New owner...could use a lift.

[will1874]

I am thrilled to announce that I am the new owner of a J-model, N201VQ.  I started this process nearly five years ago. I never thought it would take so long, but I am very excited to begin a new part of the adventure!

I had the pre-buy done at Henry Weber in Lancaster PA. And frustratingly, that is where the airplane sits today. I am based out of KBDR in Stratford Connecticut, and I work in Baltimore.

This is an absolute shot in the dark… But any Mooney drivers up in my neck of the woods that were planning on heading down to Weber's in the next week or so? Or for that matter anyone in the Baltimore area planning to do the same? I'm trying to avoid driving a car to Lancaster and leaving it there to fly my airplane home and then having to deal with the logistics of going back to get the car.

i've considered taking Amtrak to Lancaster, which is a bit of a long trip but at least it gets me there without a car to deal with. I've also considered taking an Uber from Baltimore which looks like it'll run about $200… Which may actually be the cheapest way to do it after all. 
 

Anyway, I'm open to any suggestions and ideas from those of you who dealt with this problem in the past. And also I'm posting a picture of the new addition just to brag. 

[RLCarter]

Congrats on your new bird

[Teddsgotwings]

50 minutes ago, will1874 said:

I am thrilled to announce that I am the new owner of a J-model, N201VQ.  I started this process nearly five years ago. I never thought it would take so long, but I am very excited to begin a new part of the adventure!

I had the pre-buy done at Henry Weber in Lancaster PA. And frustratingly, that is where the airplane sits today. I am based out of KBDR in Stratford Connecticut, and I work in Baltimore.

This is an absolute shot in the dark… But any Mooney drivers up in my neck of the woods that were planning on heading down to Weber's in the next week or so? Or for that matter anyone in the Baltimore area planning to do the same? I'm trying to avoid driving a car to Lancaster and leaving it there to fly my airplane home and then having to deal with the logistics of going back to get the car.

i've considered taking Amtrak to Lancaster, which is a bit of a long trip but at least it gets me there without a car to deal with. I've also considered taking an Uber from Baltimore which looks like it'll run about $200… Which may actually be the cheapest way to do it after all. 
 

Anyway, I'm open to any suggestions and ideas from those of you who dealt with this problem in the past. And also I'm posting a picture of the new addition just to brag. 

Congrats on the new bird! I own N201XQ out in SoCal and I met the owner of N201XG. Hope to cross paths with you some day. Enjoy that machine. Its a great one!

[201Mooniac]

Congrats on the great selection of an M20J.  I wish I could help you with the relocation but I'm in CA.  Last time I had to do an aircraft pickup like this I ended up doing a one-way rcar ental which was the least expensive way.

[ArtVandelay]

Congrats on the great selection of an M20J.  I wish I could help you with the relocation but I'm in CA.  Last time I had to do an aircraft pickup like this I ended up doing a one-way rcar ental which was the least expensive way.

Rental cars are unbelievably expensive these days, 1 day rentals are as much as a weekly rental used to cost…before Covid.

[Hank]

6 minutes ago, ArtVandelay said:

Rental cars are unbelievably expensive these days, 1 day rentals are as much as a weekly rental used to cost…before Covid.

Depends on your location. I've had several multi-day rentals at normal prices, like an Altima for $189/week and a Corolla for $25/day, all through the local Hertz dealer who is attached to a body shop that my vehicles were not visiting.

[201Mooniac]

11 minutes ago, ArtVandelay said:

Rental cars are unbelievably expensive these days, 1 day rentals are as much as a weekly rental used to cost…before Covid.

That is true but I just checked Hertz and it would be about $160 for the one way rental from Baltimore to Lancaster which is cheaper than Uber.

[Bartman]

Congratulations on the new hatchling !

[carusoam]

Congrats Will!

-a-

[jaylw314]

2 hours ago, will1874 said:

i've considered taking Amtrak to Lancaster, which is a bit of a long trip but at least it gets me there without a car to deal with. I've also considered taking an Uber from Baltimore which looks like it'll run about $200… Which may actually be the cheapest way to do it after all. 
 

Anyway, I'm open to any suggestions and ideas from those of you who dealt with this problem in the past. And also I'm posting a picture of the new addition just to brag. 

 

OK, some perspective here--to fill the tank of your J with avgas at $5.50/gal would be $352.  Just do whatever it takes to get the plane home ASAP.  The difference between $100 and $250 to get it done is trivial in comparison. 

Do you have your complex rating and insurance time requirements yet?  It'd be worth it to hire an instructor to go with you and fly the plane home while getting training and familiarization

[GeeBee]

If you call the destination city office, in particular Enterprise you can sometimes find a car they want back that went out bound on a one-way and they will give you a great rate to get it back to them. I've hit the jackpot twice on that one and avoided the one way drop charge.

 

[will1874]

If you call the destination city office, in particular Enterprise you can sometimes find a car they want back that went out bound on a one-way and they will give you a great rate to get it back to them. I've hit the jackpot twice on that one and avoided the one way drop charge.
 

Great idea GeeBee. I'll try that.


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[A64Pilot]

I’d Uber, the hassle of picking up the rental and returning it, and how do you get from where it was returned to the airplane etc isn’t worth it, not for $40 anyway.

Uber would pick you up at your door and deliver you to the airplane 

[Raptor05121]

Welcome! Are you a SW pilot?

[will1874]

Welcome! Are you a SW pilot?

Yessir


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[M20F-1968]

You might just be surprised.  I brought my plane to NJ for work just before COVID in March, 2020.  I did just what you are doing and found a Mooney owner who just wanted to fly, so we did so.  On the rental car side of things, at the time one could get a one way rental for surprisingly not a lot of money so you might just call around.  

John Breda