need to ship a car from CA. to SC. any ideas

[trophystock]

I am looking at a car in Ca. and was wondering what would be the cheapest way to get it here? Who has everybody else used? thanks

 

[GN ERGY]

I've been looking in to moving 2 vehicles from Ohio to Arizona.
Try your luck www.movecars.com
There is only a hundred of em.
Tarey D.

 

[Bescurred]

www.trustytransport.com


I used them for shipping my GN from IOWA to GA for 600 bucks door to door!

 

[Cale22]

I have a lot of experience in this area, as I've purchased 4 vehicles from the US and had them sent here to hawaii. The best company I've used was Able Auto. They are extremely fast (received it 2 weeks ahead of schedule). They are also very cheap compared to most of the other quotes I had gotten. The reason they can afford to be cheap, is b/c they are not the actual transporting company. What they do is; find a carrier that is already in route to your destination, and have them stop off and pick up your vehicle. They obviously get a huge discount on this, and in turn can charge you much less. I paid around $1600 to have my car shipped from GA to HI (it cost over 1k to ship from CA to HI). If you have any questions let me know!

 

[dhauser]

I also have tons of experience with auto shippers. I can tell you to STAY AWAY from Southerland Auto Transport. They are the WORST in the country. They are out of Anderson, CA. Just terrible people, terrible service, never trust them.

I can recommend a few:

Excalibur Transport: 712-369-1044 (Rick Bennett)
RI transport: 319-233-6128 (ask for Ray Iliff)
Demoss Transport: 660-845-2276 (ask for Val DeMoss)

All of these people know me; tell them Doug from Kansas City sent you their way. Excalibur is most likely to have upcoming routes out of CA. RI can also help, but might take a little longer, and DeMoss are my personal favorites, but they don't get out to CA all that often, but are worth a call anyway, as they are very good and very affordable.

Hope this helps you.

Doug

 

[granatl]

I have a friend that's having a car shipped by Reliable Carriers in an enclosed trailer. He hasn't been happy with them since he was told he'd have it in 3 weeks or less (and it's now >4 weeks), and apparently they told him that they won't let his car sit at a transfer point (implying that once they picked it up, it would be here in a few days (he found out it's sitting in a warehouse right now).

 

[matt87]

i'm using Dependable Auto Shippers. 1578.00 from Oregon to Rhode Island. the car is going to be loaded tomorrow, enclosed, top loaded, and expedite(cuts time in half). we'll see how it goes!

 

[granatl]

Originally posted by granatl
I have a friend that's having a car shipped by Reliable Carriers in an enclosed trailer. He hasn't been happy with them since he was told he'd have it in 3 weeks or less (and it's now >4 weeks), and apparently they told him that they won't let his car sit at a transfer point (implying that once they picked it up, it would be here in a few days (he found out it's sitting in a warehouse right now).

He asked that I update my post to include:

Although Reliable Carriers took longer than anticipated, that was a possibility since I did not pay extra for guaranteed pickup or delivery. I would definitely use Reliable Carriers again. And not just because they were the cheapest closed carrier. My Aunt at the pickup location and I at the delivery end were impressed with the service and professionalism of the drivers. Once a driver is assigned for delivery we were in direct contact with the drivers who provided their cell phone numbers. The drivers at both the pickup and delivery locations picked up and delivered exactly as promised. The car did not get even a scratch while in their care. And our 1960 Pontiac Catalina had the company of a brand new yellow Ferrari in the overhead storage on the trip from Ohio to Las Vegas.

 

[trophystock]

Thanks everybody, I decided to go with L.D. Transport 574-265-6564. Cost is $750 from San Diego to SC. I'll let evrybody know how they do.