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so i bought a celica and need to ship it from New Jersey to Florida. ive talk to a few companies and the prices are a bit high. i would like to pay no more than $500 for the service. i was thinking to fly from florida to new jersey and drive it back but at the end i might spending more money because the car has no tag and insuranse. that means that i would need to trasfer my tag and insuranse to that celica, pay for tolls and gas, car gives around 28mph per gallon (about 1200 miles/18 hours of drive) and pay to flight there about $140

so i dont know whats more convienent. someone kwos a company with low rates?

I bought my Celica about 1200 miles away in AUS, and I ended up flying down and driving it back up because they were charging $800-1200 to transport it, since transporting from Melbourne to Brisbane is very popular, but the trucks are almost empty on the reverse trip.

Hopefully somebody in the states has a better idea

This is why you think things out before committing. Eh, you should only have to get it insured as far as making it legal to drive back home. Get a grace period on tagging it, since you can't tag it until you have the title anyway. Another option is you have a friend with a truck and trailer and tow it home. Personally I wouldn't attempt driving a "new to you" car that far, especially one of that age.

You guys dont have grace periods for insurance? Id say buy one way ticket and drive back. I drove my is300 14 hours to Texas to get my Celica last year. I put in gas 3 times in my is300 on the way there but on the way back up 2 times for the is300 and 3 times for the Celica. It adds up quick but my wife wanted to drive there and back. GL on whatever decision you make

If the car was taken well of and has no known big issues, its fine. Ive seen older cars made it to Minnesota from California, New York, etc. To be honest, i was hesitant about driving the Celica back from Texas but we drove it 75mph+ fine with 195k miles on it lol.

No grace periods on insurance anywhere in the U.S. from what I've found online. Well, if there're still any states that don't require insurance then obviously you don't have to have it. I just don't trust other people when it comes to buying cars, so I always expect something to be off.

i thought about it haha i only have 2 options. like Block said. buy a one way ticket and drive it back, but to do this a need to calculate gas, tolls, tag, insurance etc and that might more than $500... or just pay what most of the companies are asking $650-$750
at the end if i dont find a company who brings it for $500 ill just pay what they ask. But if you know a company or have a truck and you are willing to bring it for $500, you got a deal.

if it were me, i'd rather spend that $650-$750 on myself to drive it home than hiring someone else to do it.

Gas should be around $150 or so. Then cost of ticket and insurance.

This post has been edited by Box: Jan 13, 2013 - 8:51 PM

Ask your ins.co if the will give you a 24 or 48 hr coverage, enough to get you home legally.
If they say $250, then think about saving the driving miles & go for the trailered delivery to you door.

Yeah, for mine I had to get an unregistered vehicle transport permit ($35) plus my normal insurance which I managed to get a free 1 week pass (trial) thing from the insurance company... But that is our laws which I know are quite different

If you have all of your cars with the same insurance company, odds are you have a 30 day grace period. Most companies offer that. However, if you have more than one car and more than one insurance company, you will need coverage.

Exactly. Agree to the letter! I remember driving it home was great experience for me (first time with the car on ferry for example ). Something like this I never forget and I'm glad. Next time I buy some car I will do this the same way.

get a small truck and a tow dolly from uhaul, dont rent it one way its expensive pay the daily fee. Road trip. period..... on the way back bring me some whitecastle.

I had me car shipped from New Jersey to Washington with bidux, it is known as car transportation company with moderate prices. I don't remember how much exactly I paid as it was long time ago but comparing to some other companies that I was searching for, it was relatively cheap.

This post has been edited by Pykelz: Jan 14, 2013 - 1:12 PM

is there a website that calculate tolls? the car is in new jersey 07017 and im bring it to florida 33065 car drives.how i can calculate tolls?

Tolls? I'm not familiar with them. Google is your friend.

i have a friend who have a auto transporting company, i dont think i can give you a website here cuz it might be considered spam, but if you're still interested shoot me a pm and il give you his contact number.

This post has been edited by heavywolf: Jan 15, 2013 - 9:28 PM

Here in texas you can call your insurance company and get temporary insurance free of charge(with at least two different companies I know of), and it doesnt have to be tagged during this maiden voyage so long as you carry proof of your insurance policy for your other car and the bill of sale.

It may be something like 1 week grace period on the registration but so long as you are driving it straight home.

List the states you will be traveling through and I can try to pull up the individual statutes that way you have something concrete and not a bunch of opinions. You should also try calling your insurance agent and explaining the situation to them. If you present the situation as 'do me this favor so you will get my business insuring the car once its home and mine', they will be more likely to see it as a win-win. You are after all going to be in the market for insurance on another car once it gets home.

Ok, so according to New Jersey law, Section 39:3-4 you can temporarily register a vehicle purchased in the state. You will have 20 days to legally move the car. Im not sure if this technically allows you to drive it through all the other states, but you will have a temporary license plate similar to those used by dealers. I imagine, armed with a temporary registration, temporary financial insurance, the bill of sale and the title, you should have no problems with any police who pull you over. You did after all do you best to be responsible, and the Full Faith and Credit Clause(Article IV Section 1 of the US Constitution) requires all states to honor the public records of all other states.
It does also state that if you temporarily register it in another state(Florida for example) that New Jersey would honor that temporary registration





Here is the New Jersey State Transporation Code-
http://lis.njleg.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/om_is...=Doc_Frame_PG42


Hope this helps and Good Luck

This post has been edited by Special_Edy: Jan 15, 2013 - 10:55 PM