▲ 607 ▼ TIL Amtrak will let you attach your own private car to one of their trains and they charge you per a mile (lemmy.world) submitted 11 months ago* by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.world 141 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) can you ship your purchased cars home by rail easily? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) No? You drive back the 2000 km obviously. Part of it is the Autobahn! You can also skip half the distance with a ferry, but it won't be saving much time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) bummer. I'm a sucker for cars on trains :D permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 11 months ago* Ah, well, there may be commercial freight services for that. Passenger trains aren't gonna be wasting any cars on cars I think. But anyway, large part of the experience is the drive back IMO. You don't go to Germany to pick up a Toyota Corolla, those things come on trailers. You go there in person to buy something sporty or luxury, then roadtrip back permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) No? You drive back the 2000 km obviously. Part of it is the Autobahn! You can also skip half the distance with a ferry, but it won't be saving much time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) bummer. I'm a sucker for cars on trains :D permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 11 months ago* Ah, well, there may be commercial freight services for that. Passenger trains aren't gonna be wasting any cars on cars I think. But anyway, large part of the experience is the drive back IMO. You don't go to Germany to pick up a Toyota Corolla, those things come on trailers. You go there in person to buy something sporty or luxury, then roadtrip back permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) bummer. I'm a sucker for cars on trains :D permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 11 months ago* Ah, well, there may be commercial freight services for that. Passenger trains aren't gonna be wasting any cars on cars I think. But anyway, large part of the experience is the drive back IMO. You don't go to Germany to pick up a Toyota Corolla, those things come on trailers. You go there in person to buy something sporty or luxury, then roadtrip back permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 11 months ago* Ah, well, there may be commercial freight services for that. Passenger trains aren't gonna be wasting any cars on cars I think. But anyway, large part of the experience is the drive back IMO. You don't go to Germany to pick up a Toyota Corolla, those things come on trailers. You go there in person to buy something sporty or luxury, then roadtrip back permalink fedilink source parent
