Best way to ship car from Texas to California?

driftmem3 · 05-09-2016, 01:15 PM

Hi,

Anyone have personal experience shipping cars accross country?

Looking for reliable shipper at fair rate.

Thanks!

Mywifes335 · 05-09-2016, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by driftmem3

Hi,

Anyone have personal experience shipping cars accross country?

Looking for reliable shipper at fair rate.

Thanks!

Not sure about TX to CA, but I had my car shipped from NJ to TX and then TX to NJ. Will be shipping back to TX from NJ soon.

First time was on company dime, inside a semi with the rest of my belongings. 18-wheeler with my own trailer. The drivers estimated this to cost $1200.

Second time was through one of those brokers (they're ok but they take $75-100 right off the top). I met with the drivers and it was your typical 18-wheeler car carrier. Car arrived on time and undamaged.

The broker was Nationwide Transport, the carrier was JPF Trucking. Total cost was $545. I'll try to contact JPF directly this time.

Hope this helps.

mremg · 05-09-2016, 01:57 PM

Checkout U-Ship. You can get bids from various auto transport company and I've had good experiences.

R3dliner · 05-09-2016, 02:00 PM

Take the drive. I just did a Houston to NY in 3 days. Was lots of fun

///M Ryder · 05-09-2016, 02:01 PM

Just shipped my E92 last week from TX-CA......the buyer did the leg work and the car arrived in one piece at the scheduled time. I have no affiliation with the company but they got the job done. Car left on a Saturday and was in buyers garage Wednesday..........Phil

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FC4 · 05-09-2016, 02:34 PM

I only use JP Logistics. http://jplogistics.net/

TXSTYLE · 05-09-2016, 03:57 PM

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I only use JP Logistics. http://jplogistics.net/

THIS!

1MOREMOD · 05-09-2016, 04:09 PM

Drive

P1 · 05-09-2016, 05:19 PM

Might be in the same boat soon.

kprocivic · 05-09-2016, 05:28 PM

If you can get the time off I say drive as well. My cousin drove my car from Vegas to Cali and he had a blast. Why did he drive, cause I bought the car on vacation and I wasn't leaving Vegas early for shit.

djpeetur · 05-09-2016, 05:31 PM

intercity lines. Irvine to Dallas. $1595, door to door service, enclosed trailer, Jay Leno uses them. If its an M car I would use enclosed trailer.

Mywifes335 · 05-09-2016, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by djpeetur

intercity lines. Irvine to Dallas. $1595, door to door service, enclosed trailer, Jay Leno uses them. If its an M car I would use enclosed trailer.

If it's a fake M like mine, you can use a partially enclosed trailer.

Never_Enough · 05-09-2016, 06:41 PM

PM me if you want the # to the guy I used to ship my Z06 from TX to PA.

Banana Hammock · 05-09-2016, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Mywifes335

If it's a fake M like mine, you can use a partially enclosed trailer.

djpeetur · 05-09-2016, 10:39 PM

troll

P1 · 05-16-2016, 11:11 PM

Has anyone used uShip? It seems that there are a lot of bad reviews...

P1 · 05-17-2016, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by djpeetur

intercity lines. Irvine to Dallas. $1595, door to door service, enclosed trailer, Jay Leno uses them. If its an M car I would use enclosed trailer.

Just sent them a quote request. Thank you for the suggestion.

djpeetur · 05-17-2016, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by P1et

Just sent them a quote request. Thank you for the suggestion.

let us know what they said. they said they need 2 weeks lead time. but its more like 1 week for me. and they said it would take 7-10 days from irvine to dallas. door to door.

RoundelObsession · 05-17-2016, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by driftmem3

Hi,

Anyone have personal experience shipping cars accross country?

Looking for reliable shipper at fair rate.

Thanks!

I highly recommend Plycar. Call the California location and talk to Nick. I recently shipped two cars from Houston to the Irvine area. They gave me a good price, but most of all they did everything they said they would. It took three days from door to door.

bimmertones · 05-17-2016, 06:26 AM

U Ship is the best.

P1 · 05-17-2016, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by djpeetur

let us know what they said. they said they need 2 weeks lead time. but its more like 1 week for me. and they said it would take 7-10 days from irvine to dallas. door to door.

I was just quoted $1,495 for enclosed...

Schulz · 05-17-2016, 10:39 AM

Yes, it depends if you are selling to someone / company there, they will often want to take care of shipping themselves, saves you doing the work.

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///M Ryder Grown Azz Man 429 Rep 3,021 Posts Drives: GT4 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Texas iTrader: (8)	Just shipped my E92 last week from TX-CA......the buyer did the leg work and the car arrived in one piece at the scheduled time. I have no affiliation with the company but they got the job done. Car left on a Saturday and was in buyers garage Wednesday..........Phil Exclusive Auto Movers
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djpeetur Captain 170 Rep 955 Posts Drives: F80 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Plano TX iTrader: (23)	intercity lines. Irvine to Dallas. $1595, door to door service, enclosed trailer, Jay Leno uses them. If its an M car I would use enclosed trailer.
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