Shipping a car from the USA
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From: San Jose
That is a really good price for U.S. to the Middle East, especially if it went off without a hitch. Just be careful of bait & switch pricing schemes, which seem more prevalent with overseas transport. I've done this twice, once with Ship Overseas and once with A-1 Auto Transport. Their prices were more or less the same, but Ship Overseas certainly made up for it with some additional fees along the way. Make sure you look for experience & professionalism--it can save you a lot of time, trouble and money.
Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Going home
Hi Glf,
Can you give some details please?
Company you used, is it worth it, total cost, how it feels like driving on the wrong side etc
We might do the same before I sell the car here next month if its worth it.
Cheers
TI74
Can you give some details please?
Company you used, is it worth it, total cost, how it feels like driving on the wrong side etc
We might do the same before I sell the car here next month if its worth it.
Cheers
TI74
Joined: Sep 2006
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From: any town as retired.
Briefly, UK agent was ShipMyCar.com and they arranged pretty much everything.
UAE to UK plus all UK paperwork, and tax/MOT/plates/service was about £3300. Only thing you have to do is get the Car export test certificate in the UAE and fill it with all your stuff! (Contents will not be insured however)
They were very polite and did a great job, but the comms eg progress reports were a bit lacking.
Bottom line, well worth it overall and I'm driving my beloved Mustang again over here.
UAE to UK plus all UK paperwork, and tax/MOT/plates/service was about £3300. Only thing you have to do is get the Car export test certificate in the UAE and fill it with all your stuff! (Contents will not be insured however)
They were very polite and did a great job, but the comms eg progress reports were a bit lacking.
Bottom line, well worth it overall and I'm driving my beloved Mustang again over here.
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From: Going home
Thanks Glf,
I also got a quote from the same company, mine came to 4000£ probably being an SUV.
I guess you'll be driving your Tang as a secondary car, mine will be the primary drive around car, in my case with the petrol and insurance it might not worth it.
Many thanks
TI74
I also got a quote from the same company, mine came to 4000£ probably being an SUV.
I guess you'll be driving your Tang as a secondary car, mine will be the primary drive around car, in my case with the petrol and insurance it might not worth it.
Many thanks
TI74
Joined: Jan 2009
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From: Qatar
to Qatar
You can have good bargains from say Miami or Norfolk to DOHA, considering the market conditions. Just be careful of bait & switch pricing schemes, which seem more prevalent with overseas transport. We did this twice, once with Export Overseas and the other time with A-1 Auto Transport. They had equivalent prices, but Export Overseas did come along for the job with some additional fees along the way. Make sure you look for experience & professionalism--it's your car, and you don't want to recover it as a wreck in the DOHA harbour.
QR pilots have discounts ...
QR pilots have discounts ...
