Sorry to hear of your experience, I just had a reasonably good experience
with another company, Keystone Auto Transport. I can give them my
recommendation. I just had a 79 Peugeot 504 (my other addiction is
Peugeots) shipped from San Fransisco to Boston. I did terminal to terminal
because of my crazy travel schedule. My only complaint was that the
terminal company (not part of Keystone) in Boston did not call me when my
car arrived. They waited four days to call Keystone, who immediately called
me. I could not get there for two additional days due to being out of town,
and the terminal company charged me $35 for "storage"! Keystone refunded me
the storage fee though, no hassles involved. Keystone also picked up the
$50 in terminal fees, $25 at each end. $795 was their charge - I did not
think that was too bad for coast to coast. I will use them again - I saw
soooo many nifty pieces with no rust in the SF Bay area....
Kevin Rhodes
3 varied French-mobiles named Annette, Babbette, and Claudette
Freddy the Spitfire
At 12:00 PM 12/10/1999 -0800, Jeff McNeal wrote:
>After carefully re-reading the contract from A AAADVANTAGE, and hearing
>horror stories from another list member, I withdraw my recommendation of
>their services.
>
>Their representatives LIED to me over the phone regarding their insurance
>being primary coverage; they do NOT tell you that it can take up to seven
>business days just to line up a transporter, who then needs a three-day
>window; they LIED about using only company owned trucks and staff drivers
>(as far as I can tell) and they have a $100 "cancellation" fee if you get
>tired of waiting for them to deliver. Looks like made a potentially bad
>choice. Great.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Hansen, Hans C, III (Red), GLSVC <rhansen@att.com>
>To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 4:46 AM
>Subject: Auto Transport Suggestions Needed
>
>
> >
> > Fellow LisTRs --
> >
> > Ah, the joys of ebay....
> >
> > As if I didn't have enough problems keeping (actually, "getting") my '74
>TR6
> > on the road, I went ahead and purchased a 1959 TR3A, Comm. #TS41439. The
>car
> > is owned by an Air Force pilot who bought it from a retired Army doctor
>this
> > past year. Apparently, it was stored by the good doctor for about 23 years
> > and only has ~69K miles on it. It fired right up for the pilot when he
> > purchased it after the usual change out of points, plugs, battery, and
>gas.
> >
> > My question for the List is, can anyone recommend a car transporter
>service
> > that can economically, yet safely, move the car from Enid, OK, to the
> > Hartford, CT, area? I do have an URL that lists dozens of auto transport
> > companies, but I don't know the reputations of any of them.
> >
> > Does anyone have an alternative idea to the commercial companies that are
>in
> > the business? A round trip by me between OK and CT to pick up the car is
> > only barely feasible because of the distance, because I don't own a
>vehicle
> > with a trailer hitch, and because I don't own a car carrier. Is anyone
> > coming from the Oklahoma area to the Northeast with an empty car carrier
>in
> > tow? (Yeah..., right..., what are the chances of that happening?)
> >
> > I should also point out that the car does not have a top of any kind:
>hard,
> > soft, tonneau, or otherwise. I was going to purchase a new tonneau cover
> > (anyone got a correct black or white one with lift-the-dot fasteners for
> > sale?), have it sent to the seller who has agreed to install it, and have
>it
> > transported that way. Comments? Concerns? Observations?
> >
> > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Any assistance would also be
> > greatly remunerated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Red Hansen
> > '74 TR6 CF13944 - anyone wanta buy it?
> > '59 TR3A TS41439 - anyone wanta move it?
> >
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