Ferrari Transporter ** Warning ** Owners Beware

This is the problem. You contract with X thinking they will ship your car. Unknown to you, X subs the job to Jim-Bob Jackback who got out of prison yesterday.

Shipping is one area where you need to focus on more than just cost.

 

Happening all the time. .


We are requiring photos of drivers and to leave a finger print. Those that refuse self eliminate themselves.

Also warning on hot shot transporters.

They typically do not have enough or any insurance.

Ask for proof of insurance. MAKE SURE IT MATCHES THE TRUCK AND THE TRAILER.

I turn away so many people because of this.

I am no longer assisting people with shipping because of how screwed up this whole situation is.

I know 4 people who have had cars stolen.

 

I was just with someone last week in AZ that said they are hearing about this happening quite a bit, especially in the South Florida area.

I don't get involved with shipping anymore because of this kind of stuff.

 

VinWiki just did a video about this. What a mess.

 

That really sucks. Due to the ever decreasing number of people who are any good with these cars reliable long distance transport gets more important every month it seems. I sure hope the trend reverses.

 

Let’s establish a list of non-broker transport companies that we feel confident in as a reference for future need:

- Horseless Carriage
- Plycar
- Reliable Transport
- Shaughnessy Overland Express

 

For my own shipping (again, I don't get involved with customer shipping anymore), I use Passport Transport quite a bit.

 

Plycar is awesome. The owner drives me crazy... Absolutely bat **** crazy but he's is on top of his ****. He's the one guy n. The whole biz that will drive you crazy because he is calling to make sure we are still on schedule for pick up 9 times before he picks it up. Lol. Never ever had an issue.


Also... Guys I'd skip reliable. They aren't. And they are expensive. Plycar gets my vote and pilot. There are many great companies too those two are just great companies I've worked with a bunch.

 

Unfortunately from what I hear and see... It's going to get worse.

My guy I've been using for 15 years is getting out of the enclosed game.

Insurance sky rocketed and so few are running insurance and if you are legit you can't afford to compete. You can't run a truck half empty. You can't fill a truck being 400 more per car.

He also told me that his bank told him that there are 1 million semi trucks out for repo/behind.

I see the good guys hanging it up... And more and more scum bags entering.

I think it's going to get rough for a while

 

Some industries were better off regulated. Trucking was one of them.

 

I don't mean to make this P and R... But... With this presidents focus on immigration... Things might change. Auto shipping is dominated by immigrants. Of course I have zero idea of their legal status but... I can imagine that many are here... Ummm.... Temporarily

 

Yup every theft I personally know of has occured in the LA AREA. but I've heard alot of it in Florida but Florida is full of scams.

Lots of new protocols including me just not helping people with shipping anymore. Lol

 

I remember in 2020 when I was trying to book transport from ATL to LV for the F12, two of my friends had shipping issues. My friend's Cullinan had arrived like two weeks late and the driver broke a control arm and axle trying to unload it, was like a $9,000 repair and took months. At the same time, my friend was waiting on his 458 Spider from MN to LV and the driver also took a meandering route with other pick ups and deliveries that added 7-10 days of panic to what was supposed to be a ~3 week delivery.

That was part of the thought process to go and pick it up in person and drive...

 

Some good thoughts and info in this thread. Thank you!

Makes me even more strongly perfer to drive them now. Having taken a 1,713 mile trip just three weeks ago it offsets a bigger risk with smaller ones (mechanical or electrical problems).

Note to self; stop buying cars in winter.

 

I'll never use a broker. When I started at looking to get my Ferrari delivered, I called a few places. I got nonstop calls and texts for literally years after that. Annoyed the crap out of me, and the business was just stupid. They could have your car for weeks at a time, transfer it to a bunch of different trucks, you'll never get any updates...ended up using a guy that was suggested to me by an F-chatter. Enclosed trailer, definitely more expensive but worth it.

 

these guys have shipped cars all over the world for me, and are super reliable.

https://www.carsworldwide.com/

 

I have used Passport in the past with good results, too. They gave me a link to track the truck without my asking which was nice.

 

I would NEVER use this option

Would ONLY use one of 3-4 national companies.

 

This is a solid car business podcast BTW

 

Plycar is very good. I have also used InterCity Lines several times, great service, but make sure you are dealing with InterCity out of Massachusetts, there is (was?) a fly-by-night broker transport company using the name InterCity and they had terrible reviews.