When you need to have a car transported from one state to another, you have two basic options – have it shipped or drive it yourself. While your first instinct might be to simply hop behind the wheel and take off, there are more costs associated with that plan than you may realize. In the end, having the car shipped with Open Road Auto Transportation is an easy, affordable, and reliable way to get that car to its destination. Contact us today to learn more!

Why Not Drive the Car to Its New Home?

This is the first thought most people have when thinking about how to move a car to a new location. Why not just drive it? After all, it has wheels and an engine, so it can get to another state all on its own. That’s technically true, but there are more drawbacks to this approach than you may realize at first. Here are the big two issues with this plan –

• Time. Your time is valuable, and it is probably in short supply while you are trying to get through the moving process. Given everything else you must do to get your family moved and set up in a new home, do you really have time to make the journey in your car? Depending on how far you are moving, this could be a multi-day adventure that may make the whole move that much more difficult. 
• Money. Sure, you won’t have to hire a transportation company when you drive the car yourself, but will you actually save money? Maybe not. For starters, you’ll need to pay for the gas that is required to get from one place to the next, and you might need a hotel or two along the way. Any toll roads that are included in your journey will only add to the overall cost of the drive. 

Between the time you would lose and the money you would spend, it’s far better to simply hire a car transport company like Open Road Auto Transportation to take care of this project. 

Choose the Right Type of Transport

Once you have decided to use a transport company, there is one other important choice you’ll need to make – open transport or enclosed transport. As the names would suggest, the difference here is the way your car will be loaded and protected as it is moved to your new home. Open transport has cars loaded on a trailer behind a truck, and the cars are left open to the elements along the way. Despite the open setting, this is a safe mode of transport, and damage to the vehicle is very unlikely. 

For particularly expensive vehicles, you might want to invest in enclosed transport. This is the more expensive of the two methods, but it will bring an additional layer of protection that is not offered by open transport. If you aren’t sure which is best for your needs, speak with a member of our team about the two methods. 

Let’s Get Started

Don’t make the car transport process harder than it needs to be. Rather than burdening yourself with the chore of moving the car on your own, contact Open Road Auto Transportation today to see how we can help. You may be surprised at the affordable rate we can offer for this job, and our friendly and professional team will put you at ease right from the start. Thank you for considering Open Road Auto Transportation and we look forward to serving you soon!