Im in the process of buying a car from LA, but i live up in Washington, anyone had experience shippipng cars? I dont think it would be worth the gas and plane ticket and time to fly out there and drive it back :1

 

how cheap did you get it. i personally would either fly there drive it back or drive there and trailer it back

 

yeah, I think a shipper will charge you more for gas + travel + insurance + labor, etc...than you paying for gas

theyre out to make a profit, isn't any cheaper for them so it's going to cost more than doing it yourself

 

The guys towing your ---- are paying more for gas than you are diesel so expect well over a thousand for shipping. Anything you heard from a friend about so so a couple years agos pricing no longer applies at all.

 

ya cheaper just to fly down and buy it, especially if you know they guy will hold the car for a week or so. just because plane tickets wont be as much if you go in a couple days without booking a flight in advance. i live in washington too. and i have flown to pick up a car both in california and georgia. not only is it cheaper but its fun. i dont know i guess im not a lazy *** ------ and also a lot better to at least see/test drive the car before you buy it to. make sure you get the title all that bull ----. last thing you want is to get screwed by a guy not living in the same state.

 

I had a car shipped from Socal(Torrance) to Wisconsin but I got a mad discount through my wife's old job as they shipped it in one of their trailers and it still ran me seven bills. Alot better then when I called around and got like quotes for around 12-1500. Not to mention the majority of transport companies won't deal with cars that don't run so if you find a clean shell for cheap your kinda SOL.

 

depending how much you make in a day, it's more than likely cheaper to just fly down. my buddy recently flew up to washington with his parents to pick up a DA GSR and they drove back. Plus you could see the car in person and determine if it's really what it was advertised to be

 

It costs just under 600 from LA to Seattle... Just do a google search and you will find a shitload of them for that price.

 

by la i meant Louisiana haha

 

by train, my buddy had his car shipped by train for only a few bills