Greg,

As soon as i finish the exhaust system on my boat engine, I will be flying back to Baltimore to get the 928. Before leaving with the Jag, I got the engine, clutch and torque tube reinstalled in that beast. I have to build a new upper engine harness, and then hit the road with the 928. I have regasketed the engine, installed new shifter rail and bushings, new half shafts, serviced the fuel injection system and removed about 100 lbs from the engine by losing the air injection system, EGR and A/C. Found a huge leak in the header, and corrected that.

I will be an interesting comparison. It has been 5 years since I did a road trip with the Porsche. I know it is not going to be anywhere near as comfortable.

Cheers

 

Bringing her home..

Great run today. I90 from Idaho to Seattle was virtually empty. Made it in great time.

Went via the Columbia River Gorge, Cascades and Snowqualmie Pass. Beautiful weather....

 

Then on to the Yacht Club. My Jag’s Journey (at least the first part) is over. I cannot believe it.

 

A Chinese friend of mine once told me that each journey brings it’s own happy ending.

3400 miles, sleeping under the stars half the nights.

Not sure if this is what he meant, but it sure works for me.

 

Congrats! Well done!

 

The wife? Or a random Jag fan? Or did you just really need a massage after you arrived?
If the wife, travelling as a pair would certainly be less tiring, especially if she shared the driving--which mine refuses to do. (How long did it take from Billings to your Idaho lodge? Google Maps suggests at least 7 hours on I-90 to northern Idaho, yet you arrived in Billings in the evening and got to your lodge that night--you must have been really moving....)
The biggest problem with your trip, speaking as a reader, is that it was over too quick. Next time, take it slow, post lots of pics and updates. Especially lots of pics.
Wish it was easier to travel overseas with a car, then I could try it as well--but then I guess I could always go to the US, buy another car there (not a Jag though), and do a trip like that, then ship the car back home. The problem with that plan is there's nowhere to park the car here....

 

I really needed a massage. This is my local massage place, and know how to work on my back. I badly injured my back several years ago when an SUV I was a passenger In was tee-boned and rolled several times. Driving long distance does aggrevate it.

I am not married. I wish I had someone to share the driving with. No one I know wants to keep the schedule I do.

And yea, I was really moving. Montana is wide open. Almost all traffic travels between 90 and 100 here. So it is pretty easy not to stand out when you are pushing it. Idaho at night is similar.

i know the trip was too short, but the weather window is closing here. And I have 3 cars to move across the US before it does.

 

Damn, you should have set up something with two other forum members who were handy and available [Unfortunately I was neither]. A three-car joint road trip across the US would have been a great read. Maybe when you move the cars back....

 

It can be done. Nissan Motor Car has a ferry line and they have giant roll on/roll off car ships, some carry up to 5200 cars per sailing. That was how my Daimler was brought from Japan to Vancouver when I bought it. At the time, the ships did a circle route from Yokohama - Nagoya-Osaka- to Los Angles - Seattle - Vancouver and back to Japan. When I brought my car over the price was about $110 USD / M^3, so the bigger the car, the more it costs.
http://www.nissancarrier.co.jp/en/service_02.html

 

Oh, it can be done, definitely, and when I get a place with more parking, I definitely want to pop over to the States and buy a Yank tank--something like a mid-1970s (or 1960s) Eldorado--and do a major road trip (one I've been thinking about is starting at Isa Lake on the Continental Divide in Yellowstone and following the (Firehole--Gibbon--Madison) Missouri-Mississippi all the way to New Orleans). RHD classic Rolls-Royces are also a good bargain over there. I sometimes lurk on Bring a Trailer and drool....

 

Congrats! I'm glad it worked out and you were fortunate or smart enough to have the spare rotor with you.

Cheers