{"id":183,"date":"2008-04-10T20:13:44","date_gmt":"2008-04-11T00:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattfife.net\/wordpress\/?p=183"},"modified":"2008-04-10T20:13:44","modified_gmt":"2008-04-11T00:13:44","slug":"your-car-is-now-in-frankfort-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=183","title":{"rendered":"Your car is now in: Frankfort, Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So far so good with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dasautoshippers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">DAS &#8211; Dependable Auto Shippers<\/a>.  They&#8217;ve gone about 340 of the 2400 miles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.net\/special\/sofar.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.net\/special\/sofar-s.jpg?w=640\" border=\"1\" vspace=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They are who are bringing my car out, and are one of 4 shippers recommended by ebay motors.  In talking to a few folks about auto shippers, here&#8217;s what I learned:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Happy Bob drives it:<\/u> Never NEVER use the services where someone drives it out to you unless you don&#8217;t care about the car.  They pay some kid\/person with a license (hopefully) to just drive your car.  One friend had their car totaled when the driver got t-boned just a few blocks from the destination.  Another friend said he got his car &#8211; and it was full of wrappers, McDonalds bags, and other filth, etc.  The guy had probably been sleeping in the car most of the way, and smoked about 10 cigars a day.  He never did get the smells\/cigar smoke out &#8211; not to mention the new &#8216;mystery stains&#8217;.  And when he complained, nothing ever came of it.  The guys that do this are usually the kind of folks who would have taken Greyhound, but found a way to do the drive and make a bit of cash while doing it.  They may not have even had to pass a background screen.\n<ul>\n<li>Good: super-cheap<\/li>\n<li>Bad:\n<ul>\n<li>You add all the mileage and wear\/tear of the trip<\/li>\n<li>No tracking &#8211; it&#8217;ll arrive when they feel like it&#8217;ll arrive.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t know if the person driving will treat your car with any more respect than a rental &#8211; odds aren&#8217;t good if they&#8217;re doing this for a living&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>God only knows how\/where it&#8217;ll be driven and what will happen in your car along the way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><u>Generic car carriers:<\/u> Most of these car carrier companies will quote you based on mileage because they don&#8217;t transport the car themselves.  They just call up the pool of truck drivers and find anyone to carry your car.  These are the most cost-effective way, but you don&#8217;t know who will be carrying it.\n<ul>\n<li>Good:\n<ul>\n<li>car is carried &#8211; no mileage or wear\/tear added<\/li>\n<li>Usually fully insured against damage\/collision<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Bad:\n<ul>\n<li>The guy that transports your car is the one who would take the least amount of money.  Nuff said.<\/li>\n<li>You have no clue who has got your car at any time &#8211; and the carrier usually has no idea where it is since they&#8217;re pairing out the work to whomever. One coworker thought they lost his car when it didn&#8217;t arrive and no call came 5 days after expected delivery date. (the company just kept saying &#8216;It&#8217;s in transit&#8217;). His car showed up <strong>weeks<\/strong> late &#8211; and no explanation of where it had been.<\/li>\n<li>It might be sitting in the parking lot in downtown Detroit all night if that&#8217;s where the driver parked it to swap off with another guy.<\/li>\n<li>Getting damage claims may be a nightmare, as they&#8217;ll need to track down the guy that had the car during the damage &#8211; and everyone can circle point or never respond until you give up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><u>DAS or owner\/carriers<\/u> &#8211; these guys own the trucks and the distribution centers.\n<ul>\n<li>Good:\n<ul>\n<li>no mileage\/wear\/tear &#8211; nobody driving it around.<\/li>\n<li>carried by guys with good insurance &#8211; and since they had it the whole time &#8211; no way to back out.<\/li>\n<li>Written inspection before acceptance and sign-off required after delievery.<\/li>\n<li>You could pay a bit more for a top-load or even closed sides to avoid road debris (I went top load for $150 more)<\/li>\n<li>Cars kept at their distribution centers between hauls &#8211; so they aren&#8217;t just sitting out somewhere.<\/li>\n<li>online tracking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Bad:\n<ul>\n<li>not always the cheapest, but mine was within 10% of regular carrier<\/li>\n<li>Seems to take a bit longer &#8211; 3-4 weeks estimated for me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So far so good with DAS &#8211; Dependable Auto Shippers. They&#8217;ve gone about 340 of the 2400 miles. They are who are bringing my car out, and are one of 4 shippers recommended by ebay motors. In talking to a few folks about auto shippers, here&#8217;s what I learned: Happy Bob drives it: Never NEVER use the services where someone drives it out to you unless you don&#8217;t care about the car. 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