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Do Gas Prices Affect the Cost to Ship My Car?

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If you’re looking into hiring a company to move your vehicle for you, you may be working with a strict budget. How do gas prices affect the cost of shipping a vehicle? In this article, you’ll discover how it works so you stay within budget and pick the right carrier for your needs.

Changing Gas Prices May Affect Your Quote  

When you move your vehicle by yourself, it can be a costly experience: there’s the cost of gas, food and shelter along the way, and the cost of time away from your job to move your vehicle! If you choose a car transport carrier to move your vehicle, there are still things to consider, and a budget you have to work with. But, it won’t cost you an arm and a leg to move your car—even when you’re moving from one end of the United States to the other. The distance to the location is the most influential factor when it comes to the price of your move. If you need your vehicle to be shipped to a major city like New York or San Francisco, this may be cheaper than having it shipped to a remote town.

Choosing the Right Car Transport Broker

Shipping your vehicle from Los Angeles to Chicago with higher gas prices one week could cost you $1,300, while the following week it could cost you $1,500. While the time your vehicle is delivered will affect the overall gas price, the right shipping company will inform you of a change in your quote from the beginning—and before you sign along the dotted line. You can plan for the easiest car shipping process and remain within your budget by researching reputable car transport brokers ahead of time, ask questions about the transport process, and research the industry.

At Ship A Car Direct, they focus on the overall customer experience. They are the leader in car shipping excellence, BBB accredited, and offer customers a damage-free guarantee. Why would you want to place your vehicle in the hands of anyone, when you can trust the experts to treat your car like they would their own? Contact them today for a free quote and experience a quick and easy transport experience!

Frequently Asked Questions

Honest Answers to Your Car Shipping Questions

Yes, we always ask for your specific pickup and delivery addresses, if the carrier can get right to the addresses you provide, they will. If the addresses that you give us are not safely accessible for a Multi-car carrier, however, you will need to make arrangements with the driver to meet at a nearby location where the carrier can safely get in and out.

People do it all the time (rarely for free) but the official answer is no.

Not what you wanted to hear, we know, but that is the honest answer.

We are not licensed to broker the shipment of household goods and, likewise, no car carrier that operates in the USA is licensed to transport them from state to state either. Despite what you might be being told by other car shipping companies you may speak with.

Remember, at the end of the day we're all salespeople, and the true answer to this question is not a great selling point.

You will hear a lot of companies tell you that you can put up to 100 pounds of items in the trunk, but that is not entirely true. That fact is that items of that amount are fairly common and the department of transportation is probably not going to split hairs and fine the trucker over items of that amount, provided they are not over their weight limit. They could fine them, however, if they see a vehicle stuffed full of personal items so the car carrier will most likely try to negotiate something with you to cover themselves against any costs they could incur. It's not something we can build into your contract though.

We have a short and helpful video on this topic in our user videos.

Only in rare cases and car carriers will usually charge a premium to make it happen.

All dates given by car carriers are typically estimates and projections.

For this reason (and to keep your cost down) we ask that you build in some flexibility and give us the earliest possible date you would be WILLING to release the vehicle, even though it may not be your preferred date.

We'll put you in direct contact with your car carrier and the driver will also typically call you the afternoon or evening before your pick up and delivery (they won't just show up unannounced, and if they do we want to hear about it). However, car carriers are out on the road battling traffic, weather and any number of other factors that can and do throw them off of their pickup and delivery projections from time to time.

If the projected dates we give you come and you are unable to make contact with your carrier, please call our office immediately so that we may help resolve the situation.

The average transit time from pick up to delivery on any vehicle going coast to coast will average 7 to 10 days. From there you can figure your transit time based on how far your vehicle is traveling, i.e. from either coast to the Midwest might average 3-7 days.

Yes!

Even better, we do not even ask for payment until we have you confirmed for pickup by a safe, reliable, fully insured, direct car carrier. If for any reason you do not ship your car with the carrier that we arrange for you, there is no fee.

The fees paid directly to the carrier however, (in most cases, their fees are not paid until your vehicle is delivered) are not directly controlled by us, so any requests for a refund of the carrier's portion would need to be addressed with the carrier directly.

Of course! And you are always backed by our Damage Free Guarantee policy.

Part of what you pay us for is to verify that the car carrier that we put you on is covered by the proper amount of insurance and that everything is up to date.

There is never any additional cost to you for this coverage, and their insurance is always primary.

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