Got a question for you folks.

When a dealer advertise that he'll ship the car to you. What does that mean? Is it done by train, truck, flatbed, or some dude driving your car to you? What about damages during shipping? Aren't you all afraid of scratches or dents from rocks or careless handlers?

Impostor

 

I live in VA and I had the chance to have a dealer in PA "ship" one to me via rollback. They wanted $500 so, that wasn't an option. A local dealer said they could trade one from their inventory for one from another local dealer. I thought that this was a great idea until I asked how they planned on doing this. Their response was "We have a few old guys that drive cars between dealers for us.". Good luck..just my experience...

Rob

 

Purchased my pre-order Z from out of state and had the car shipped to a local dealer near my house.Paid a little extra for the service.Everything went well.Just keep the attention to details.

 

Generally shipping a car will cost around 500 bucks via some type of commercial carrier (truck, train, etc), I think.

If it is within a hundred miles or so, dealers do use drivers.

I have bought two cars in the last year thru a broker from dealers out of the area. Both times the car was driven to my door by "old guys employed by the dealer(s)". One was 125 miles, the other 300 miles. No problem; cars were in perfect shape when they arrived.

Risk was on the dealer in both cases. If the car was damaged in any way I could refuse acceptance......and would have. The cars were insured by the dealer until I signed the papers accepting the car.

If you find the car you want at an equal or better price, I'd think twice about turning it down because someone else will put a few miles on it.

Do, though, make sure all liability in transit is with the dealer.