Anyone ever ship their car across the country?

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Glory Days

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Feb 18, 2013 8:28 PM
Hoping to find a legit company to ship my car to the west coast. Just doing a quick search, seems like most websites don't have too much info. Wondering if anyone has a company they have used in the past?
Feb 18, 2013 8:28pm
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Feb 18, 2013 9:16 PM
http://www.uship.com/
Feb 18, 2013 9:16pm
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Mulva

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Feb 18, 2013 9:20 PM
uship would definitely be a place to start.
Feb 18, 2013 9:20pm
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rydawg5

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Feb 18, 2013 9:21 PM
U can find a broker who will charge 5000% more than a trucker would. The trick is to contact a shipper directly without uship getting to earn your money as well. I'd search for independent guys or I can ask my friend who used one but was able to go direct to the shipper for much less cost because he got passed the middleman
Feb 18, 2013 9:21pm
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gerb131

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Feb 18, 2013 9:30 PM
On a side note I love Shipping Wars, some hotties on there.
Feb 18, 2013 9:30pm
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Glory Days

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Feb 18, 2013 9:40 PM
rydawg5;1391900 wrote:U can find a broker who will charge 5000% more than a trucker would. The trick is to contact a shipper directly without uship getting to earn your money as well. I'd search for independent guys or I can ask my friend who used one but was able to go direct to the shipper for much less cost because he got passed the middleman
yeah that is what I was hoping to do. Got a referral from someone but havent had a chance to contact the company directly yet. the company who is shipping my household goods was charging $1300 for a car....needless to say i said no thanks when i saw most places were around $800-900 it seemed.
Feb 18, 2013 9:40pm
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ernest_t_bass

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Feb 18, 2013 11:05 PM
Why not drive it?

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Feb 18, 2013 11:05pm
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Glory Days

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Feb 18, 2013 11:48 PM
ernest_t_bass;1391964 wrote:Why not drive it?

-curiousinohio
already driving one car, trying to keep the miles off the other car.
Feb 18, 2013 11:48pm
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Cat Food Flambe'

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Feb 18, 2013 11:59 PM
Lease?
Feb 18, 2013 11:59pm
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Glory Days

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Feb 19, 2013 8:03 AM
No lease, just trying to make it last longer. I am driving my 2006 that is paid off and transporting the 2012. The 2012 is the gf's.



.....solution...save the money and dump the gf correct?
Feb 19, 2013 8:03am
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MontyBrunswick

Feb 19, 2013 8:26 AM
For simplicity's sake, say you expect to get 150,000 miles out of your car. I don't know where you live in NEO, so I'll use Stupidville as an example. Steubenville to LA is about 2,200 miles.

You're only "saving" about 1.5% on the cars lifespan by shipping it.

Just drive it.
Feb 19, 2013 8:26am
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Feb 19, 2013 10:13 AM
gerb131;1391910 wrote:On a side note I love Shipping Wars, some hotties on there.
Love me some Jenn on that show....she is smokin. The other chick is pretty damned good as well.
Feb 19, 2013 10:13am
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gut

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Feb 19, 2013 1:12 PM
I don't know how many miles we are really talking (it doesn't make a huge difference), but $1200 doesn't sound horrible out to the West Coast. Depends on fuel price fluctuations and also seasonal demand. April might be pretty good prices because you get all the snowbirds coming back from FL and AZ, so they'll take what they can get going back.

Certainly if you can do better than $1200 go for it. Just make sure you take extensive pictures (with whomever you use) around the outside of the car, and inside for good measure. They all should do a walk around inspection with you and note any dents or scratches that you both sign as acknowledging. Same process on the return then (so don't go for dropping it somewhere and leaving it for you).
Feb 19, 2013 1:12pm