If last night you decided to drive your car to Florida you might have a couple of things you would want to take care of first. The same is true when you plan on auto shipping. The first item that you should consider when car shipping is whether there is anything mechanically wrong with the car that could prevent it from being a drivable vehicle during the auto transportation process. If there is, it is important that you fix it before you ship your vehicle. For example; if the car’s battery no longer holds a charge then you should replace it before auto shipping. This is because your car might sit on the truck for seven days without being started; if that causes your vehicle to become nonoperational the carrier may charge a few dollars more at time of delivery. The risk here is that your vehicle becomes nonoperational during the time that your driver unloads your vehicle to load another vehicle. For example you are shipping your car from Los Angeles to Chicago, the truck stops in Las Vegas to load a car going to Detroit; the car carrier drives your vehicle off to load the other car and then when the auto carrier tries to start your vehicle, it does not start. What happens next is the driver will call a local tow company to have him help load your vehicle, however you will get stuck with a fee for this while trying to simply ship a car.

Car moving and the vehicle transport process allows for some personal possessions like clothes or shoes in the truck of the vehicle; however it is the car carriers’ decision, so you need to be sure about their rules before you meet them for the vehicle’s pickup when planning on vehicle shipping.

It is a good idea to have about a ¼ tank of fuel to reduce your vehicles weight and to have the vehicle clean for the car carriers. By showing the auto transporter that you care about the car transportation process and do take care of your own vehicle, then they will then take good care of your vehicle transportation.

Have at least two phone numbers for both the pickup and drop off contacts, and if it’s a business get their hours of operation as well.

If the vehicle has license plates on it, you should leave them on. Many vehicles are shipped without plates but the plates imply that the vehicle has an owner and will therefore get better treatment. Never leave a for sale sign on a vehicle you are shipping, this does the opposite of establishing the vehicle has an owner.

And remember, when receiving auto shipping quotes, always check the background of the various auto shipping companies being considered as the delivered car shipping quotes are only one of the elements that should be considered in the auto car transport process.