OT: Shipping a car from San Francisco to Seattle
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OT: Shipping a car from San Francisco to Seattle
Anyone know a good company and an idea of how much it will cost? Debating whether to ship it, or buy a plane ticket and drive it up (PITA, but probably cheaper).
Any info would be appreciated!
Any info would be appreciated!
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using a shipping company...
We are using Specialty Mobile Systems as we speek to ship our Lightning from NY to TX. So far, these guys have been very easy to work with....although today is day 10 and their last day to get it on a truck to ship it. They give a window of up to 10 working days to find a truck, get your auto picked up and on it's way. Assuming they get it on a truck today, we'll be happy with their service...so far.
Check out the link below for ratings and reviews on the various trucking companies, also check out the BBB. When I started, I went online and received probably 50-60 quotes. The companies that had the most impressive email and the ones that called and expressed interest turned out to be, what looks like from the reviews, the scammers.
Hope this helps!<ul><li><a href="http://auto-transport-reviews.com/">http://auto-transport-reviews.com/</a</li></ul>
Check out the link below for ratings and reviews on the various trucking companies, also check out the BBB. When I started, I went online and received probably 50-60 quotes. The companies that had the most impressive email and the ones that called and expressed interest turned out to be, what looks like from the reviews, the scammers.
Hope this helps!<ul><li><a href="http://auto-transport-reviews.com/">http://auto-transport-reviews.com/</a</li></ul>
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and no offense to anyone...
but think long and hard about letting someone "drive" your car to you.
#1 as nice as people sound, really, there's a good chance they will have certain times where they "rag" the car a bit.
#2 you are adding mileage
#3...what if...just what if, they get in a wreck, have a rock fly at the window, hood, etc...what if, it arrives with scratches, etc. No "person" can actually "insure" that car whereas a shipping caompany can.
#4 we had the current/previous owner as well as a forum friend offer to drive the car as long *** we paid their expenses. Both groups of people's expected expenses was within $100 of the cost of using a shipping company - no mileage, insured
Back to shipping companies, make sure they are door to door and NOT terminal. Cars are NOT insured by ANYONE when they sit in a terminal. Also, the car has a better chance of getting scratched, injured if being loaded, and unloaded constantly, not to mention the time it COULD take for one company to drop off at the terminal and the next company to pick it up. I read horror stories of terminal shipping taking months to deliver for this reason.
#1 as nice as people sound, really, there's a good chance they will have certain times where they "rag" the car a bit.
#2 you are adding mileage
#3...what if...just what if, they get in a wreck, have a rock fly at the window, hood, etc...what if, it arrives with scratches, etc. No "person" can actually "insure" that car whereas a shipping caompany can.
#4 we had the current/previous owner as well as a forum friend offer to drive the car as long *** we paid their expenses. Both groups of people's expected expenses was within $100 of the cost of using a shipping company - no mileage, insured
Back to shipping companies, make sure they are door to door and NOT terminal. Cars are NOT insured by ANYONE when they sit in a terminal. Also, the car has a better chance of getting scratched, injured if being loaded, and unloaded constantly, not to mention the time it COULD take for one company to drop off at the terminal and the next company to pick it up. I read horror stories of terminal shipping taking months to deliver for this reason.
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I shipped a car from Hayward to Dallas for $600.
This was for a guaranteed "top" load (fewer rocks up there, and no oil drips from above). I think it was Dependable Auto Shippers. You can save a few bucks by driving the car to Hayward. Then you pick it up in Seattle, or have them deliver it for $50 or so.
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Drive it up. Decent drive. I did it. Lotsa' chances to go fast...>>> and
by the way, in case you haven't noticed yet, Washington cops are the worst!!! It's not bad enough that they're everywhere. I mean everywhere!!!! They stop everybody! So, don't get any ideas about speeding. I drove fast through Oregon because they have very few highway patrolman. Second, the speed limits are lower, and third the roads are terrible. Love those erosion grooves. That's the one thing I hated about living in Seattle. Oh, and you don't get the traffic school option in Washington. You just get ticket after ticket after ticket.