Car shipping from 1000 miles away

[Mike93]

Anyone ever dealt with shipping a car? My dad is looking to send his car, a '55 Chevy, from Minnesota to Buffalo. So far the quotes we’ve been finding have been around $600-700…anyone know of any places to look for. I don’t think he’s too concerned if it’s an open or closed trailer. Thanks, Mike

[Adictd2b00st]

this has been posted millions of times! i’ve never said this before, but search

[sureshot]

i shipped to texas, open trailer, was…$600. but my car was a roller. just call around. if it drives then itll be cheaper

[Mike93]

this has been posted millions of times! i’ve never said this before, but search

I have, and used those to get some quotes. But many of the posts are old, and I thought in that amount of time maybe people have had experiences with other transports.

Goddamn, what is so wrong with wanting more up to date information…

[Mike93]

i shipped to texas, open trailer, was…$600. but my car was a roller. just call around. if it drives then itll be cheaper

Who did you use?

[TrueBlue]

Mike, I’ve used Trusty Transport and found them to be pretty good at it. Nikuk suggested them (he’s used them twice) and they were fast and efficient.

Here’s the PM from him, explains it pretty well.

Evening!

I’ve actually had two cars shipped here through them. My experiences:

Bought a car on ebay for cheap, NYC area. Searched around and got quotes (email) from 5 or 6 places. Trusty came in as the cheapest, and the actual rep called me to confirm the email quote. Nice guy. It’s been a while, but I think I might have paid ~300-400. The rest of the quotes were ~600. This was insured for $1k (the car value was ~800).
I placed the order with Robbie (?), and the car was scheduled to go on a multi car hauler (like the dealerships) 4-5 days from that day. Scheduled 3 day transit. Well, they emailed me the 2nd day of transit - the truck broke down. They had a flatbed meet the truck within 6-8 hours, pick up my car & paperwork, and bring it the rest of the way here. I they did all of this proactively (I didnt have to bitch or anything). Car got here in 3 more days.

More recently (this summer), I had another car shipped here, from New Hampshire. I only quoted 2-3 other places this time, Trusty was still ~100 cheaper then the competitors (insured to $2500). Placed the order, they picked up within a couple days. The seller called me to confirm they picked it up and informed me that the driver was “pretty cool guy, polite”.
The car got here in 2 days. The guy regularly drove a similar route, so he picked up the car one morning, made a few miles, slept, then drove here through the wee hours. Delivered the car ~730 a.m… I was already commuting to work, but the wife took delivery.
Per Her accounting: This time it came in a enclosed trailer, like a race car, towed by a big chevy (1ton pickup). Guy was very sweet, and pushed it right into the driveway for her (she steered, battery was dead). Mind You - I live ON Niag. Falls Blvd. She tipped him $70.

These are the only two times that I’ve shipped any car, so I dont have anything to compare it too. Based on this, I would recommend them in a heartbeat. Oh, when they picked up the car both times, the driver walked around it with the sellers and noted on a worksheet any existing damage, the seller had to sign off. When they got here, they would walk around the car with me/wife to show that they hadnt damaged it.

The only negative that I remember is that it was hard to contact Truty by phone (at the office which is in AZ i think). So I would email them, and get a response (or call) within 4-6 hours (during business hours of course).

IIRC, they were a small company that basically acted as a broker / dispatcher. Think AAA - dispatch an order to “approved” independants.

Hope it helps - and good luck!

-Nick

:tup: What are you buying now?

[jrod0187]

Just be careful who ships it, heard too many horror stories and $700 is kinda steep. I was gonna get a car shipped from a dealer in CA using DAS for $800

[Mike93]

Mike, I’ve used Trusty Transport and found them to be pretty good at it. Nikuk suggested them (he’s used them twice) and they were fast and efficient.

Here’s the PM from him, explains it pretty well.

:tup: What are you buying now?

Thanks for that Tom. I’m not buying anything, my dad wants to send his '55 Chebby out here for me to do a motor/trans swap (carb/3 speed to EFI/4 speed OD)

[TrueBlue]

Nice.

FWIW, I think NH to NY was @ $450.

[neonglh]

Shipping my STi down to Tampa next week! We’ll see how much it costs.

[extremepaint]

anyone try amtrack or similar rail service?

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[SkunkApe]

i shipped mine from tampa to buf. in late feb/early march. Cost me about $500-$600. Used C&C auto transport. The guy I dealt with was awesome. Customer service was very good.