The cost to ship a car from Texas to Nevada is typically $900 to $1,600 on an open trailer, and takes between two to six days in transit time. The pair decides it: El Paso to Las Vegas is $900 to $1,050 over about 720 miles, and Dallas to Reno is $1,350 to $1,600 over about 1,730 miles.

Two to six days on the road. El Paso to Las Vegas is two to three days. Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin or San Antonio to Las Vegas is three to four. Houston to Las Vegas is four to five. Reno adds another day or two.

Because it is 450 miles further and in a different corner of the state. Reno also draws on a thinner pool of trucks than the Las Vegas valley, so a flexible pickup window is worth more on a Reno booking.

No. Henderson is fifteen miles from the Strip and rides the same truck, so it shares the Las Vegas figure. Boulder City, North Las Vegas and Summerlin do too.

El Paso, by a wide margin. It is already 600 miles west of the other metros and sits on I-10, which puts it about half the distance of a Houston start.

Yes, row for row. A car going out to Las Vegas for a season and coming home later prices the same in each direction.

Size comes first. Sedans and small crossovers price low in the row, while full-size pickups, lifted trucks and three-row SUVs price high. After that it is your date flexibility and how easy the address is to reach.

Offer three or four possible pickup days and ship a standard running car. Flexible dates place you on a truck already heading west, which is the single biggest saving on this lane.

Two corridors. The southern one is I-10 through San Antonio, El Paso, Tucson and Phoenix, then US-93 north over the Hoover Dam bypass. The northern one is I-20 and I-40 through Amarillo, Albuquerque, Flagstaff and Kingman, then US-93 south.

Very little. Both corridors stay open all year. Flagstaff on the northern line is the one modest climb and can see winter snow, which clears quickly.

It carries on north from the Las Vegas corridor, usually by way of I-15 and US-95, or across on I-80. That extra leg is the day or two of difference you see in the table.

In most of the valley, yes. Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson, Spring Valley, Enterprise and Summerlin are laid out wide, which suits a full carrier.

Those meet at the gate or a lot close by. Sun City Anthem, MacDonald Highlands, Lake Las Vegas and similar guarded developments limit commercial vehicles, so tell us at booking and the driver plans for it.

Yes, and both are easy ground for a trailer. The hillside streets above Reno are the only spots that sometimes call for a flat meeting point a few minutes away.

In the suburbs, almost always. Downtown is tighter, so loading moves to a wider street or a lot close by. Name the suburb rather than the metro and the driver plans the day around it.

Houston and McKinney are Smart Auto Move service areas, so pickups there are arranged through the national line on 888-709-9078. The Houston car shipping page covers that end in more detail.

Open covers nearly every car on this route, and the table is built on it. Enclosed is the pick for a classic, an exotic, fresh paint or a low front end, adding about 80 percent, so a $1,200 open move comes to roughly $2,160 enclosed.

Yes. The carrier's Carrier Cargo Insurance covers it from the Texas pickup through the Nevada delivery, and the certificate comes to you once your truck is assigned.

Usually yes, within reason. Most drivers will take a few things as a courtesy. Keep it under about 100 pounds, pack it neatly, and keep it out of sight from outside the car. Think a few boxes in the trunk rather than a carload. The one thing to know is that you are paying to move the vehicle, so the carrier's insurance covers the car itself. Keep anything you would hate to lose with you.

Wash it, photograph each side and the odometer, and leave roughly a quarter tank of fuel. Pull any toll tag, roof box or bike rack, and let the driver know about an alarm or a starting trick.

Someone does, at pickup and delivery, to release the car and sign off on its condition. Any adult you name can stand in, so send us their number when you book.

Thirty days. New residents get a Nevada driver license and vehicle registration inside that window, according to the state DMV.

Your Texas title and registration, a VIN inspection because the car comes from out of state, and insurance from a Nevada-licensed company. That is the whole list.

In the urban parts of Clark County, which covers Las Vegas and Henderson, and Washoe County, which covers Reno and Sparks, many cars do: gasoline vehicles from 1968 on, and diesels rated up to 14,000 pounds. New vehicles are exempt for their first three registrations, new hybrids for five model years, and electric cars entirely.

They include a governmental services tax based on the vehicle's value, so a newer car costs a little more to plate. Nevada has no state income tax, which is part of why this lane runs busy in both directions.

None. The car loads at your Texas address and stays on that trailer until it reaches Nevada. One truck the whole way, and fewer hands on your vehicle.

Two to three weeks for a Las Vegas delivery. Make it three for Reno, where the truck pool is smaller. Expedited tightens the pickup window to three days when a date is fixed.

A deposit at booking, then the balance to the driver on delivery by cashier's check, money order or cash. One payment by card at booking works too.

Cancel any time before we assign a carrier and your deposit comes back to you. Once we assign one and send you the driver's details, that money is spoken for. It is not gone, though. You can push the move back and use it on a later shipment.

Yes. A winch truck loads it, which adds $200 or more to the running price. Say so when you request the quote and the right equipment comes out.

Yes. You get the driver's number, our email updates track the run, and GPS tracking is there when the carrier's equipment offers it.