Moving from Columbus to Orange County. Need input on moving companies.

Buckeye Viper · May 30th, 2005, 08:42 AM

Hi guys.

This summer I'll be moving from Columbus, Ohio to Orange County, Cali. I am hoping to get some input on moving companies. Any advice, suggestions or "if I had known what I know now's"?

Recommendations?

Also, anyone use any interstate moving companies that also transported their Viper?

Thank you very very much in advance for all of your help.

John

Kid97GTS · May 30th, 2005, 09:26 AM

Dude, who cares - get Ma and Pa Kettle to move you - what is important is that you are getting out of C-Bus and heading to the second best locale in the United States! Half your crap will be dinged, scratched, or broken anyway, but at least you will be in the OC. I just used Bekins for a SF to SoCal move, and they were pretty good, but it still isn't easy on your stuff to get it jammed into a truck by dudes working by the load, not the hour, shipped across some niiiice highways, and dumped off at your new pad in under 2 seconds.

Let me know if you need the name of a good viper guy to work on your car (there is a good guy who is originally from Ohio, too), or if you need to know anything else about my land - first lesson, we never refer to our state as "Cali." Ever.

Unless you are riding in a black Corvette and talking to a gal who has a bikini small, heels tall, and says she likes the ocean, the usage of "Cali" is not a local phrase. Also, the white tube socks with bermuda shorts that seem to be all the fashion in the Midwest are not so hot out here. Two-and-a-half words: "Reef Flip-Flops."

WAR SOCAL POSSE IN THE HIZZZZZZZZOUSSSSSSSSEEEE

Buckeye Viper · May 30th, 2005, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Kid97GTS

Dude, who cares - get Ma and Pa Kettle to move you - what is important is that you are getting out of C-Bus and heading to the second best locale in the United States! Half your crap will be dinged, scratched, or broken anyway, but at least you will be in the OC. I just used Bekins for a SF to SoCal move, and they were pretty good, but it still isn't easy on your stuff to get it jammed into a truck by dudes working by the load, not the hour, shipped across some niiiice highways, and dumped off at your new pad in under 2 seconds.

Let me know if you need the name of a good viper guy to work on your car (there is a good guy who is originally from Ohio, too), or if you need to know anything else about my land - first lesson, we never refer to our state as "Cali." Ever.

Unless you are riding in a black Corvette and talking to a gal who has a bikini small, heels tall, and says she likes the ocean, the usage of "Cali" is not a local phrase. Also, the white tube socks with bermuda shorts that seem to be all the fashion in the Midwest are not so hot out here. Two-and-a-half words: "Reef Flip-Flops."

WAR SOCAL POSSE IN THE HIZZZZZZZZOUSSSSSSSSEEEE

Thanks Kid, please pm me the name of the viper guy.

And people stopped using the term "C-bus" in the 90's.

**V10 RCKT** · May 30th, 2005, 03:37 PM

I recommend using Exotic Car Transport for your Viper. They shipped mine. Covered, and use wheel tie-downs, not suspension tie-downs. You can also track the progress on-line using GPS from their website.

Enjoy SoCal...no more seasonal bullshit for you...you lucky bastard :thumb:

Thin Man · May 30th, 2005, 04:49 PM

I used Graebel moving from Jacksonville Florida to Columbus. The packing, loading and shipping of the household goods was fine... other than a few of my wife's antiques were damaged.

The Viper and the Mach I were another story. Both vehicles were to be shipped in enclosed carrier... just the two cars.

As it turns out the 1969 Mach arrived on the carrier..... but the Viper was "lost" for two days.

It arrived after a couple of days... but no idea by what mode of transportation. Overall, it was OK, but there were a few minor scratches, that Graebel paid to have buffed out.

I was not pleased at all with the transportation of the two cars.

I would pick a moving company for your household goods... but pick someone from this site to transport the Viper.

Lawrenzo · May 30th, 2005, 10:39 PM

Whoever you pick to move you make sure they don't broker out the job to some independant driver. We use Wheaton, who advertises that they are the official mover of Steinway pianos, yet an unmarked "indy" truck showed up with our contract. The suckers had just painted their truck and got pulled over by the CHP on the way down to my new place- delayed them for almost 4 hours, and really tried our patience.

As far as shops for your GTS- you have a few good dealerships, Victory Vipers in San Juan Capistrano and West Coast Vipers in Temecula which isn't too far out. Welcome to the OC. If you can afford a decent house, you're gonna love it :thumb:

par · May 30th, 2005, 10:48 PM

I used United Van Lines to move from Stockholm to NorCal. Excellent moving company.

And yes, you are going to socal, not to cali...

Dude, you'll have a great time! We should arrange for a drive up HWY1, it's awesome (once i'm back in the states).

**_Mark_** · May 31st, 2005, 10:45 AM

The only time I use the word "Cali" is when I'm in some jerkwater airport on my return trip from somewhere singing in my best Biggie voice... "Goin' back to Cali, Cali, Cali..."

TOM B · May 31st, 2005, 10:58 AM

Contact our very own Paolo Castellano, I am not sure what his number is but the name of his company is Peacock Moving. If he can't do it for you, I would bet he knows someone who can.

**Minivan Man** · May 31st, 2005, 12:01 PM

Whoa! You're moving to Orange County? The Firm must be paying you too much.

Buckeye Viper · May 31st, 2005, 12:25 PM

lol Schill, PM sent.

FWIW the Cali. was an abbreviation, not meant to be taken as "Cali". I'm just too lazy to type it all out. Maybe I should have put Cal.?

Vanishing Point · May 31st, 2005, 12:30 PM

If you say Cal in California people think you're talking about the University of California at Berkeley.

Slow Eddie · May 31st, 2005, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter Drippings

If you say Cal in California people think you're talking about the University of California at Berkeley.

Well, thats true for Nor Cal. If you say "Cal" in So Cal the assumption is you're talking about Cal State - LA. But that could also means Cal Poly, Cal Tech, or Cal Arts..... or Cal State Northridge... or Cal State Long Beach.

Oh, and people really do say "right on!".

Eddie

Vanishing Point · May 31st, 2005, 03:11 PM

I guess he shouldn't say Cal unless he is talking about some university or college.

Slow Eddie · May 31st, 2005, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter Drippings

I guess he shouldn't say Cal unless he is talking about some university or college.

Agreed. And don't say Rodney King, OJ Simpson, Robert Blake, or Scott Peterson either.

Eddie

Kid97GTS · May 31st, 2005, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Slow Eddie

Well, thats true for Nor Cal. If you say "Cal" in So Cal the assumption is you're talking about Cal State - LA. But that could also means Cal Poly, Cal Tech, or Cal Arts..... or Cal State Northridge... or Cal State Long Beach.

Oh, and people really do say "right on!".

Eddie

Dude, no one outside of the Valley even knows there is a Cal State LA. Freaking Cal State LA is like an extension of high school autoshop and metalshop all in one. The fact that you grouped Cal Tech with the other D-List schools in your comparo makes Bill Gates shudder. "Cal" means Berkeley, "UCLA" means UCLA, "'SC" means USC, "The Farm" means Stanfurd, and "Poly" means the place where engineers who couldn't get into Cal Tech or Cal go, oh yeah, I suppose there are some FFA members that see Poly as the pinnacle of their chosen vocation.

"Right on," has migrated to NoCal, but the phrase that is still the true NoCal/SoCal divider is "hella." NoCals run "hella." A lot. As in, "NoCals are hella into saying 'hella.'" The Hella Dividing Line also happens to be located somewhere around Poly. North of Cowtown State is Hella Territory.

The other regional distinction that is essential is those people that spend their weekends at "The River," versus those that prefer to bathe. "The River" is the Colorado River, and apparently is the center of the Inland Empire's universe. If you take "The River" and dirtbiking away from the I.E. people, they might as well live in Oklahoma.

WAR I'M GONNA DRIVE MY JET BOAT TO THE RIVER THIS WEEKEND, PARTY AT HAVASU AND SEE IF I CAN JUMP MY NEW XR 250 OVER FAST FREDDY'S DUNE BUGGY

par · May 31st, 2005, 07:59 PM

I did pick up the 'hella', seems to be the new getto-making-it-into-mainstream lingo in norcal.

Cal is definately berkeley. Stanford is pretty much stanford, never heard folks talk about stanford as the farm. SLAC means the linear accelerator at stanford, at least if you're on the peninsula.

Norcal has silicon valley, Socal has silicone valley (aka. san fernando valley).

that is all :thumb: