Car Shipping Services: Standard, Expedited, Use Cases

You need one operable vehicle moved, and you want to see which service fits before you request a price. Every service below books the same way: tell us the pickup and delivery details, and we confirm the price before you pay. We book moves that start and end in the same state, in Georgia, California, Florida and Michigan (the lanes); for a trip that crosses a state line we reply, free, with licensed companies that run it.

What service fits my shipment?

• Standard door-to-door shipping: one operable passenger vehicle, open carrier, scheduled pickup window.
• Expedited pickup request: for pickups needed urgently, checked against real carrier and driver-hours availability.
• Shipping a car you bought out of state or online: coordinating pickup with a seller or dealer after a purchase.
• Car shipping for a household move: moving your vehicle separately from your household goods.
• Snowbird car shipping: timing a seasonal move so you are not booking in the same few weeks as everyone else.

Planning tools

• Transit time estimator: typical days on the truck by distance, and the dispatch time that comes first.
• Quote checker: a worksheet for checking any written quote, ours or another company's, before you pay a deposit.
• Prepare your car and pickup windows: what to do before the truck arrives and why pickup is a window, not an hour.

Enclosed transport and inoperable vehicles

These are requests, not priced services yet. Tell us in your request if your vehicle needs an enclosed trailer or does not run, and a person follows up; we do not show an online price for either today.

What we do not offer

Motorcycles, boats, RVs and heavy equipment; terminal-to-terminal pickup or drop-off (door-to-door vs terminal); international routes and Hawaii or Alaska; and guaranteed pickup or delivery dates. See the home page for the full scope.

How the price works

Every service above is priced from the same drivers: the corridor between pickup and delivery, vehicle size and condition, open versus enclosed transport, how flexible your pickup window is, and the season. Read the cost breakdown for published ranges with dates.

Questions before choosing a service

• My shipment doesn't match any service above. Request it anyway with the closest option and describe it in the notes; a person reviews every request.
• Do you ship internationally or to Hawaii or Alaska? No, not currently.
• Is the checkout live? Yes, for routes that show an online price: you pay on the page, through Stripe. Every other route gets a price from a person by email first, and nothing is charged until you agree to it.

Sources

• Montway Auto Transport, home page (https://www.montway.com/, read 2026-09-21).
• RoadRunner Auto Transport, home page (https://www.roadrunnerautotransport.com/, read 2026-09-21).
• Offer scope and exclusions: our own service terms, as set out on the how it works and pricing pages (2026-09-21).