companies seemed to know where Vermont was).

Yeah, the purchaser of the Gentleman's Express has encountered similar 
problems.  Thought we were golden when I got a call from a young woman 
with the shipper he had chosen when she called me Friday and advised me 
that the driver would call me on either Tuesday or Wednesday (this 
week) to arrange pick-up.

But yesterday afternoon, the buyer called me to ask if my offer to 
drive it up to Cour d'Arlene in return for expenses and a plane ticket 
back to Pensacola.  He then told me that he had just gotten off the 
phone with the shipper who decided that they were not going to ship any 
autos west due to the high cost of fuel(!!!).  I agreed to make the 
trip, and will be leaving from Pensacola on Friday the 11th.

[snippage happens, even in the best of families]

> Not sure of the exact route I'm going to take, but will keep you guys
> posted. Provisional plans include trying to visit relatives in 
> Appleton, WI,
> so I'll be taking the northerly route.

My trip will (probably) take me through St. Louis and Kansas City, not 
sure of other details beyond the dates and end-points.  Anyone between 
here and there wanna try to meet for a beer or a meal, give me a shout. 
  I'll post more details (route, better est of sched, etc) in the next 
day or so.

Keep the rubber side down,

Bart