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Old 06-26-2004, 03:49 PM
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I'm moving out to California and need to ship my car out there as cheap as possible. Anyone have experience in shipping vehicles or recommendations??? thanks.
Old 06-26-2004, 05:27 PM
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Give me a grand and a gas card and I'll run it out there. That is, if it's a fun car to drive.
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ok you going to go by plane or drive the whole way? is you're going to drive get a uhal and tow it. go to yahoo and search auto shipper
and i think das is really cheap and you can transport it closed too
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I bought my car from a dealer in MA and had it shipped on a "Closed" truck for ~$1000, but when it came in it was filthy, so I'm pretty sure I spent an extra couple hundred bucks on nothing. Dependable Auto Shippers was who I used.

Other thing you could do is have someone drive it out here. Buy a CA S2Ki member a 1-way plane ticket and have them drive it back.
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Originally posted by Nobody
.....Buy a CA S2Ki member a 1-way plane ticket and have them drive it back.
oh look...NOBODY just happens to live in CA....wonder if that CA S2Ki member could possibly be him?? Im sure he was pitching for business there!

just joking...hell i wouldnt mind the drive either!
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My friend did that for his boss in a pimped out navigator (boss was a movie director). 3 day trip, NY > SoCal...said he had a blast!

I wouldn't mind either
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haha, you guys are too funny. Unfortunately the car is a 95 Civic. I'm waiting till I get to SoCal to buy my S2k. I CANT WAIT!! Is 1000 the going rate? That seems like a lot. I guess Ill just drive out there.
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why don't you just sell your civic and then buy another car when you get to cali?? unless you plan on continuing to register the car in NY, then you're gonna have to go through the hassle of getting your out of state car CA-certified.
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Originally posted by FifSkin
I'm moving out to California and need to ship my car out there as cheap as possible. Anyone have experience in shipping vehicles or recommendations??? thanks.
Im moving from Ca To GA and got lots of quotes for my Rx-8 and Rx-7. www.wheelsonwheels.net are the cheapest. Runs me about 815 for each.
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by VTEC_Junkie
why don't you just sell your civic and then buy another car when you get to cali??
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