Shipping Cars

suprahero

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You can google auto shippers or something like that and they will give you about four or five quotes. It's probably going to cost you from $450.00-900.00 depending on who you go with. Sometimes if you're patient and give them a week or two, they'll do it cheaper. They'll find someone already going that direction and put it on that truck and save you a little moola.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=auto+shippers&btnG=Google+Search
 

NgoFcukinWay

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I had my car shipped from MD to TX and it ran me $700 for the 1400 mile trip. Took about 2 weeks for'em to get it to me though.

I use www.dtdtransport.com to give me a rough idea of how much shipping's gonna cost then I look around to see if there's someone with a better price.
 

suprahero

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Fly over there and look at it before you give him the money. You'll also get to drive it home and see some new states and sights. Just my one cent worth.
 

tlo86

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suprahero said:
Fly over there and look at it before you give him the money. You'll also get to drive it home and see some new states and sights. Just my one cent worth.

unless you run into something wrong with the car or dont want to put those miles on it but personally i would def do that too it sounds so fun :) unless you are driving through missouri and kansas thats a really boring drive...

i shipped my car from denver to dallas for over $1,000 i would just take pics of the whiole car before you ship it and after you receive it and dont sing any papers saying you received the car until you inspect it for damage.
 

BlackMKIII

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I'd say it's better to fly and drive. I considered shipping my car to Driftmotion for the 1JZ swap because I have a rod knock. The I realized how far out of budget that would put me, and it's only about 500 miles!
 
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OK. I'm just wonder if it would be worth flying out to drive it home or have it shipped.
I guess it depends on yours cars mileage
 

gtsfirefighter

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If the car is in good running condition I say fly in and drive it home. It'll give yall a chance to get acquainted with each other and it would be cheaper probably. Just buy a round trip ticket in case the car is a p.o.s.
 

7MsuprO

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I used Dependable Auto Shippers to ship my old car from Socal to Ohio. It was about $650, took 12 days and I was happy with the service. Unless you want to drive, i would definitely recommend shipping it as it wont be much cheaper to drive, if at all, from CA to WI and it could lead into other problems. Renting a Uhaul in the event of a breakdown would be a f-ing PITA IMO.

Anyways: www.DependableAutoShippers.com 800.826.1083
 

iwannadie

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7MsuprO said:
I used Dependable Auto Shippers to ship my old car from Socal to Ohio. It was about $650, took 12 days and I was happy with the service. Unless you want to drive, i would definitely recommend shipping it as it wont be much cheaper to drive, if at all, from CA to WI and it could lead into other problems. Renting a Uhaul in the event of a breakdown would be a f-ing PITA IMO.

Anyways: www.DependableAutoShippers.com 800.826.1083

How hard is it to go into a Uhaul shop and rent a truck 1way? Just a pickup with a trailer should be no hassle. Ive rented plenty of Uhauls and have never had any issues or hassle.
 

7MsuprO

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iwannadie said:
How hard is it to go into a Uhaul shop and rent a truck 1way? Just a pickup with a trailer should be no hassle. Ive rented plenty of Uhauls and have never had any issues or hassle.

Just not what i would do or my idea of a good way to transport a car. I've had hassles before...
 

NgoFcukinWay

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In all honestly, unless you have about 2-3 days to kill, it'll be a bit more convenient for you to have the car shipped and at least that way, you won't have to worry about whether or not the car will break down on you and leave you stranded for a bit which may set you back another day. When shipping, all you really need to worry about is whether or not the trucker picked up the car on schedule or not, then just hope that nothing happened to the car during the shipping process.

Just my $.02