Car Shipping

Rather than drive two cars to Texas this summer, I decided to see how much it would cost to have my son’s car shipped. So, I found a car shipping site, requested a quote, and then all hell broke loose.

Seriously, I had six emailed quotes from various car shipping companies within 30 seconds (I’ve since received more than 20). Also, the phone immediately started ringing off the hook. Luckily, it was my cell phone and I was able to turn it to silent mode since I was still at work.

Seriously? There’s that much competition in the car shipping industry? And, if that’s the case, why do I get a dozen companies’ quotes from one company’s website? Something about this just doesn’t smell right. (Note: it turns out that car shipping scams are fairly common.)

Plus, why in the world would I give my business to someone who makes annoying phone calls to me at work without respite? There’s a reason I went through the Internet, you know.

Anyway, as it turns out, the cost of shipping a car is about double the expected cost of gasoline to drive it. I think we’ll drive.