Is there any service or way to ship a car + belongings if you are moving cross-state?

[BamBam215]

Say you want to bring your car and a few belongings (not much). Is there an alternative to driving there yourself? I'm thinking maybe some sort of carrier that can ship your car + belongings (from to the west to the east coast).

 

[Whisper]

Yes, but I don't know any names off hand.

It's fairly expensive, though. I know that to ship a motorcycle cross country costs upwards of $600.

Edit: I believe there are also services that will drive your car cross-state for you.

 

[RossMAN]

Be prepared to shell out some $$$

 

[Kenny]

Yep it gets costly. This is why a lot of people decide to sell off big things and start anew.

 

[dcdomain]

Here's a list and information of some auto shipping companies: http://www.snowbirdhelper.com/auto_transport%20-%20ship_your_car.htm

I was reading through some of them, and they state that you can't put belongings in the car. But when my friend shipped his car from NJ to CA, he basically loaded all his belongings into this car. So I guess this will vary by company.

 

[Ryan]

Yea, just load the dammed thing into the moving truck (I saw it today while I was delivering pizza - an older corvette was strapped down in the back of an extremly large moving truck)

 

[RichieZ]

Funny this should come up, at the end of this summer I need to ship a car from San Jose, CA to Chicago, IL. I thought i read somewhere that dealerships would help you with this, as they ship cars all over the country. Maybe i'll just drive the damn thing there.

 

[chiwawa626]

How about shipping a car full of belongings?

DAS is the company that Ebay reccomends people to ship their cars with...heres the link