Docshaun

Alright. Thanks for all the advice everyone. I had thought about some of the things that were brought up, others I had not. Like how low she sits and having the rear end probably hit stuff. Totally overlooked that one. Thanks for pointing it out. I might just see if I can get around the Marines. Iraq definetely blew my knees to hell, so I'm gonna see if I can get a doc to sign off and say I wouldn't be able to drive my car with the heavy a$$ clutch across country. If they will, then I can get it shipped for free. If not, I'm just gonna have to suck it up and pay to have it shipped. Has anyone had any experience with shipping cars? Does the shipping company insure them if they damage it, cuz my insurance def doesn't cover all of my aftermarket mods. But again, thanks for all the advice.

I went out and looked at her car yesterday. It appears to have a tranny cooler in front of the radiator. SO I don't know if she has a "tow package" minus the hitch or what's goin on. As far as driving the Tiburon, we've done it twice already. And that was on the stock suspension (i'm on full coilovers now so it's a lot more "harsh"), and even if I stayed out of boost cruising I would still probably only get about 19-20 mpg with the other mods. I really don't trust a shipping company to ship her, that's why I wanted to tow it. And as far as gas, the Marines will be paying me back so I'm not too, too concerned with the loss of mileage. It'll still be cheaper (I think) in the long run. We'll see. I'm still doing my research and crunchin some numbers.

So I'm getting out of the military and moving from Cali back to Ohio. The Marines will not pay to ship either my car (03 Tiburon) or my wife's Edge. So instead of us driving seperate for 3 days, I was looking at towing mine with hers. Here's the problems: My car weighs in at about 3000 lbs., and the trailer dolly from Uhaul says weighs 650. Which puts us over 3500 lbs. by 150 or so. Is the 3500 rating for the Edge itself, or for the hitches most commonly installed? If we went ahead and towed it anyways, besides breaks, what's the weakest link on the Edge that I should look out for?? If we do decide to go this route, I will probably end up buying a trans cooler, so I'm not worried about that. I just really don't trust my heavily modified car to a shipping company, not to mention it's gonna cost over a grand to ship it. Thanks in advance.