$1,050 to $2,300 for a running mid-size car on an open trailer, set by the destination. Chicago is about $1,050 to $1,150, Florida $1,250 to $1,500, Texas $1,350 to $1,750 and the West Coast $1,800 to $2,300.

$825 to $975 from central Florida, about 1,130 miles in three to five days. That is the cheapest lane on this page, and it is several hundred dollars below the same trip heading south.

The snowbird cycle. In the fall a great many cars head south and the trucks return with empty slots, and in the spring it reverses. The quiet direction is always the one that prices low, and on this lane the gap is worth a few hundred dollars.

Two to four days to Chicago, three to five to Florida, four to seven to Texas and seven to ten to the West Coast. Road days are counted from the end of your pickup window.

Inside a six day window, counted from the first date you give us. If a date is fixed, expedited service cuts that window to three days.

Yes, wherever the street allows a nine-car carrier. Where a street sits deep inside a parkway pocket or is too narrow, the driver asks you to meet at a wider road or a nearby lot, which takes five or ten minutes and costs nothing.

The Southern State, Northern State, Meadowbrook, Wantagh, Sunken Meadow and Ocean Parkway carry no commercial traffic, and their stone overpasses were built low in the 1930s. Carriers work off the Long Island Expressway, Sunrise Highway and the turnpikes instead, so every pickup is planned from one of those.

It helps a lot on Long Island. Cross streets tell us which truck route the driver should come in on, which is the difference between a door pickup and a short meet nearby.

Yes. Southampton, East Hampton, Bridgehampton, Sag Harbor, Westhampton, Montauk, Riverhead, Greenport and the North Fork villages are all regular pickups, at the same prices as the rest of the island.

No. The price is the same. A car from Montauk is about 120 miles into its trip by the time it reaches the city line, so it can pick up a little road time, and that is the only difference.

No. Long Island, all five boroughs, Westchester and Yonkers price together as one New York metro market, so the figures on this page are the city's figures too.

Huntington Station in Suffolk County is one of our six service areas. Scheduling is on the national line, 888-709-9078, and your car is collected at your own address.

There is no need. Every shipment is door to door, so the truck comes to you. Our staffed offices are in Lakewood WA, Los Angeles CA, Chicago IL and Kissimmee FL, and the Kissimmee team covers the Florida end of the busiest Long Island lane.

About 80 percent on top of the open price. It suits a classic, a collector car, an exotic or fresh paint, and on a winter move it keeps Long Island road salt off the underside.

Yes. It goes up on a winch, and that equipment puts $200 or more on the running price. As long as it rolls, steers and brakes it can travel, so flag it when you ask for the figure.

October and November heading south, March and April coming back, plus the weeks around the start and end of each college semester. Booking a week or two ahead in those stretches gets you the widest choice of dates.

Someone does, at both ends. A friend, relative, neighbor or building superintendent is fine, as long as they are eighteen and can walk the car with the driver and sign the condition report.

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. Nothing gets added after booking on our side.

No. Smart Auto Move does not make outbound sales calls. You hear from us about your own shipment, and from the driver about pickup and delivery.

The Carrier Cargo Insurance belonging to the carrier assigned to your car. We check the policy is live before the load goes out, and you can have the certificate emailed to you.

Keep it empty. The carrier's insurance covers the vehicle rather than its contents, and extra weight matters on a full trailer. If something has to travel, keep it light and below the window line.

Yes. A transponder on the glass can read as the truck passes gantries on the way, which leaves you with charges that take time to unwind.

A quarter tank or less. Enough to load, unload and drive away, without the weight a full tank adds.

A deposit holds the booking and the rest is paid on arrival. Cash, a certified check and cards are all accepted, and the driver confirms which one they carry.

Note it on the delivery report before the driver leaves and take photos. That report set against the pickup one is what the carrier's insurance works from, and we handle the claim with you.

Yes. A large SUV or a full-size pickup takes more room on the trailer so it prices above the mid-size figures. A lift kit, roof rack or oversized tires should be mentioned when you ask for a price.

Yes, on equipment built for bikes. Each machine is quoted individually instead of off the car table, so tell us what it is.

Yes, and two vehicles from the same Long Island address to the same destination usually cost less per car than two separate bookings.

Yes. Give us the company name, the lot address, someone to call and the opening hours, and the driver sets it up with them.

Yes, and it is the one step worth handling before the car arrives. The New York DMV states that a vehicle registered in New York must carry New York insurance coverage, and out-of-state coverage of any type is not accepted.

One every 12 months, covering safety and an OBDII emissions check, at any licensed inspection station. Emissions is waived on a car less than two model years old or more than 25 model years old, and on electric vehicles and motorcycles.

New residents have 30 days from establishing residency to get a New York driver license, according to the New York DMV.

Your Long Island town and cross streets, the destination city, the year, make and model, whether it runs, and your earliest date. Call 888-709-9078 or use the form on this page.