[Tigers] Auto transporters

[Tom Witt]

 �� I have heard similar stories. The car comes on/off many transports 
always in search of a driver "going that way." And it seems cars can get 
left in yards because the route is nothing that any driver wants. After 
a period of time they accumulate "storage" fees.� Then there is the 
extra fee because the car wouldn't start (easily accomplished by leaving 
the radio on on the last leg - thus it never was a "real" problem). So, 
yes, do be diligent.

 �� When I became aware of that nonsense I flew to the car location. It 
was somewhat inspired by the fact the seller worked for Southwest and he 
gave me a free buddy pass. But even there I started reading horror 
story's about truck trailer rentals. In my case the lowly U-Haul did 
provide me with a 7,000 mile, 10 foot box truck (they don't rent pick 
ups with their trailers). But I read about people wanting/needing 
nothing more that a 10 foot truck and instead getting a 325,000 mile, 24 
foot box truck that broke down mid-route. If I factored the need to have 
bought my own plane ticket it probably would have cost $1.50-$2.00 a 
mile to transport by myself - one way.


On 6/26/2020 7:47 AM, steve wick wrote:
> I'm not sure of the specific company (I can get it if needed) but 
> beware of "brokers". My son had a Jeep transported and went through a 
> brokerage that contracts with independent drivers. They quoted a 
> price, but when the vehicle showed up-3 days late- the driver wanted 
> another $400 or so before he would unload the vehicle. I think 
> Hagerty's recommends Reliable Carriers.
>
> Steve
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/tigers/attachments/20200626/23656dd3/attachment.htm>