California car shipping runs $600 to $2,025 on an open trailer for an operable mid-size vehicle, and the route decides where you land. In state, Los Angeles to San Francisco is $600 to $800. Texas is $1,000 to $1,525. Chicago is $1,225 to $1,450. Florida, the longest haul, is $1,425 to $2,025.

Because a single figure would be a guess dressed up as a fact. Every range on this page is carried from the route page that publishes it, so the hub and the lane page agree. A range also tells you something a single number cannot: how much room there is between a flexible booking and a tight one.

San Diego to San Antonio at $1,000 to $1,150 is the lowest long-haul figure we publish out of California. It is the shortest run to Texas at 1,250 miles, and San Antonio sits right on the I-10 line, so the truck reaches it without a detour.

San Francisco to Miami at $1,875 to $2,025 over 3,045 miles. It is the longest lane we run out of California, corner to corner across the country, and it takes 8 to 10 days on the road. Sacramento to Orlando is close behind at $1,825 to $1,975.

From one day in state up to ten days coast to coast. Texas is 4 to 6 days. Chicago is 5 to 7. Florida is 6 to 10 depending on which corner you start from and which you finish in. Those counts start when your car is loaded, so add your pickup window for the full timeline.

Yes. Smart Auto Move Inc is at 5111 Harold Way, Suite 301, Los Angeles, CA 90027, on 213-766-0064. It is one of our four staffed offices and it supports the whole state. It is an office rather than a storage yard, so your car is collected and delivered at your own address.

No. It goes from your address straight onto the carrier and stays under the carrier's Carrier Cargo Insurance until it comes off at the other end. Our offices are where dispatchers book your transport and keep you posted, not places a vehicle waits. Fewer hands on the car and no gap in coverage.

All of them. Los Angeles and the whole basin, Orange County, the Inland Empire, San Diego County, the Bay Area including San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose, Sacramento and the delta, Fresno and the Central Valley, Bakersfield, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Redding and the far north.

In most of the city, yes. San Francisco is the hilliest place we collect, and blocks like Filbert and 22nd hit gradients no loaded carrier will attempt. There we load down in the flats instead, usually a few minutes' walk away, and it costs nothing extra.

Same answer, different hills. The Valley, South Bay, Orange County and the Inland Empire all load easily. The hillside streets above Hollywood, Silver Lake and Laurel Canyon were laid out for much smaller vehicles, so the driver picks a wider street nearby and meets you there.

Then we meet outside it. A loaded car carrier is around 75 feet long and cannot enter a garage with a height limit. The driver picks a wide spot on the street or in a nearby lot, which takes a few minutes and adds nothing to your price. Mention it at booking and it is arranged before the driver sets off.

Yes. Every range on this page applies whether the car is leaving California or arriving. A few individual lanes shift slightly by direction because of seasonal flow, and where that happens the route page says so rather than leaving you to guess.

Two to three weeks is comfortable on the long routes to Texas and Florida. Flexibility matters more than notice, though. Trucks fill one spot at a time, and a driver with one space left takes the car that is easiest to collect on the way rather than one they must detour for.

Enough to be worth asking about. Our standard pickup window is 6 days. Expedited narrows it to 3 days, which is 72 hours, and costs more. Going the other way and offering a wider window puts you at the easy end of a driver's board, which is where the better figures sit.

The two-level trailer carrying nine or ten cars, the same equipment that delivers new inventory to dealerships. Every price on this page is an open price. Your car is exposed to the weather it would meet being driven, and it arrives wanting a wash.

Enclosed runs about 80% more than open. Against a Los Angeles to Houston range of $1,100 to $1,400, expect somewhere around $1,975 to $2,525. California ships more collector and exotic cars than any other state, so this is a busy option here. It is the right call for a valuable finish, a low car or fresh paint.

Yes. It needs a trailer with a winch and a driver equipped to use it. Budget $200 upward on top of the running price. Three answers decide which rig we send, so have them ready: does it roll, does it steer, does it brake. Tell us at quote time and the right truck turns up first time.

A mid-size SUV usually adds $75 to $150 over the ranges here. A full-size pickup or a three-row SUV such as a Suburban or an F-250 typically adds $150 to $300. Trailers are limited by height and weight, so a bigger vehicle takes room the driver could otherwise sell.

Yes, and California is the busiest state in the country for it. Bring it to about half charge, give us the exact model so the weight is right, and switch off anything that wakes the car while it sits. The heavier EVs price a little above a comparable gas car, because weight is what a trailer is limited by.

It depends where in the state you start. Southern California runs east on I-15 and I-40 through Flagstaff and Albuquerque, which stays low and dry all winter. Anything from Fresno north rides I-80 through Reno, Salt Lake City and Cheyenne, which is quicker in summer.

It can, and it is worth knowing before you pick dates. Donner Pass on I-80 above Sacramento and the Wyoming high plains both take snow, and either can add a day between December and March. Drivers wait out a closure rather than take a loaded trailer over a pass in a storm.

There is. A driver can drop south and pick up I-40 instead, the same road southern California uses. It adds mileage but keeps the car moving rather than parked at a closure. If that becomes the plan your driver will tell you.

Your vehicle moves under the assigned carrier's Carrier Cargo Insurance, live from loading to unloading with nothing uncovered between. We confirm each carrier's coverage is active before dispatch and we will email you the certificate for your specific carrier whenever you ask.

Smart Auto Move operates under USDOT 2887232 and MC 969368. Both are public on the FMCSA SAFER system, and we would rather you checked them than took our word for it. Looking those numbers up is the quickest way to tell a real transport company from a website.

Asking for a quote online keeps things online. We use what you give us to answer you and nothing else, and we do not sell your information. Our phone line is always open if you would rather talk it through, on 213-766-0064 in Los Angeles or 888-709-9078 nationally.

Someone does, and it need not be you. Any responsible adult will do: a partner, a relative, a neighbor, a building manager, a coworker. They hand over or receive the keys, walk the car with the driver and sign the condition report. Give us their name and a cell number at booking.

Usually yes, within reason. Keep it to around a hundred pounds, in the trunk and below the window line so the driver can see out. Carrier Cargo Insurance covers the vehicle rather than its contents, so anything valuable or hard to replace travels better with you.

Wash it, because dirt hides the marks the condition report should record. Leave about a quarter tank of fuel. Turn the alarm off. Then photograph all four corners, the roof and the wheels in daylight. Five minutes of that makes the handover at the far end simple.

It is the inspection you and the driver both sign at pickup, recording every existing mark on the car, and sign again at delivery. Keep your copy. Compare the car against it in good light before you sign it off, and take your own photographs again while you are there.

Note it on the condition report before the driver leaves, photograph it, and call us that day. That written note at the curb is what makes a Carrier Cargo Insurance claim straightforward, and we file it with the carrier for you. It is uncommon and it resolves much faster when the paperwork happens on the spot.

Yes, and it usually beats two separate bookings. Two vehicles from one California address to one address at the far end save the driver two stops, and that efficiency shows up on the second car. Ask for both at quote time and we will price them as a pair.

You get the driver's name and direct number once the carrier is assigned, which on a cross-country run is more useful than a dot on a map. Drivers will tell you roughly where they are and give you a real delivery window about a day out. Our Los Angeles team checks in as well.

Not with us. Whoever loads it in California unloads it at the far end. No second company partway, no night in a storage yard. Damage in this business clusters at exactly that transfer, so a route without one removes the opportunity rather than insuring against it.

A deposit goes on a card once the carrier is assigned, and the balance is settled with the driver at delivery. That balance is usually cash, a cashier's check or a money order, and your driver confirms which they take when the delivery window is set.

Yes. The price we quote is the price you pay, as long as the vehicle, the route, the condition and the shipping details stay the same. That is the Smart Price Promise. What changes a quote is a change in the facts, so tell us early and we re-price it before dispatch rather than after.

Diesel. Fuel is the largest single cost in hauling a car and it tracks the market, so we review these ranges against it rather than leaving a number up for a year and hoping. Treat the page as a benchmark and the calculator as your actual price.

Registered business address: 4208 Six Forks Rd Ste 1000, Raleigh, NC 27609. Our four staffed offices are in Lakewood, Washington; Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois; and Kissimmee, Florida. California is handled out of Los Angeles.

Use the form at the top of this page with both ZIP codes, the year, make and model, and whether the car runs. You will have a real figure in minutes rather than a teaser rate that moves later. You can also call Los Angeles on 213-766-0064 or the national line on 888-709-9078.