Want to ship car from MD to MA

csteve · May 13, 2020

My (daughter’s) TDI is in Maryland, and I need to get it to Massachusetts. Does anyone have recommendations or suggestions on how to have it shipped here? How much should something like this cost. It runs. Doesn’t need to be towed.
TIA

BuckeyeMan71 · May 13, 2020

Try roadrunner auto transport. But it’s only a 9hr drive

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Mongler98 · May 13, 2020

ill do it!, if its got a trailer hitch, ill tow my ninja and ride back lOL
jk, i aint riding my ninja 9 hours, unless the $ is right lol

eddieleephd · May 14, 2020

Why's it there? Where's she at? If she knows someone there make a deal to get them to drive it.

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Lightflyer1 · May 14, 2020

U-Haul and a trailer or just drive there and drive it back one weekend. I used Reliable for my antique car. $1500 from Orlando, Florida to Austin, Texas.

https://reliablecarriers.com/

mjez · May 14, 2020

Unless you can drive it everything else is going to be pricey. It would be cheaper to find someone trusted to drive it and then put them back on a train or fly them back home.

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JETaah · May 14, 2020

A very big drone. It's the latest thing

drucifer · May 14, 2020

Why is the car to be in MA?
Are you to do repairs or just want your car back?
There are mechanics in MD.
There are buses, trains and planes between MD and MA.
If you're married drive down and visit for a weekend. Fix the car or take it with you. Rinse and repeat on the return.

BobnOH · May 15, 2020

If you must ship it, maybe put it out for bid, like on the TV show.
But there are several easier solutions, suggested. Doesn't the east coast have pretty good passenger rail service?

300D · May 16, 2020

Rent a Budget Rental Truck and trailer locally, drive down, pick it up, drive home. Don't bother with UHaul. Things are different right now, so who knows, but in regular times, reserving a UHaul has literally no meaning or value whatsoever. Uhaul places just rent to first come first serve and pay zero attention to reservations.

csteve · Jun 24, 2020

Finally got the car back on Monday. Total cost $350. Picked up last Wednesday. The driver didn’t know how to drive a stick! My brother drove it onto truck. I drove it off. I guess that’s one way to avoid Covid.
We gave it a thorough washing. I’ve never seen pollen crusted at 1/8” thick before.
I got prices from as low as $300 to $575. FYI

Lightflyer1 · Jun 24, 2020

Who did you use?

csteve · Jun 25, 2020

4 Seasons auto transport out of Florida was the broker. But the company who owned the truck was actually Precise Transportation out of Springfield Mass. The driver seemed to be out of NYC.

jetta 97 · Jun 25, 2020

csteve said:
Finally got the car back on Monday. Total cost $350. Picked up last Wednesday. The driver didn’t know how to drive a stick! My brother drove it onto truck. I drove it off. I guess that’s one way to avoid Covid.
We gave it a thorough washing. I’ve never seen pollen crusted at 1/8” thick before.
I got prices from as low as $300 to $575. FYI

WOW, Mother of the Earth, CDL driver and do not know how to drive Stick shift.

Where this Country going?

Powder Hound · Jun 25, 2020

I guess then that us 5sp lovers have a theft deterrent integral to the car.

Cheers!

PH

BeetlePD · Jun 25, 2020

Not cheap. I tried to ship a car from Chicago to California but price was $800. Then I decided to buy a $100 plane ticket, pickup the car myself, and drive it back. Waaaay cheaper & besides that’s what cars are for (to be driven).

Another option is to take Acela or Amtrak from Boston to Baltimore & get the car.

semmm · Jul 7, 2020

you can try movewheels or uship, i used both of them and totally satisfied, good price and service, everything was made at time, but movewheels a little bit cheaper

Alduinn · Mar 4, 2021

Oh man, I remember back when I was working for Taurus Auto Group that there was a broker company named roadrunner, now they are having their very own car shipping service. That is really great. They have always been a really great company, and really really professional. Besides that, their services have always been on the highest possible level. However, I have never used their car shipping services. The only company that I would recommend you right now, is Guardian. They are probably the best company that I have ever worked with, in this domain.

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