Exporting a car

[sciroccos at earthlink.net (Jim Ruffi)]

I respectfully disagree.  There is a chance that items can be taken out of a
car or that a car can be damaged,  but you get insurance and these people
are responsible for the condition of the car.  If all incoming cars were
damaged or had stuff stolen from them, do you think the dock workers would
still have their jobs?

I shipped dozens of cars (to Amsterdam and Rotterdam) and never had a
problem.  I have even loaded them with parts and american clothing and
nothing went missing.  I'm not promising that it'll never happen; I'm just
sharing my experience.  It might depend heavily on the ports used.  I
shipped out of Newark, NJ.

A 40 foot container is pretty expensive....you'd better have some stuff to
put in there or maybe the car alone is worth it.  Last one I shipped, I
packed with motorcycles and Porsche 356.  They had fun tying all the various
items down, I'm sure, but it made it ok.

Jim

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gordon Forbess [mailto:gforbess@attglobal.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:53 PM
>To: Jim Ruffi
>Cc: Koabi Brooks; 'Scirocco list'
>Subject: Re: Exporting a car
>
>
>On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 10:09:55 -0400, "Jim Ruffi"
><sciroccos@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>Is it a running/driving/braking car?  A rolling chassis?  Or just
>a lump of
>>metal?  Easier and cheaper to ship a driving car...method is
>called "RO/RO,"
>>for "Roll on, roll off."
>
>Cheaper, but almost guaranteed to be looted or damaged.  If you value
>the car, ship it in a container.  I have some limited personal
>experience on that point but know some people who have shipped a few..
>always in containers.
>
>Gordon
>75 Mk I/Drake 1.9
>http://pws.prserv.net/gforbess/scirocco/scirocco.htm