Shipping a car. Any experience?

[Fenway]

I need to ship a car from Boston to Fishers, IN. Has anyone done this in the past and can provide suggestions. I might consider flying out and driving it back but it need tires and brakes and don't want to pay for that out there.

Advice?

Thank INGO

 

[Tangowood]

Shipping a car

I have used uship multiple times and have had great luck and decent cost. The only thing i would say you need to worry about is if you are on a time crunch. Every time it has taken a couple more days than expected. go to uship post what it is where its coming from and going to and run the auction for 3-5 days.

 

[Blackdog765]

Also make sure the car is CLEAN when you drop it off, and have pictures from all angles of the exterior (and interior?) too. That way you can verify and damage if done. I've NEVER had damage or any issues, but that was recommended to me as a good practice - and I do it.

Timing can be an issue, but I usually pick times where the drop off has flexibility. It can vary some depending on several factors.

I've always found shipping to be cheaper than driving and an airplane ticket. Especially with the cost of gas these days.

Good luck.

 

[Fenway]

Thanks for the help guys... Taking a look at that link!

 

[Phil502]

I had my FIL's car brought from California, some years ago, no real problems, it went smooth on a car-carrier. You need a place to recieve it that can handle the big trailer.

 

[jsharmon7]

Did you locate a second Bugatti finally? If you fly me out there in the INGO jet I'll drive it back to Fishers.

 

[Tangowood]

Brakes

Did you locate a second Bugatti finally? If you fly me out there in the INGO jet I'll drive it back to Fishers.

Obviously you didnt read the original post. He said it needs tires and brakes..

Tires OK
but people who drive Bugatti's dont need brakes so they cant be worn out.

 

[steveh_131]

I sent one to a prince in Nigeria (he said the toyota corolla was a favorite of the royal family there).

I just have to send him another $4,325 so he can get it released from customs and then he'll pay me my $50,000 for it.

 

[steveh_131]

also, how does that ^ guy have maxed out rep with only 10 posts?

there is a bug in the matrix

 

[jsharmon7]

Obviously you didnt read the original post. He said it needs tires and brakes..

Tires OK
but people who drive Bugatti's dont need brakes so they cant be worn out.

I'll pay for tires if I get to drive it back. It would need to brakes after I got it back to Indiana anyway.

 

[Tangowood]

no clue

also, how does that ^ guy have maxed out rep with only 10 posts?

there is a bug in the matrix

I just thought that maybe after my first post you guy thought i was awesome.
I would love to try to take credit for some HACK on the system but i am not that smart

 

[Fenway]

I am afraid my cul de sac is not going to work. Do I just have the meet me at WalMart?

 

[Black Cloud]

He's just that awesome.

 

[Tangowood]

Depends

I have meet them at truck stops, walmart parking lots, and in some cases depending on truck size in my cul de sac.

 

[steveh_131]

I just thought that maybe after my first post you guy thought i was awesome.

You just might be that awesome.

 

[$mooth]

I've done it a couple times. This last go round, they moved 2 cars from Indy to Texas. One of my cars wasn't tied down properly, it was the last car in the lower row. It got bounced against the upper deck leaving dents and scratches the entire width of the roof, about a 1" wide line.

The driver didn't notice when he dropped them off, but I spotted it (I didn't think to look at the roof, but it caught my eye). The driver's response was "Ohh $&@*! It wasn't like that when I picked it up. He took responsibility easily.

Reindeer Auto out of Indiana was the broker, but they tried to weasel out of everything. Tried playing games with everything to do with the repair and generally felt like they were trying to screw me. I ended up turning it over to my personal insurance to get repaired and let them bill Reindeer.

 

[Fenway]

Will avoid that company. Thanks

 

[giovani]

I would hazzard a guess that paying extra for tires and brakes in boston and driving it back would still be cheaper than having it shipped.

 

[joncon]

I had a Henry J shipped from AZ. last summer, with no problems. I met the truck at a outlet mall off the interstate, so he wouldn't have to drive the back roads to my house. Although he said he would deliver to my door if I wanted.

 

[Scutter01]

If you can get the whole thing into one of those flat-rate boxes from the post office, it's super cheap to ship. I recommend getting the large box.