Is it possible to find someone who is reliable that will drive it? Or would that cost too much?
It would seem to me that there a probably a lot of young professionals that would like to see the country on a roadtrip one way then fly back home. Maybe the liability insurance would be high.
--- On Mon, 7/4/11, manjit <mj0a0a@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: manjit <mj0a0a@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Remember when auto transporter companies were reliable and trust
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, July 4, 2011, 10:51 AM
> I transported a 300sd from DC to SF
> last year for 900. I did some research and am not surprised
> on the extra mileage. A lot of them are just brokers with a
> website where they charge you, nickle diming everything,
> giving you 'premium' services like putting your car in front
> etc. The actual work is done by a lot of indy's. The bigger
> cos like the german sounding one are no better, dumping your
> car at 'depots' for pickups by another truck, loading and
> unloading multiple times.
>
> My car made it safe, just because the indy guy who picked
> it up was very cool.
>
> 1984 300sd 260+ miles
>
> --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com,
> JD <jdblackwell2@...> wrote:
> >
> > I paid $1100 to get a 190D from Raleigh, NC to
> > Seattle. Not too unreasonable given the price of
> > diesel but when it got here there were 52 more
> > miles on it than when it was loaded on the truck
> > plus all four tires were flat spotted. AA Auto
> > transport brokered the deal and Rollover Transport
> > was the carrier.
> >
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