The car I want is located about eight hours from my home at another dealership. I figured if I fly there, get a hotel… etc, it will cost about $550. Then I have the long drive home. The local dealer said they could ship it here for $1,000. I found some online quotes from auto transport companies around $400. I would have to sign all documents and send money remotely. Have any of you ever done something like this?
Lol you get what you pay for … for $400.
FL to CA is about $1600. So for $400 what is that a couple of hundred miles?
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If you search, plenty of people have shipped cars. I had no issues shipping one from Delaware to California.
I had one shipped, through a broker, nearly 700 miles.
If you need recommendations for reputable shippers, maybe reach out to a few brokers in your targeted geographical region to see if they’d be willing to share companies they use. Most dealers could probably recommend someone too.
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The pain of dealing with car shippers myself is not one I would repeat to save $600.
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I went to pick up once, had once dealer send it with their shippers, and used montway once. It’s a personal preference, if it’s an expensive car you probably would want to pick it up (except if you go with enclosed trailer).
Under current conditions, $400 is concerning. I would expect $600, at best, for what I assume to be 400’ish miles.
I’ve shipped 5 at this point and the only time it wasn’t a hassle was when the dealer I got it from used their shipper. BUT, for double the price? I’d find my own.
I’ve used this guy Mario out of Miami. Very solid broker and done 3-4 cars Nashville to NYC for about 7-800. Never any problems. (786) 458-4621
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What was your experience with Montway? I’m thinking of using them.
Was pretty good, they came in cheaper on their website than their quote on uship. They did add $50 to the quote to find a driver faster. Car came earlier than expected.
Thanks for the feedback and the tip!
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