How a car moves, not just where

The rest of this site prices routes. These pages answer the other half of the question — what kind of shipment you are actually booking, and what each choice does to the price.

Enclosed car transport

A closed trailer costs more than an open one. How much more depends on distance, and it moves the opposite way to what most quotes imply.

Military car shipping

A PCS move lands in the same weeks as everyone else's summer move, which is the single biggest thing working against the price.

Classic car transport

Two things separate a classic from an ordinary shipment: it often does not run, and its value is not what a standard cargo policy assumes.

Door to door car shipping

Almost every quote you will get is door to door. Terminal service still exists, and it is worth knowing when it is actually cheaper.

Luxury car shipping

A modern high-value car is not priced as a luxury; it is priced as a large vehicle in a closed trailer. Those are two separate multipliers.

The cheapest way to ship a car

Four levers change a car shipping price by a meaningful amount. Everything else you will read about saves nothing.

Car shipping insurance

A broker's bond and a carrier's cargo policy are different things that protect different people. Conflating them is the most common error in this industry.

How long does it take to ship a car

Transit is a range, not a date, and the range is set by road miles. Here it is across every lane we price.

Car shipping cost per mile

There is no single per-mile rate, and anyone quoting one is averaging two numbers that should never be averaged.

Multi car transport

A second car on the same truck is cheaper than a second shipment, but not by half. Here is the actual arithmetic.

College student car shipping

The whole country moves students in the same fortnight of August. Booking around that fortnight is the entire strategy.

Snowbird car shipping

This is the one lane in the country where the direction you travel changes the price more than the distance does.

Non running car transport

A car that will not start is still a straightforward job. A car that will not roll, steer or brake is a different job entirely.

Every price on these pages comes from the same model the calculator uses, fitted to completed shipments and indexed to the weekly national diesel average. They are estimates, and a real quote from a real company can land either side of them.