David wrote: > John Ervine wrote: > > When I purchased my 280S back in August, I took the > adventurous route. > > I packed a large bag with about 50lbs of tools in it, threw a > > combination lock on it so it couldn't easily be opened, and > purchased a one-way ticket to DC. > > Unfortunately, travel by air with tools has gotten risky. I > used to know a guy who routinely did it for work. He said > that once the new security regulations were enacted and he > had to stop locking his tool bag, he usually lost one tool > per trip. The most popular item for sticky-figured TSA > personnel to take seemed to be his Leatherman.
In planning my trip to Raleigh to retrieve my W124, I considered all this. I ended up carrying onboard my cellphone, a plug-in CB radio, my radar detector, a 1-3 power splitter, some books on tape, my AA card and that's it. I thought about shipping some tools and stuff down to Raleigh via FedEx Ground, but in the end, didn't bother. In my case, the only thing I needed to make the 700 mile trip back to Boston was a $.29 ceramic fuse. Coulda been worse... If you are retrieving a remote car and you want to have tools, consider FedEx Ground or even the Post Office flat rate box ($7.75 for as much as you can stuff in it). FedEx Ground is pretty cheap. Lee
