FYI.....I shipped my X out from Palm Beach FL to CA in 2006, I flew out and took it to a drop off point in Miami for a shipping company named DAS (Dependable Auto Shippers). I did the research and they were the best bang for the buck, with a believable web-site with lots of industry affiliations.

It was the WORST business decision I have made in my adult life! This company claims they have transponders on the truck that your vehicle is transported in so that you can track it on their web-site 24 hours a day in real time. On three separate occasions it sat in one place for more then five days. I was told it would take 10 days to two weeks to ship it from FL to CA. It took 37 days and at one point they lost track of the truck that my X was on, the WHOLE truck.

It was to the point that I thought I had been scammed and I feared that my X was already in a shipping container on a cargo ship headed to Eastern Europe. They claim to be a large organization, but it turns out to be only a motley crew in Texas, that sub-contracts out their Trucks and drivers. I paid extra to have my X shipped in an enclosed trailer and on the top rack (so no leakey tranny pan above would drip onto my X). It was not shipped in enclosed trailer although it was on the top rack of an open trailer, so that it could be sand blasted as it transported across central TX. My X arrived with two dents in the hood and one on the driver side door that it didn't have when it left FL for CA, that they would not take responsibility for.

STAY AS FAR AWAY FROM DAS AS YOU CAN!!!! You would get better service and safe transport of your vehicle if paid an illegal alien, a hitch hiker and a goat herder $750 a piece to take turns joy riding your X across the country. I hope you found my rant helpful?! I wish someone would have warned me about DAS before I dropped off baby with them, good luck with your search and I hope you find safe transport for your X.

BF

PS. I'm also cutting, pasting and e-mailing this thread to everyone at DAS in TX that I managed to get an e-mail address for. As I have done every time I have shared my experiences with others about this company. At this point I have been in contact with at least 7 people that were looking for a cross country auto shipper. I wonder what that has cost DAS $$$ over the past 2 years?!