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Anyone with experience Shipping Cars
VishNub
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So, I got a car for Christmas. Well, the title, actually. The car is in California and I'm in Georgia. I need to get it here so that I might drive it. Anyone know how much this will cost me? Or what's involved in pushing the transaction through?
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Honestly, I have a hard time imagining you'll find a cheaper price, though, because shipping a car has to be ridiculous.
You'd have a hell of a time persauding me to shell out 300$ for a ticked to CA, then coming straight back in a car. But that's just me.
I want to know how much shipping is.
Your best bet is to talk to a car dealership. If the car is new, talk to the dealership that sold it or the local branch of the same brand. They may be able to sell you space on one of their regular shipments, or at least they'd be able to point you in the right direction.
Conversely you could try to get someone from CA to drive it out to you, and offer to pay for the plane ticket home or something. I have no idea what shipping a car costs, but I mean it's not going to be cheap.
Try that?
I hear that if you plan your trips in advance, you can get a big discount on plane tickets. Maybe buy the ticket a few weeks before.
My suggestion: get a friend in California to sell the vehicle. Let him keep a hundred bucks for the trouble, then have him just send you a check for the rest and buy a similar model in Georgia. You might even make money.
Edit: vehicles in California tend to be more expensive because (A) everything is more expensive in California and (B) California has tougher emissions standards than every other state in the union. Unless this is a collector's vehicle or an exotic or something, I can't see any good reason why you should go all the trouble and expense of shipping it across the continent.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
If you have to bring it back, just google it. You may find a local shipper (usually a retired old man) who will fly out there, rent a truck and haul the car back. In my experience, they usually won't charge much more than they pay out, maybe 2-300 for profit (maybe more because it's going from coast to coast). But even at that, you're looking at about $1000 to $1500.