Crash Dummy

I'm glad it is in, but a fair warning to those thinking about transport companies. Although Auto TransExpress/Passport found a way to pick up my newest(actually older) addition in Ohio on Tuesday and have it in Houston a day later(today) they completely forgot to give the driver my work phone number and ended up dropping my vette & a '75 at a depot this afternoon. I got a call tonight by the local transport service that will delivering it tomorrow. Guessing they(Auto TransExpress) have the same mental attitude as their corporate owner(Fed-Ex) that dropping things off and running is Okie-Dokie. NOT! I'm only a little pissed right now, but will take it out on Sandy(my contact at Auto TransExpress) tomorrow after I recieve it.

Fingers crossed that it was taken care of in the one day it was in transit and I won't boil competely over. :mad

BlueL36

Post those pics when you can :cheers:

Budman68

Mine offered me a $100 discount to pick it up at the yard. :D

Crash Dummy

Mine will possibly only get *semi-cussed out* tomorrow. I paid a premium price for supposedly what I thought was not some chit carrier. I'd hate to see what the $675 car carriers would have done. Maybe leave it in Timbucktoo, Arizona? I recommend no one use Passport/Auto Trans Express. I shipped another vette in via Mackie out of Canada and got superior door-to-door service with constant contact. Granted that was an enclosed carrier, but I only paid $600 more to go from Ontario(via New York) to the same destination. This group sends an e-mail with notifications. How personal is that?

LAvetteman

Gonna be a long night!! I'll stay up with ya as long as I can BG.

tyler77

My 82 is also being delivered tomorrow! It's only been 3 WEEKS :mad :mad was only going to be 1 :mad :mad transport company SUCKs NJ to KC

MN-Brent

I did the dealer auto carrier route with the 10 vehicle transport and I used a group called Champion from Anahiem to Mpls. They gave me the number of the truckers cell phone and we were in good contact for the last 4-5 hours before the scheduled arrival. I had to meet him at the Mpls Auto Auction lot drop off area, but I was there to see him back the vette off the transport.

The service was pretty good IMHO. I must have got lucky.

The car was very dirty though since it was an open transport.

Brent....

Crash Dummy

Lavetteman,

I didn't happen to mention before that when I got the call the driver said he had a vette to deliver to me and it was a green '75. WTF! I said no, but I am expecting a black '71. (Response).... "Oh yea, I have that one too."

You don't think I might have gone bizerk if a '75 green vette had been delivered? Nothing against '75's, but I needed a beer after that one.

tyler77...

Hoping your vette comes in as expected. And of course I hope this is nothing to worry about on my end. I'll post pics tomorrow night.


[Modified by bgrice, 11:35 PM 7/23/2003]

tshort

Sweet, I definitely have to come drop by and check out both your vettes now, Barry.

Brettmc

Today's the big day!!

Brett :thumbs:

Paul L

The Mackie driver had my telephone numbers and kept me up-to-date from the moment the car cleared US and Canada Customs. For people shipping north-south I certainly recommend them. My cost, including brokerage fees, was about $650US. That was from PA to Eastern Ontario.