car transport

[Steve Marinello]

I have used AAA and Steve twice for two of our A4's, coming from VA and WV
to Houston, and have been very pleased both times.  Miserable service from
DAS/TAS, ebay's 'choice', on the first A4, from VA.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of I.S. Gall
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 7:15 PM
To: thejimrose
Cc: quattro list
Subject: Re: car transport

I've cut and pasted a response from Theodore Chen when he was looking for a
transport last year. I ended up using the same broker for two short notice
auto transports in December and was very pleased as well.

HTH

I.S.Gall


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Car transport
To: Bruce Mendel <brucem105 at comcast.net>, s-car-list at audifans.com


Thanks for all the comments and suggestions.  I decided to go with the
company after Bruce's comments.  The company was up front about how much
money it would get, and how much money would go to the truck.  For this
transport from Louisiana to California, it was $800 total: $150 to broker,
$650 to the truck.  $800 to move a car 2300 miles was a pretty good deal,
door to door on an open carrier, on short notice in just 3 days.

I debated whether to go with a covered transporter, but after realizing that
new cars are moved on open carriers all the time, I went with open.  The car
wasn't that dirty when it got here, and looked great after I washed it.

Below is the review I posted at www.transportreviews.com for AAA Discount
Auto & Truck Transporters, Inc.

I fully realize that this company is a broker, and does not actually move
vehicles itself.  However, brokers do have to find good truckers, and based
on this experience, it appears that this company has access to good ones.

I bought a car from my friend in Louisiana.  He was leaving town on Sunday,
and I needed to arrange transport by then.  I called late Tuesday afternoon
and spoke to Steve Craig.  I explained my short time frame for getting the
car picked up.  He assured me that the chances of finding a truck by Sunday
were good.  I was skeptical because of all the things I had read about long
waits for pickups, but decided to give it a try.  The next morning, I had an
email from Steve saying that he had found a truck and that pick up would be
on Thursday or Friday.  The car got picked up on Thursday and arrived in
California on Sunday, far faster than the 7 to 10 days that I had expected.
 The trucker was friendly, soft-spoken, and efficient.  I tipped him a few
extra bucks for the speedy transport.

I got several quotes and though AAA Discount was not the cheapest, I was
impressed by their attempt to be transparent and educate the consumer.  The
company had a good rating at Better Business Bureau and on this site.  The
only question I had was the small number of reviews on this site, but I was
persuaded by the fact that this company does not charge the customer until a
truck has been assigned.  Steve confirmed this, and explained that because
he does not get paid until a truck is assigned, he has incentive to find a
truck as quickly as possible.  This is key to getting your vehicle moved and
not sitting for several weeks.  I had a short time frame and Steve met it.
 No extra fees were charged for the short notice.

This shipping was practically door to door (truck tries to get close to your
house but has to find a spot big enough to load and unload the car).  Much
better than other companies like DAS, which uses terminals and charges extra
for door to door.  The problem with terminals is that they usually aren't in
the best part of town and your car sits in a big lot with other cars, where
it can be damaged, vandalized, or broken into.


--
I.S.Gall



On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 8:07 PM, thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com> wrote:

> anyone use a good co they would recommend? how about a cheap one?
>
> thx
> jim
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