Thread: 380SL Diesel Coast To Coast Road Trip
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Old 10-04-2013, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by vstech View Post
... I bet the boat charges would be prohibitive... and SLOOOOOOW
I don't know what it costs now but about 15 years ago it used to be about 500 dollars on a deck from Newark to Liverpool - took about 10 days. Containers were more expensive. We should ask Delibes about today's shipping rates...

...but seriously I don't think mach4 would like the cost of diesel over here.
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