I am looking for input as to your experience with enclosed carrier transport. I need to transport a 2002 911 C4 Cab from San Francisco to Austin Texas. As any of you know who may have investigated this matter, I naively entered my information into an online carrier clearing house a few weeks ago, and I received, for WEEKS, MANY MANY emails, text messages, and phone calls from all manner of cats and dogs offering to move my car for me.

I now know that I need to go directly to specific carriers to avoid this treatment again. I have contacted InterCity Lines (Leno uses them) as well as Reliable Carriers, Inc. based in Minnesota. The current quotes are for $1495.00 and $1648.00 respectively.

Does anyone have any moving experience, and do these prices seem exorbitant, or are they in line with what you have seen?

Thanks for the info!
Fred

 

I was looking into the same thing when I purchased my car in TX and needed it delivered to GA. In regards to enclosed, Intercity appears to be the best throughout all the car forums. At the end of the day, I felt it was too expensive for a $16k 996. I ended up using DAS and upgraded to the upper/top trailer option. The cost was half, $600 vs $1200.

I paid for door to door service, but was able to check out the car at the local holding/distribution center. Other than being filthy dirty, the car looked fine. I struck up a conversation with the lot attendant and he wound up washing the car prior to delivery at no charge.

As DAS are brokers, they can't really give you any real time updates as far as the vehicle location. For the price, I would use them again. I would rate my experience as "good" to "very good".

 

I used Plycar to transport my GT3 from Houston to Virginia last spring, and it ran ~$1300. They were really easy to deal with- even had GPS tracking for the truck. Car arrived early, and in perfect condition.

-Larry

 

My only experience is with Dependable Auto Shippers. I won't ever use them again. They move the vehicle in an out of trucks multiple times. The car on the truck above mine leaked oil onto my C4S and they scratched the paint trying to get it off. Too much drama for me.

 

We use Plycar to transport our vehicles- Ferrari, Aston and Porsche from NYC area to Florida. They are very reliable and reasonable.

 

I had excellent service from Door to Door transport. Just had a 2005 C4S delivered enclosed from LA to Indianapolis, they got it here in 3 days. Very fast and they were the cheapest that I found.

 

i used uship to find a carrier to take my car from san antonio, tx to long beach, ca. I didnt go covered just because it was twice the price but either way uship had the lowest prices and they were insured.

 

We used Dependable Auto Shippers several years ago. One vehicle shipped was a brand new VW Touareg. When it was delivered, it had mud all of the interior and scratches. I would not use them again.

 

Make sure to remove everything from the car. I had a delivery company steal the manuals and second key from a car I flew to view and purchase. (hence I knew had those parts before)

 

I used Reliable to transport a 1966 Corvette from Houston, TX to CA (just outside San Francisco). The price was comparable to what you were quoted. No problems with their service and I was kept up-to-date as to how far away the transport was to delivery.

 

In the past 2 years I've had my 911 40th Anniversary and my Panamera Turbo both shipped in covered transport with good results. For the 911 I used Mr. Car Shipper, who subbed it out to Luxury Auto Transport out of Chicago. Cost was $1,150 plus a 3% "admin" fee. My car was on the lower tier and covered and didn't move off of the truck from it's origin in Vero Beach, FL to my home in St Louis, MO. It took about a week to get to me but that was in part due to the Memorial Day holiday, otherwise it would have been to me sooner. The PTT was shipped by Montway Auto Carriers, also out of Chicago. Cost was $1,000 from Las Vegas, NV to St. Louis, MO. Car left LV on Friday evening and arrived STL Monday morning. Here are a few pics if you're interested.

 

I just sold my car last may and it went from S.F. to new owner in Texas. We shipped in an enclosed carrier and I believe it was about $1350 and took about 3 days to get to Texas. Buyer was happy with the car. I'd have to look through the paperwork to find out the exact details. It was pretty easy for me. I dropped the car at the shippers (near airport SFO) we both went over the car to detail any damages and it shipped out next day.

 

Just shipped my bro in laws 991 from Rochester to Orlando. First class, 1257 bucks, and great service. Exoticcartransport.com

 

I researched 10-15 transport companies to move my 2002 911 C4 Cab from San Francisco to Austin. I learned the difference between a carrier and a broker (carrier- desired- uses own trucks, you get the same driver all the way, you know who you are working with… broker simply farms out the job to someone else, you lose contact with the company to whom you paid your money, you lose accountability, etc).

I finally decided on Door to Door Transport, located in Florida. My coordinator, JR, assured me over and over that they are a carrier, they use their own trucks and drivers, don't trust brokers, on and on. I arranged for pickup, contacted the seller, and authorized my Amex card to Door to Door to make a two stage payment: $434.00 at pickup, and the balance of $900.00 at delivery.

Imagine my surprise when, less than one day later, I saw a charge to my Amex for the total amount. Then, before I could call Door to Door (JR) to discuss, I was contacted by Eugene at SHIPPING EXPERTS, a COMPLETELY different company. I immediately phoned JR at Door to Door, who assured me he told me they did NOT have a truck in the area (after sending me an electronic quote specifically saying they would carry the car themselves), and would have to broker the job out. HE also insisted that there was never an agreement to to a two-step payment. JR - remember that name - executed a classic bait and switch scam with me, and I was left to either cancel the whole job, or simply work with the brokered carrier.

I will say that Shipping Experts did a really good job. They arrived on the promised date, their driver, Vlad, was VERY conscientious regarding his pre-trip inspection and post-trip walk around, and I was satisfied with them.

HOWEVER- I caution you to NEVER consider Door to Door as a potential carrier for your car. They may do a good job, but I will never know because JR utilized deceptive sales techniques to, I suppose, take the order. Very disappointed in the integrity of this individual, but I guess you learn something new every day.

 

Montway Auto Shipped my car last week they did broker it out, went smooth with no issues, driver spent 25mins on the precheck before going on the trailer.

Dealer to Dealer auto transport is who i would have used as they dont broker but we missed each others calls.

-W