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PSA: paid $150 extra for enclosed transport from Phoenix to Denver and the car showed up dirtier than when it left
So I finally pulled the trigger on moving my 2016 Civic from Phoenix up to Denver for a new job, and after getting like 9 quotes I went with the nicer option, $950 for enclosed instead of around $800 for open. The whole pitch was no road grime, no rock chips, door to door care. Car arrives 4 days late first off, which I sort of expected with auto transport, but then I walk up and the thing is covered in a layer of brown dust like it sat in a field somewhere. Driver says it was from the rail yard they staged at before the final leg, which sounds like a load of crap to me. I paid for a service I basically did not get and all I got back was a $50 credit after going back and forth with the broker for a week. Live and learn I guess, next time I am just doing open transport and saving the cash for a real detail when it lands. Has anyone actually gotten an enclosed carrier that kept the car spotless, or is that whole thing kind of a scam?
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betty_reed611mo ago
Friend paid enclosed, car arrived dusty too.
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simonl861mo ago
My buddy did enclosed shipping on a classic Bronco and it showed up with a layer of dust thick enough to write his name in. He paid close to two grand for that "white glove" treatment too. Turns out the guy just had the car sitting in an open lot for a week before it even got loaded. Enclosed does not mean clean, it just means it is not out in the rain on the highway. Next time he said he would just take the open trailer and save the cash.
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