A Quick Guide on Shipping Your Car

You can easily ship your car, if you do a little bit ofNow do a little bit of research on auto transport
research. The first thing that you have to do beforecompanies. Investigate each company properly and
relocating your car is to find a proper carrier. Decide onchoose one that is best in terms of price and reliability.
the type of service that will fit your needs. If you haveIn addition, do look at your insurance coverage and that
limited budget, and want cheap service, then the bestof auto carrier.
thing would to be hire someone to drive your car. IfPrepare your car before transporting it. Wash your car
you don't like this service, you can hire an autoproperly and make a detailed written and photographic
transporter to move your car. Auto transporterrecord of any chips, dings or previous image. Remove
provides two types of service - door to door andall the electronic items like DVD players or radios from
terminal to terminal. In door to door service, you willcar. In addition, run down your gas tank until it is 1/8-1/4
meet the truck driver at a nearby parking lot so thatof tank so that you can save on the weight of the
they have room to load and unload your car. Withshipment.
terminal to terminal you will often get a discounted rateIt is very important to note that you turn your side
for dropping off and picking up your car at large automirrors in and also remove the antennae. Other items
storing facility.like fog lights or spoilers should be removed. At last,
After deciding the type of service, you have todisarm your car alarm. Certain carriers may ask you to
choose the type of truck or trailer that you want fordeposit nearly 10-20% of the cost while picking your
moving your car. Enclosed trailers protect your carcar and the remaining amount can be paid at the time
from various elements like weather etc. They oftenof delivery. Find out what form of payment do carrier
deliver your car quickly and are the most expensive.accept, as most of them only accept cash or cashiers
It's the first class of auto shipping. Open trailers arecheck. Upon delivery, if you notice any damages in
available in two varieties - multi-car trailers and flat bedyour car, you can claim for damages from your
single car carriers. Multi car trailers are consideredinsurance company and carriers - most often within 24
cheapest as they can carry three to twelve cars tohours of receiving the vehicle. Before shipping your car,
the same location. Flat beds carry only one car at agather some knowledge about the company.
time.