Spokane car shipping is typically $525 to $1,750 on an open trailer for an operable mid-size vehicle, and the destination market decides where you land more than the mileage does. Seattle is $525 to $725. Reno is $900 to $1,150. Los Angeles is $1,075 to $1,300. Chicago is $1,100 to $1,300. Dallas, the highest we publish from here, is $1,500 to $1,750.

One day to six, by distance. Seattle, Boise and Portland are 1 to 2 days. Salt Lake City and Reno are 2 to 3. The Bay Area, Las Vegas, Denver and Los Angeles are 3 to 4. San Diego and Phoenix are 4 to 5. Chicago and Dallas are 5 to 6. Those counts start at pickup, so add your pickup window for the full timeline.

Because price follows the market, not the map. Chicago is 1,780 miles away and runs $1,100 to $1,300. Phoenix is 1,425 miles away and runs $1,300 to $1,550. Chicago is one of the densest freight destinations in the country, so a driver dropping there has a full board of onward loads. Phoenix from Spokane is a thin diagonal with far less waiting at the other end, and that risk is priced in.

It is the first input but not the last one. Reno at 790 miles runs $900 to $1,150, and Chicago at more than twice the distance runs only $200 more. What really sets the number is how easily the driver who brings your car in can find the next car to take out. Dense destinations reward you; thin ones do not.

Seattle or Tacoma at $525 to $725 over about 280 miles. It is a short in-state hop on Interstate 90 with heavy truck traffic in both directions, which is the best combination you can ask for. Boise and Portland are close behind.

Dallas or Fort Worth at $1,500 to $1,750 over about 1,850 miles. It is the longest run we publish from Spokane and it crosses the Rockies on a route with thinner traffic than the east-west corridors. Phoenix is the steepest for its distance, at $1,300 to $1,550 over 1,425 miles.

Not in Spokane, and we would rather say so than list an address we do not have. Our Washington office is in Lakewood, at 5607 Boston Ave SW, Lakewood, WA 98499, on 253-200-5645. It is one of our four staffed offices and it covers the whole state, Spokane included.

Less than it sounds, and here is why. The work that decides how your move goes is dispatch, and that is done by people rather than by proximity. Having a staffed Washington office means the people arranging your collection know the state, the I-90 corridor and the pass conditions. What it does not mean is that anyone drives out from Lakewood, because your car is collected by the assigned carrier at your own address.

All of the Inland Northwest. Spokane, Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake, Cheney, Airway Heights, Deer Park, Mead, Medical Lake and Nine Mile Falls, plus Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls and Hayden just over the Idaho line, and Pullman, Moscow, Colville and Sandpoint further out.

In most of the area, yes. Spokane is a mid-size city with wide arterials and plenty of room. Division Street, Sprague Avenue, Trent Avenue, the Sullivan Road corridor in Spokane Valley and the I-90 frontage roads all give a full-size carrier space to load and pull away. Most suburban streets take a truck at the curb.

Two places. The South Hill has steep grades and narrow older streets with mature trees, which a loaded 75-foot trailer cannot always clear. And Browne's Addition and parts of the West Central and Perry districts have tight blocks with parking on both sides. There the driver picks a wider street or a retail lot nearby and meets you, which costs nothing and takes a few minutes.

Regularly. Fairchild sits about 12 miles west of downtown Spokane and it generates steady vehicle moves in both directions. A carrier cannot drive onto the base without credentials, so the handover happens at an agreed spot just outside the gate. Tell us it is a base move when you book and we set that up in advance.

Yes. Give us your best window and we adjust once orders settle, rather than making you wait on paperwork before you can plan. Our military car shipping page sets out what to have ready.

Every August and every May. Gonzaga and Whitworth are in Spokane, Eastern Washington University is in Cheney, and Washington State University in Pullman and the University of Idaho in Moscow are about 75 miles south. Deliveries near a campus work best at a wider street or a retail lot a short walk from the dorms.

It can, and the good news is the direction that matters most is the easy one. Spokane sits on the near side of the Cascades, so a westbound run to Seattle only meets Snoqualmie Pass at the very end. Eastbound on I-90 crosses Lookout Pass into Idaho and Montana, and southbound to Reno or Salt Lake City climbs several times. Drivers wait out a storm rather than take a loaded trailer over a pass in one.

May through September, comfortably. The passes are clear and the estimates hold without qualification. January and February are the two months where a closure is most likely to add a day. If your dates are flexible, the shoulder months either side of summer give you the best combination of price and certainty.

Our standard pickup window is 6 days from booking. Expedited narrows it to 3 days, which is 72 hours. Spokane sits on Interstate 90, one of the busiest freight corridors in the country, so collection here often happens toward the front of the window rather than at the end of it.

It depends on the distance and we will tell you which side you are on. Expedited cuts the pickup window from six days to three. It does not speed up the drive, because drivers work to federal hours-of-service limits. On a short run to Seattle or Boise the window is most of your timeline, so it buys you real dates. To Dallas it is a thinner benefit.

The familiar two-level trailer carrying nine or ten cars, and every price on this page is an open price. It moves the large majority of cars through Spokane and it is the same equipment dealers receive new inventory on. Your car picks up road dust and arrives wanting a wash, which is the whole of the downside.

Enclosed runs about 80% more than open. Against $1,100 to $1,300 for Chicago, expect somewhere around $1,975 to $2,350. The car rides inside a closed trailer with no weather and no grit. On a winter move out of eastern Washington that also means no road salt or magnesium chloride on the underside.

It is a fairer question here than on many routes. The I-90 passes get treated heavily in winter, so a January open shipment will arrive with spray on the underside. If the car is valuable or freshly restored, enclosed earns its money in winter in a way it might not in July. For a daily driver, a wash at the far end covers it.

Yes. It needs a trailer with a winch and a driver equipped to use it, and we have plenty of both. 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.

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 it is worth mentioning at quote time because this is lifted-truck country. A lifted truck may not fit the upper deck and sometimes needs a particular trailer. It is never a problem when we know in advance, and it can become one if we find out on the morning.

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.

No. Washington's emission check program ended on January 1, 2020 after 38 years, and owners are no longer required to have emissions tested before renewing a registration. That applies statewide, Spokane County included.

Thirty days. New residents have 30 days to get a Washington driver license and register the vehicle, according to the Washington Department of Licensing. Bring your current title to any vehicle licensing office, and check the odometer before you go in, because the state asks for the reading.

Wherever you actually reside, and it matters more here than in most places because the state line runs about 20 miles east of downtown. Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls and Hayden are Idaho addresses with Spokane commutes. Give us the address the car is going to rather than the city you work in, and the quote and the paperwork both line up.

Not meaningfully. Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls and Hayden are within about 35 miles of Spokane and carriers treat the whole area as one delivery zone. Sandpoint and Moscow are further out and can add a little, and we will tell you if they do rather than leaving it as a surprise.

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.

Not with us. Whoever loads it in Spokane 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.

You get the driver's name and direct number once the carrier is assigned, which 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 Lakewood team checks in as well, and you can call either.

Yes, and it usually beats two separate bookings. Two vehicles from one Spokane 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.

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.

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. Washington is handled out of Lakewood.

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 Lakewood on 253-200-5645 or the national line on 888-709-9078.