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Shipping a car
I know several people on here have had cars shipped,can any one reccomend a company to ship a car in the South East U.S. TIA Don
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Don,
I needed a 210 shipped from LA to Richmond VA. I tried the "broker" route at first and was very disappointed. No one came near the prices they claimed and it was taking weeks to arrange shipping. I finally hired DAS (Dependable Auto Shippers). Cost about $1100, but had online tracking of my car all the way and they were much faster. Shipped the car when promised and arrived when promised. A piece of advice: you can save some bucks if you have the car you are shipping taken to your shippers terminal. If they don't have to send a rollback for it, it will save some $$. Likewise on the receiving end. If you pick the car up at the shippers terminal, instead of the "door to door" option you will save some more. Just my $.02 from my experience.
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Muleears '07 E320 Bluetec 133K my DD '04 Jaguar XJ8 VDP, 34K '10 Hyundai Accent 60K Grocery Getter '02 VW Golf soon to be on the road again '97 E300 Diesel Son's DD '61 VERY tolerant wife Hampton Roads, VA USA Gone but not forgotten: '67 250S 95K '86 300SDL '87 300D Turbo, 364K! R.I.P. '98 E300 Turbodiesel, 213K '02 S420, 164K '01 Prius 138K |
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www.uship.com
The last non running car 300SDL from Winter Haven, FL to Memphis, TN was $450. It took me about a week to get the low bid. And the driver did not know how to unload the car...... Seller had some shop guys help load it. Buyer (me) had a shop guy help unload it.
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I used uship.com to get the SDL down from CT.
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Look around to see if one of your friends has a trailer you can borrow or rent. Shipping cars is damn expensive. I needed to ship a w126 about 40 miles and I borrowed my friends 16' bobcat trailer and his suburban. I guess it depends on how much your time is worth and how cheap you are.
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I'm going to watch this thread very closely. I need to ship my car from Erie PA into Los Angeles. I have no patience to cross country drive my poor car that far.
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I think I paid about $1/mile when I had mine shipped.
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I used uship to get my car from NJ to CT...but guy who won the bid was a turd. Got it done though, pretty cheap.
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$800 from LA to Nashville. Better price if the car will start and drive on & off the carrier. Shipping was a pain. It would be worth (a little) more for better service & a tracking number.
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Uship Definably. Using them now to bring down an SD soon.
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Uship gets my vote, used them to move a backhoe once, good service and cheap. In case you don't know, its a site that many movers keep an eye on. When you post what, when and where to, there is a chance that one is dead heading near by and will bid cheap for the job. That happened in my case, the guy had one more drop-off before heading home and home was near me, I accepted his bid for a win/win.
Harry Last edited by harrywat; 01-02-2010 at 07:14 PM. |
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