How far to drive to buy?

On Feb 6, 7:31*pm, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Adam wrote:

The key is to leave yourself some extra time soyoudon't have to feel
rushed and it will be a fun trip.

Think of it as a long distance glider retreive. It will giveyoua
valuable retreive crew perspective on road trips.

Ray

I live in MN.

I looked at a sailplane one Christmas (from the in-laws in Mi I drove
to N. Ohio). I passed on that one. Next I flew to see one in S.C. It
wasfarbetter but I passed on that one too.

Then I flew to CA - this one I did purchase. Frank W was headed out to
CA and drove it back to CO and later kindly met me half-way in
Nebraska. In all I drove one full day and paid Frank a ratefartoo
low compare to U-ship. He did a pro job of course!

In all it was fun looking about but not something I'd want to do more
than once every 5 years. *IMHO itwouldbe nuts to buy one without
looking it over in person and doing your homework first.

Ifyoudon't look at it beforeyoubuy, having the sellerdrivehalf way
to meetyouprobably encourages "full disclosure", because he will have
as much invested asyoudo. Ifyoudrivethousands to where he lives,
and he doesn't have todriveat all, he might count onyouaccepting
less thanyouthoughtyouwere.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA
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* ** Sections on Mode S, TPAS, ADS-B, Flarm, more

* "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" atwww.motorglider.org

I took the risk and drove a round-trip of 6420 miles (Oregon to
Sarasota, Florida) for a glider -and darn glad I did! I just got back
from a 6.5 day trip!

On Feb 12, 8:00*pm, John wrote:
On Feb 6, 7:31*pm, Eric Greenwell wrote:





Adam wrote:

The key is to leave yourself some extra time soyoudon't have to feel
rushed and it will be a fun trip.

Think of it as a long distance glider retreive. It will giveyoua
valuable retreive crew perspective on road trips.

Ray

I live in MN.

I looked at a sailplane one Christmas (from the in-laws in Mi I drove
to N. Ohio). I passed on that one. Next I flew to see one in S.C. It
wasfarbetter but I passed on that one too.

Then I flew to CA - this one I did purchase. Frank W was headed out to
CA and drove it back to CO and later kindly met me half-way in
Nebraska. In all I drove one full day and paid Frank a ratefartoo
low compare to U-ship. He did a pro job of course!

In all it was fun looking about but not something I'd want to do more
than once every 5 years. *IMHO itwouldbe nuts to buy one without
looking it over in person and doing your homework first.

Ifyoudon't look at it beforeyoubuy, having the sellerdrivehalf way
to meetyouprobably encourages "full disclosure", because he will have
as much invested asyoudo. Ifyoudrivethousands to where he lives,
and he doesn't have todriveat all, he might count onyouaccepting
less thanyouthoughtyouwere.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA
* Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly

* "Transponders in Sailplanes"http://tinyurl.com/y739x4
* ** Sections on Mode S, TPAS, ADS-B, Flarm, more

* "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" atwww.motorglider.org

I took the risk and drove a round-trip of 6420 miles (Oregon to
Sarasota, Florida) for a glider -and darn glad I did! *I just got back
from a 6.5 day trip!

was it an LS-3?

Brad

On Feb 12, 8:11*pm, Brad wrote:
On Feb 12, 8:00*pm, John wrote:





On Feb 6, 7:31*pm, Eric Greenwell wrote:

Adam wrote:

The key is to leave yourself some extra time soyoudon't have to feel
rushed and it will be a fun trip.

Think of it as a long distance glider retreive. It will giveyoua
valuable retreive crew perspective on road trips.

Ray

I live in MN.

I looked at a sailplane one Christmas (from the in-laws in Mi I drove
to N. Ohio). I passed on that one. Next I flew to see one in S.C. It
wasfarbetter but I passed on that one too.

Then I flew to CA - this one I did purchase. Frank W was headed out to
CA and drove it back to CO and later kindly met me half-way in
Nebraska. In all I drove one full day and paid Frank a ratefartoo
low compare to U-ship. He did a pro job of course!

In all it was fun looking about but not something I'd want to do more
than once every 5 years. *IMHO itwouldbe nuts to buy one without
looking it over in person and doing your homework first.

Ifyoudon't look at it beforeyoubuy, having the sellerdrivehalf way
to meetyouprobably encourages "full disclosure", because he will have
as much invested asyoudo. Ifyoudrivethousands to where he lives,
and he doesn't have todriveat all, he might count onyouaccepting
less thanyouthoughtyouwere.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA
* Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly

* "Transponders in Sailplanes"http://tinyurl.com/y739x4
* ** Sections on Mode S, TPAS, ADS-B, Flarm, more

* "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" atwww.motorglider.org

I took the risk and drove a round-trip of 6420 miles (Oregon to
Sarasota, Florida) for a glider -and darn glad I did! *I just got back
from a 6.5 day trip!

was it an LS-3?

Brad- Hide quoted text -

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Nope, a Jantar Standard-3

"John" wrote

I took the risk and drove a round-trip of 6420 miles (Oregon to
Sarasota, Florida) for a glider -and darn glad I did! I just got back
from a 6.5 day trip!

You can't type something like that here, and just walk away from it!

And now, the rest of the story? ;-)
--
Jim in NC

On Feb 12, 9:22*pm, "Morgans" wrote:
"John" wrote

I took the risk and drove a round-trip of 6420 miles (Oregon to
Sarasota, Florida) for a glider -and darn glad I did! *I just got back
from a 6.5 day trip!

You can't type something like that here, and just walk away from it!

And now, the rest of the story? * ;-)
--
Jim in NC

I'm writing up the trip story now, and will share shortly...I didn't
walk away - more like I passed out!

On Feb 13, 9:22*am, John wrote:
On Feb 12, 9:22*pm, "Morgans" wrote:

"John" wrote

I took the risk and drove a round-trip of 6420 miles (Oregon to
Sarasota, Florida) for a glider -and darn glad I did! *I just got back
from a 6.5 day trip!

You can't type something like that here, and just walk away from it!

And now, the rest of the story? * ;-)
--
Jim in NC

I'm writing up the trip story now, and will share shortly...I didn't
walk away - more like I passed out!

No kidding. Too many deer for driving at night any longer (right
Paul;^), plus some of the motels have upgraded their beds in the past
18 months, almost like the expensive options.

Frank Whiteley

No kidding. *Too many deer for driving at night any longer (right
Paul;^)

Since the _incident (score BTW was me/dog/van/glider/trailer-1,
deer-0 !), I now relegate what night hauling I do to within the 'deer
wake' behind big rigs. Get good gas mileage there too .

Thousand miles a day is a respectable average for such a long trip, I
salute you road warrior.

-Paul

Thousand miles a day is a respectable average for such a long trip, I
salute you road warrior.

-Paul

2005, San Diego to Fancy Gap, VA, 4,820 miles, for a Libelle 301 once
owned by Gren Siebel; two drivers, 4 days total, only repair was the
trailer lights wiring.

Most interesting "Excursion" was driving around a 5 car/truck Freeway
wreck in Memphis, TN using all Creepy Hollow roads following a crazy
cab driver! Best moment was stopping at a Motel for one night's sleep
and a shower. Most expensive gas was $2.20 a gallon in San Diego!

FreeFlight Wayne