Has anybody bought and shipped a car from out of state? I want to know where and who I can get a shipping quote from. Also what happens exactly? Like how did you pay for it? How do you make sure you don't get scamed? How long did it take for the car to arrive? Does the car arrive at your house? I've never bought and or shipped a car from out of state and I was just kind of curious because I don't like anything local here.
i've used these guys before: http://www.dasautoshippers.com/ they were the cheapest when i had to ship my car to minnesota. i had to drop it off at one of their stations and i think i paid online. when i dropped off my car, they will check r for scatches, dents, mileage, etc and mark them down onto a paper which you should get a copy of. it took them about 2 weeks or so for them to delivery my car from rhode island. when my car arrived, i picked it up from one of their locations. the bad part was that i needed a good detailed job when i received my car.
I had my 911 shipped from Oregon. I paid online and put the dealership in contact with the shipper. I used Das from above and they sucked but these guys are awesome... door to door, only car in the truck, covered at a reasonable price... under $1800 coast to coast: http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...counted-shipping-rates-6speed-members-17.html http://www.intercitylines.com/
How did you guys pay for the car itself? I don't want someone to just take my money and run. The actual car I'm looking at is in CA and I won't travel there to check it out.
i think ur crazy to not take the trip 2 go look at it and arrange shipping if ur that serious about it.
I bought from the dealership. The other car I was looking at was from the LA area from a private seller. There are legit online companies like escrow.com that you can use as a third party. I was planning to use their services but at the end of the day I decided I wouldn't feel comfortable purchasing sight unseen and went for a newer CPO'd car from a dealership. Any way I calculated it (flying out there to make the transaction, flying out there and driving the car back, shipping the car sight unseen, flying out there then shipping it, etc...) it was at least ~$1k out of pocket.
I am from rhode island so i bought my sti there. When i moved to mn i had them shipped the car and i flew down instead since i didn't want to drive 22 hrs. I suggest that you should go and see the car before you actually buy it. Thats a big investment!
DAS and similar companies are not shippers. They are brokers for small companies that actually ship cars. Their customer service and reviews are a direct reflection of this. If possible, find a company that actually owns their own trucks and employs their drivers. They will have more of a vested interest in keeping their customers happy. I went though a small company (1 truck, 1 guy). I saved 30% by doing so, and had better service to boot. Choose wisely.
It's a car from Crawford Performance so I'm not really concerned about actually going there and looking at it. I'm not worried about going there to look at, but let's keep it on topic please.
I went through autotransportdirect when I purchased my sti. I paid $500 to ship my car from VA to MN. Paid for an open trailer, but when the truck arrived at my doorstep, my car was in an enclosed trailer.
meh I bougth my 04 Forester XT online through ebay (hahaha) I think or carsoup.. paid deposit.. flew down to florida with the wife and drove it back.. had it almost 3 yrs without an issue... sold it recently and bought a Landcruiser offline the next day.. flew down 2 days later to Texas and drove it back 16hrs by myself... cheaper than shipping it...
After airfare, gas, lodging, and food? Maybe it's because everywhere I was looking was 3 days drive, but the travel costs and the day of work I'd be missing didn't make it worth my time. I really really really wanted to make a road trip out of it and drive through Oregon, Northern California, Utah, etc... but it didn't happen
picking it up is always cheaper then shipping it (as far as i have experienced) but then again the biggest thing is what is your time worth do you have to take off of work.
buyin gthe Forester wasnt so cheap... as the wife HAD to come too.. this time I said no.. Texas to home... $113 ticket $180 gas $40 food $70 hotel stay worked out better this way
It's a Crawford car? I would definitely want to see it turned over and started and be sure it reaches idle. And I want to do that in person. There's a reason they are no longer on Nasioc. Unless they made right recently and got allowed back on.
What's wrong with Crawford Performance? I'm coming from the DSM scene so I don't know much about them but the Subaru guys I've talked to all said they were a good and trusted company. Can you elaborate?
Where to begin.... They used to be the big name in built motors. But people caught on. They will post on Subaru forums indicating they are breaking world horsepower records for Subarus, but it's on their dyno. Things started smelling fishy when someone noticed they were making 700hp on 720cc injectors. Just for reference, that isn't possible. Then came the "bobblehead" debacle. Quirt Crawford said essentially that he's so good at building blocks that he doesn't have to spec the pistons before installing them, he just drops them right in there. And there is proof out there of this. The pistons were undersized by a considerable amount and would wobble in the cylinder causing damage and excessive oil consumption. The blocks would **** themselves. And they'd blame it on the tuner and wash their hands of it. Basicly, when they get it right, it's usually fine. But when they screw up, it's big. I would never put a Crawford engine into my car for any reason. And if I had to put one in there, I'd take the whole thing apart and make damn certain the tolerances were correct.
I've never heard of this before and no one in the Subaru community has pointed this out to me about Crawford Performance. Thanks, I will look further into this. Any links to past discussions concerning Crawford Performance would be very much appreciated.
