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Auction cars are cheaper than dealership cars for one reason: the risk sits with the buyer. That trade is a good one if you go in prepared. Here is what to understand about titles, fees, inspection limits and collection deadlines before you register.
Review sites in this industry vary enormously in reliability, and several that look independent rank companies by what those companies pay.
Buyer Beware! We see this advice pretty much everywhere, but we don’t always heed it. Yet it’s especially important to be very careful when it comes to choosing a shipping company to transport your car or other vehicles: scams in the auto transport industry are, unfortunately, plentiful. Especially in our current age of Internet sales and services.
Searching for a transporter returns millions of results and almost no way to tell them apart. Seven checks that separate a real operation from a website.
A shorter move can cost more than a longer one. The reason is corridors, and understanding it is how you get a rural move priced like a city one.
Most motorcycle transit damage happens in the first ten feet and the last ten feet. How the bike is tied down is the question that matters.
An ocean booking with a road move attached. Sailing schedules, the paperwork that cannot be a photocopy, and what gets a car refused at the terminal.
Is this you? You purchased the car of your dreams recently or a few years ago. You worked hard in your career for several years, moving up the ladder until you realized that your dream car - one you promised yourself you’d get when you “made it” was within your reach. You researched different makes and models over several months and you test drove quite a few.
Entitlements generally cover one vehicle on overseas orders, with stateside shipment the exception. Every additional car is your own arrangement.
The cheapest quote and the best price are different things. A rate below what a carrier will run for does not get accepted, so the vehicle sits and the price is revised later. Here is what genuinely reduces the number.
You’ve wisely decided to ask an auto transport company to ship your car to your new home’s location. You may think you can just leave the car as it is and hand the keys to the car shipping company. But - wait! - there are things a few things you’ll need to do get your car ready for transport.
Your first permanent change of station is mostly a paperwork exercise with a truck at the end of it. What goes wrong for first timers is the entitlements nobody explained, the weight allowance nobody checked, and the vehicle decision left until three weeks out.
Should you drive or ship your car when moving? Drive a few hundred miles; ship anything serious. The full cost comparison, including the AAA per-mile math that surprises most families.
