I transport two of my scopes in their original cardboard boxes - the foam inside is still in perfect nick though the boxes could do with some reinforcing.
My third scope - a 180mm Mak - stays in a soft padded transport bag from Orion.
Nick
I gather you have a Celestron 130EQ? Which is a newt on an EQ mount?
With the scope itself, newts are pretty robust. Placed in the boots with something wrapped around it so it won't roll around is fine. Or if you have a fixed lap belt in your back seat, wrap that around it. The only thing is with wrapping it in an old blanket is they tend to be dust traps and introduce dust to the inside of the scope, won't necessarily affect its performance but nicer to have a nice clean mirror, so I would make sure if you do wrap it in something it is reasonably clean.
With the mount, probably detach the counterweights and stow them carefully so they don't end up rolling around, and stow the mount so it doesn't roll around either.
At least that what I used to do with my old 130EQ.
I have a 130 SLT, which is pretty similar and I love it because of its portability. The mount/tripod and all of its accessories fit nicely into a backpack and I keep the OTA in a modified box (the original OTA box with straps, foam and bubble wrap. Lots and lots of bubble wrap ). This is for the SLT mount though which is smaller than the EQ mount of your telescope.
). This is for the SLT mount though which is smaller than the EQ mount of your telescope.
