Re: DeLorean Shipping

["Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxx>]

Yeah - find a closer car. The following generalizations are meant as 
some thoughts on buying DeLoreans and may or may not apply to your 
situation. There are always exceptions. 

It always amazes me that people ship cars across the country, sight 
unseen, when there are so many cars for sale everywhere. Someone in 
my town, for example, recently imported a car from Texas when there 
are at least two of them for sale within 50 miles at similar price and 
condition. 

Transportation adds hundreds of dollars (to over a thousand) to the 
purchase price, why not raise your budget a like amount and look 
closer to home? Even if the car is as-described, I'd rather see an 
added $1000 in value in the car itself instead of paid to a 
transporter company. That $1000 could buy a lot of parts, or a better 
car to start with, but as transport cost it adds absolutely nothing 
to the value of the car. At a minimum spend the $800 on an airplane 
ticket and go see and drive the car first. If it passes muster drive 
it home, if not fly back and be glad you didn't make a mistake.

This may not be a popular view but personally I'd never buy a car 
sight unseen unless it was at the parts-car level and price, i.e. not 
much to lose. It's too hard to see some of the significant problem 
areas, especially on cars that have "lived" in an environment that 
you are unfamiliar with. 

In your case, being in AZ a problem is that you may have never seen 
what a Northern car can look like underneath. I'm working on one 
right now that looks great, never been out in the sun for longs 
periods of time, interior etc. immaculate, but the frame is absolute 
toast from road salt. Southern cars can be the opposite - fried 
interior but perfect frame. And issues caused by long-term storage 
and lack of maintenance can happen anywhere. Most sellers try to be 
honest but you really owe it to yourself to know what you are 
getting. 

Dave S

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "captain_hydrogen" 
<captainhydrogen@xxxx> wrote:
> I am preparing to enter the world of DeLorean ownership and went to 
> www.movingcompanies.ws to get quotes from multiple companies for 
> shipping a DeLorean from NY to AZ (2,450 miles approx). Most of 
the 
> quotes have been around $1,050, but one company, 
> www.hurstautotransport.com, gave a Discount Rate of $845.
> 
> Is this a fair, good, great, ... etc. rate or do I need to keep 
> looking? Does anyone have any cheaper alternatives?