Shipping Companies

[AWDBOB]

Hey all-

I just purchased an iX in Washington in effort to find a rust free vehicle, and was wondering what shipping carriers you have used successfully in the past.

The car would be going from WA to PA.

Thanks in advanced!

[6A LDY]

you should try going on Uship.com. I just shipped a car and I used it to find a transport company. The car had a flat tire and wasnt running but it was no problem. You can ship it on an open trailer or enclosed, single or multi car on top or underneath the other cars.

The website lets you post an auction for bids for your car (they bid down), or you can accept a rate that the website suggests. For payment, you accept a bid and then pay the website, then when the car is delivered you release the payment to the transporter. It's a safer way to pay in my opinion.

You can also put insurance on the car through the website. They do charge a service fee of about 10% or so, mine was $25. Also just a note a good rate would be about $1 per mile round trip. Anything less than that is pretty good and the highest you should pay would be about $2 per mile.

Hope this helps

[AWDBOB]

you should try going on Uship.com. I just shipped a car and I used it to find a transport company. The car had a flat tire and wasnt running but it was no problem. You can ship it on an open trailer or enclosed, single or multi car on top or underneath the other cars.

The website lets you post an auction for bids for your car (they bid down), or you can accept a rate that the website suggests. For payment, you accept a bid and then pay the website, then when the car is delivered you release the payment to the transporter. It's a safer way to pay in my opinion.

You can also put insurance on the car through the website. They do charge a service fee of about 10% or so, mine was $25. Also just a note a good rate would be about $1 per mile round trip. Anything less than that is pretty good and the highest you should pay would be about $2 per mile.

Hope this helps

That actually really helps, thank you! I set up an account and set up an auction for the guys to bid. The trip is 2800mi from WA to PA, and the auto quotes were at $1100, which isn't too bad, so I'll be curious to see how the 'bids' pan out.

Turns out shipping a car isn't too difficult!

[iansane]

Pay for my ticket home and I'll drive it to you.

[AWDBOB]

Pay for my ticket home and I'll drive it to you.

Now THAT'S an idea. I wonder if the car would make the drive.....

[audiquattrot]

What did u buy? Pix pls

[AWDBOB]

What did u buy? Pix pls

I'm joining the Lachssilber club, in 2dr fashion! Totally rust free, cold AC, maintenance records it's whole life, new cluster, etc. I'm stoked! It was on eBay, if it looks familiar.

[nando]

s54 swap? :p

[blunttech]

Be careful. Insist on seeing a current insurance policy and dont go with the cheapest bid.. Check feedback. As you know these guys are all sub contractors and a lot of them are scumbags. I sold a shell to a r3v member in NY and the driver ripped the core support clean thru dragging the car sideways in my cul de sac. He was late and nobody was there to supervise the loading unfortunately. He of course lied and said it was like that upon pick up. Just be careful. The cheapest isnt the best if you care about the car

[audiquattrot]

I'm joining the Lachssilber club, in 2dr fashion! Totally rust free, cold AC, maintenance records it's whole life, new cluster, etc. I'm stoked! It was on eBay, if it looks familiar.

Nice!! Keep an eye on either those rear springs (snappage) and/or where the rear springs sit on for rust. Friend had a similar sag and he had both.

[AWDBOB]

s54 swap? :p

Suspension and paint first, but that's the plan!!

Man, I didn't think about it, I should've had you do a PPI for me

Be careful. Insist on seeing a current insurance policy and dont go with the cheapest bid.. Check feedback. As you know these guys are all sub contractors and a lot of them are scumbags. I sold a shell to a r3v member in NY and the driver ripped the core support clean thru dragging the car sideways in my cul de sac. He was late and nobody was there to supervise the loading unfortunately. He of course lied and said it was like that upon pick up. Just be careful. The cheapest isnt the best if you care about the car

Absolutely, and thank you for the response. Budget really isn't an issue, granted I don't want to overpay, but I'm much more concerned about the quality/care of the shipper rather than the best priced option. Thankfully you can buy insurance through Uship and the reviews are pretty readily available for each company!

Nice!! Keep an eye on either those rear springs (snappage) and/or where the rear springs sit on for rust. Friend had a similar sag and he had both.

I had him document those areas for me because of what I went through on my red car! I think the struts are just toast, as there wasn't any rust in there, thankfully.

My brothers iX had that sag too, and was corrected with Billys!

[TurboJake]

I've always flown out and drove it back. Nice thing about being in the middle, everywhere in the US is no more than 2 days of red bull, mountain dew, pop rocks, Mcdonalds, and coffee away.

[AWDBOB]

I've always flown out and drove it back. Nice thing about being in the middle, everywhere in the US is no more than 2 days of red bull, mountain dew, pop rocks, Mcdonalds, and coffee away.

Absolutely. Unfortunately, Philly to Seattle is a $5-600 flight, plus the $500 in gas (2800mi), plus wear and tear on the vehicle, plus food, plus a week off of work, etc. It's a lot more cost effective for me to have it shipped, despite that it would be sweeet to road trip it home.

[iansane]

Absolutely. Unfortunately, Philly to Seattle is a $5-600 flight, plus the $500 in gas (2800mi), plus wear and tear on the vehicle, plus food, plus a week off of work, etc. It's a lot more cost effective for me to have it shipped, despite that it would be sweeet to road trip it home.

I just checked with Alaska Air (who I've got some mileage upgrades...) and It's ~300 right now, $190 at the end of the month. I'd cover airfare if you covered gas/food. :) Just saying...

[TurboJake]

Absolutely. Unfortunately, Philly to Seattle is a $5-600 flight, plus the $500 in gas (2800mi), plus wear and tear on the vehicle, plus food, plus a week off of work, etc. It's a lot more cost effective for me to have it shipped, despite that it would be sweeet to road trip it home.

$175.

https://www.google.com/flights/#search;f=PHL,ZFV;t=SEA;d=2014-09-09;r=2014-09-21;tt=o;sel=PHLBOS0B6260-BOSSEA0B6497;q=PHL+to+SEA

I won't bother arguing with the other points except "wear and tear". It's going to be driven regardless, so 1 oil change (IF you ascribe to the whole 3000 miles a change thing) isn't exactly wear and tear to me.

And the week thing? Nah. 3 days. Hell, I have a brother in Philly. Fly me out there and I'll hitchhike back home.