Hey I recently moved to NYC from Florida for a job and decided to leave my car in Florida until I could figure out a parking situation. I found a lot 1 block away from my apartment for $150 a month and my job will pay up to $220 a month for parking. Anyways, I want to have my car shipped up to Brooklyn since I don't want to make that drive again anytime soon.

Does anyone know of some shipping options that I could use? I looked at Amtrak but they require you to be on the train when the car is shipped, and one quote I got was for over $1k from Fort Myers to NJ.

Any help will be greatly appreciated, I miss my tC :-(

Thanks

 

I have seen Horseless Carriage of RT 80 in NJ. Haven't dealt with them, but I know they carry some pricey rides.

 

freight train would prob be your best bet

 

or pay someone 500 plus a ticket back...must be someone u know and trust..

 

Pay somebody to drive it for you... just make sure they don't have split personalities!

 

haha beat u to it...

 

I had my car brought out once from Arizona to Connecticut... cost me about $800, and they brought it over on one of those 18-wheelers that carry like 10 cars at once.

 

I was just kidding... got it from a movie.

 

I shipped a 2dr explorer sport from Westport, Massachusetts to Litchfield Park, AZ and it cost me like $830

18-wheeler is probably the cheapest option. I was shipping a $1500 SUV so I looked for the cheapest option. A willing friend was out of the question since it was a 2000mile drive.

Trains are rather expensive. Alot of man power involved with unloading and what not for trains.

Hire an independent trucker who makes rounds shipping cars. Call around, look online etc. Some offer enclosed trailers at a substantial amount more (like 70% more) but it protects your car from the elements.

Your car is traveling on the coast and we don't usually get hail on the coast. My SUV traveled straight across the US and encountered good sized hail but it didn't damage it (not that I looked it over real well or anything). I don't think you'll need an enclosed.


To sum it up: Call/research for an independent trucking service and you're looking at spending around $700-800 since it's only like 1200miles I think.

 

give me $10k and ill do it

 

x2 on the trucking option... I had my 4Runner shipped from Orange County, CA to Houston, TX and back again within the last two years and it was around 600 bucks each way.

If you're sneaky enough, you could even put stuff in the trunk that you would have normally shipped via UPS or FedEX... if they don't know about it, you're all good, but if they find out that you have a lot of stuff in the car, they'll charge you an added fee for the added weight.

One more thing, you'll have to be somewhat flexible on the pickup and delivery date and time if you want the best price. If you can be without the car for a few days while it's on the truck, then they may be able to offer you a lower rate for shipping. If you HAVE to get it picked up or dropped off on certain dates, they will more likely charge you more.

 

Might as well just drive it back up because some of these prices are pretty high compared to if you drove it back up yourself.

 

If it's possible i'd say drive it for sure. At least that way you get to babysit the car the whole way.

When I move back to MA i'm U-Hauling my car and enjoying me a nice 4 day road trip.



Oh also if you decide to pay to ship it, get friendly (not like that unless it's a woman driver, score) with your driver and he will let you PACK the car full of stuff. My SUV had barely enough room to sit in the drivers seat which is all my driver cared about. Everywhere else was STUFFED with clothes.

The difference it'll be in fuel will be un-noticable and truck drivers are awesome people 99% of the time. Great bunch

 

ill do it for 1k but you gotta hit up gas and ticket back lol

 

I got quoted $900 for my tc from Cali to CT but thats cause i'm military so im not sure how much discount that is. www.aaat.com