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Jim B. · #3 10-10-2006, 07:31 PM

I knew someone who bought a used 1980 300SD in SF off ebay and who lived in Chicago. I saw the car in SF and a friend and I helped her get it shipped to Chigago, she was on a tight budget and opted to ship it uncovered,I think it cost about $850. This was 3-4 years ago

Since she got the lowest rate she also got the slower shipment, her car was on the top of the car carrier, the last on the trailer to be delivered, and the car went from SF all the way to Baltimore and thence back across the country to Chicago. She got the car OK but it was utterly filthy when it got there, really dirty, a total mess, having been exposed to all kinds of weather and road grime.

For a NEW car I would definately have it shipped covered, inside a trailer, to keep it clean and free of vandalism and searching eyes. For a new or a $50,000 car to ship it uncovered seems to me to be false economy.

The car should be inspected for damage at both endsw of the trip, and some of the shippers like DAS allow the buyers to track the car across the country on a daily basis, it should take less than a week from here to there, in the continental US, from door to door.