ArablueRS3 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 I just wanted to let others in on my experience of trying to ship my car across country. We recieved orders in August to finish my career off at sea. Moving from Virginia to San Diego. At that point I started off looking for an auto transport company. With two cars one getting 60 mpg I wasn't driving this uncomfortable thing. I made reservations with Reliable carriers based off recommendations since originally I wanted it enclosed. I told them to meet me in South Carolina and they gave me a two week window. We arrived here visiting family and the two weeks came and went. I called them and they told me they extended the window out a month and a half....all without notifying me. Knowing we need to be there April 9th they tell me they'll pick it up April 20th. A call the next few days and no one answers the phone. Ok, so I give that one up and contacted another company that was local. He tells me he can pick it up in two days. That came and he never showed. Call them and no one answers. Now, we are at the point of needing to start driving across country. I tried one last time with one more company. Safeway car transport stepped up to the plate. Mike Newson hooked me up with a transporter that within three days (March 27th) picked my car up. Although, it wasn't enclosed it saved me $1000. The driver seemed pretty good and knowledgeable. Long story short if you need a transporter give them a try! Now on to driving across country with a pregnant wife and cat in the back seat...This should be fun! Update: (as of today) Driving started and we are stuck or on hold in Memphis. Looking at the weather for our next stop in OKC looks bad. We have a giant Yakima box on our car and its like a sail in the wind. And it's tornado season....looks like we'll get some Memphis BBQ after all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArablueRS3 Posted March 30, 2013 Author Share Posted March 30, 2013 Oh one more shot since I miss driving her... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kustom_FX Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Safe trip Greg! Hope all goes well for you and the family! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArablueRS3 Posted March 30, 2013 Author Share Posted March 30, 2013 Thanks Scott! Good thing we looked at the weather channel this morning. I-40 heading to OKC could be very disastrous today. I put out an APB on some ribs...Memphis watch out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc2hill Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Safe travels! Keep us posted on the trek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Safe travels Greg, Memphis BBQ my mouth is watering!!! If you like Fried Chicken Gus"s in memphis is the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varga740 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Good luck. It's all sunny here in san diego so that's one good thing to look forward to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ryan Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Welcome to So Cal! I'll be in SD on wed to pick up my new AR-15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_pappy Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Welcome to So Cal! Drive safe and enjoy the road trip. I love the food in Memphis! If you go to Gus's save room for deep fried cherry pie too. Not sure what a GT/CS is back there, but I guess it will be a California Special when you get here. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Be careful driving. I don't know a out westbound, but when I drove eastbound on 40 last month there was a sign that said "Rough Road Next 75 Miles" and they weren't kidding, there were craters in the road in AZ. Not a typo, 75 miles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArablueRS3 Posted March 30, 2013 Author Share Posted March 30, 2013 Be careful driving. I don't know a out westbound, but when I drove eastbound on 40 last month there was a sign that said "Rough Road Next 75 Miles" and they weren't kidding, there were craters in the road in AZ. Not a typo, 75 miles! Was this only in AZ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Eastbound, yes, just AZ. It was brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxcustody Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Good luck on the move........6 months ago I did the opposite. California to VA. Nothing against California folks, but I was glad to get back to the east coast. We drove 2 trucks and 3 dogs it was a long trip........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArablueRS3 Posted March 30, 2013 Author Share Posted March 30, 2013 Ewww two trucks...ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArablueRS3 Posted March 30, 2013 Author Share Posted March 30, 2013 Welcome to So Cal! Drive safe and enjoy the road trip. I love the food in Memphis! If you go to Gus's save room for deep fried cherry pie too.Not sure what a GT/CS is back there, but I guess it will be a California Special when you get here. Bruce I had someone in SC ask me "Are those only sold in Cali? And why did i bring it east?". My wife just shook her head and i just told him to have a good day! That was a weird exchange of questions...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxcustody Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Yeah the one has a cap so all the dogs were in there with their beds. All our other moves we had to find some dump hotel that took dogs, this time they slept in the truck.........every morning had to wake them up, worked great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxcustody Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 By the way that is one bad *** mustang, love the color and looks awesome with the black wheels............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArablueRS3 Posted March 30, 2013 Author Share Posted March 30, 2013 Thanks Scott! Being that we are about to have our first child she may have to go next year. On this trip we are finding out that a Jetta may not hold all of us (child and cat). I may go the 300 SRT8 route or Grand Cherokee (the outgoing model not that new thing). We'll see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcms*2012 Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 One more company I can personally vouch for in the mid atlantic doing x-country for decent rates (incl.enclosed) is C&C Transport ill see if i can post their info here tonight or tomorrow....enjoy socal just watch those cops on the 91 and 405/5 freeways...lol Sent from my LG-P769 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArablueRS3 Posted April 2, 2013 Author Share Posted April 2, 2013 Update: Made it to Albuquerque and the view is great from our hotel. The Sandia mountain range I think. This is the first time being in this type of altitude and we are feeling it. Dizzy, headaches and we just want to sleep. Going even higher tomorrow as we head to Flagstaff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArablueRS3 Posted April 2, 2013 Author Share Posted April 2, 2013 Here are some other pics from this morning drive from Amarillo. Started out with light snow and ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArablueRS3 Posted April 2, 2013 Author Share Posted April 2, 2013 Caddy ranch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxcustody Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Glad to hear you are traveling safely......We loved Flagstaff. Went on vacation there for a week, lots of stuff to see and great town. great restaurants with micro brews. One of the best places we visited when we lived in California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArablueRS3 Posted April 2, 2013 Author Share Posted April 2, 2013 One more caddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArablueRS3 Posted April 2, 2013 Author Share Posted April 2, 2013 Someone isn't happy sitting in this crate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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