It depends where the car is going. We publish national bands by distance across the site: roughly $450 to $900 under 500 miles, $900 to $1,600 from 500 to 1,500, and up from there. Cranston sits on I-95 between two of the busiest markets in the country, which helps. Put both zip codes into the calculator for a live figure. It takes about a minute.

One to two days to Boston or Hartford. One to three to New York or Philadelphia. Two to four to Washington or Charlotte. Three to five to Chicago or Atlanta. Four to six to Florida, and seven to ten to the West Coast. Those days start once the car is on the trailer. Your pickup window comes before that.

Usually not, and we would rather say so. Boston is about 50 miles up I-95. That is under an hour, and a shipment costs more than the gas. Ship it if nobody can make the drive, if it is a second car, or if the vehicle does not run. Otherwise drive it. For anything past about 300 miles the numbers start to favor shipping.

It is the line between the two halves of Cranston. East of I-295 the city is dense and built up, with older village streets in places. West of it, Cranston turns semi-rural with wide roads and long driveways. Both are easy to serve, but a driver plans them differently. Tell us which side you are on and the right truck gets matched to you.

In most of the city, yes, right at the address. Garden City, Oak Lawn, Pontiac and the newer western neighborhoods all have room for a full-size truck to turn and load. The tighter spots are the older village streets, Pawtuxet Village, Edgewood and parts of Knightsville, where parking runs both sides. There we pick an open spot a few minutes away at no extra cost.

All of it, and the whole state is a short run. I-95 crosses Rhode Island in about 42 miles end to end, so a driver already in Cranston can reach Providence, Warwick, Pawtucket, East Providence, Woonsocket, Newport, Westerly and everywhere between in well under an hour. Very few states can be served that easily.

It is the spread of days when your car will be collected. Six days on standard, three on expedited. Count forward from the date you name. Widening it is the cheapest way to improve your price, because it lets us use a truck already running your route.

It runs all winter and asks very little of you. Southern New England gets snow and the occasional coastal storm, which can move a pickup by a day. Clear the loading spot before the driver arrives and brush the snow off the car so the condition report is accurate. Book a week earlier than usual for a January move and it goes quietly.

Open, for a daily driver, and that covers almost every car we move here. Plan on about 80 percent more than open for enclosed. A $1,000 open move is roughly $1,800 enclosed. A hard-sided trailer takes two to six cars against ten on an open one, so fewer cars share the cost. Enclosed earns it on a classic, an exotic, fresh paint, or a winter run through the road salt.

Four things. Wash it, so the condition report is clear. Take out valuables and loose items. Leave about a quarter tank of fuel. Turn off the alarm and check the battery holds a charge. The driver has to start the car and drive it onto the trailer, and a flat battery is the most common reason a pickup slips a day.

You or someone you name. Whoever meets the driver hands over the keys, walks around the car with him and signs the condition report at both ends. It does not have to be the person who booked. Give us a name and a phone number for each end and the driver calls whoever is actually there.

Yes to both. The carrier hauling your car holds Carrier Cargo Insurance and it covers every mile. We hold that carrier's certificate of insurance once a truck is assigned, and a copy comes over when you ask. 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.