Most people who have bought a car online or the people who are about to relocate often worry much about taking their vehicle along them. They would be almost confused about the method to be used for relocating their vehicle. While some, make their plans to drive.
Young guys who always loved traveling are the ones who mostly choose the above said option. But my friend I’ll tell you one thing that please doesn’t go for this option. Since when you think of it, it might seem to be an easy task as it is your car and you are going to drive it but it would be much more costly as well as dangerous than any other means-- you'll be spending a amount for fuelling, lodging, meals, and incidentals -- not to talk about the wear and tear on the means of transportation, in all time it will take, and the added risk to your safety by traveling many miles on the highways.
Few others who are much more responsible often think about safer means of traveling. Now they mostly get confused whether to go to a drive away company or a Car Shipping Company. To them the question that I would like to ask is "Is it really worth it going to a drive away company?"
The below information will explain about the differences between the two services, the advantages and the disadvantages in each service, thereby telling you the reason for me asking such a question.
About Car Shipping Service
A car shipping service loads your vehicle onto a trailer with contains many other vehicles those are to be transported to the same destination or to a different destination along the way. The trailer that the vehicle gets into can be a closed or open. It depends on the type of transport that you choose. The auto transporters coordinate their shipments among many customers. The more vehicles they can cargo onto a trailer, the more inexpensive the trip is.
About Drive Away Service
In a drive away service, they allocate a person to drive your vehicle to the required location.
Why Car Shipping Service Is Better Than A Drive Away Service?
Drive Away Adds Miles
When you ship your car in a trailer, there should be no wear on the engine.
On the other side, using a drive away service puts miles on the car and that add hidden cost to the service such as oil and fluid changes. What if your car meets with some problems along the way? You will have to pay for those troubles also.
Professionals vs. Amateurs
The major difference between an auto shipping service and a drive away service is the quality of the drivers. Car shipping companies employ only professional drivers. Your car is under the care of an experienced and trained expert. This person is being paid well by the shipping companies for doing his job and therefore has a personal stake to take your car to the destination on time and in good shape. Whereas there is nothing as such in a professional drive away driver.
Drive away companies vary in standards based on drivers that they employ. Drive away service companies call for candidates who have clean driving references, records and they generally need to be at least 21. However that does not assurance the excellence of driving. After all, the person drives someone’s vehicle and it's easy to get careless when it's not your vehicle.
Therefore Car Shipping is always the best means to transport you vehicle!!
Young guys who always loved traveling are the ones who mostly choose the above said option. But my friend I’ll tell you one thing that please doesn’t go for this option. Since when you think of it, it might seem to be an easy task as it is your car and you are going to drive it but it would be much more costly as well as dangerous than any other means-- you'll be spending a amount for fuelling, lodging, meals, and incidentals -- not to talk about the wear and tear on the means of transportation, in all time it will take, and the added risk to your safety by traveling many miles on the highways.
Few others who are much more responsible often think about safer means of traveling. Now they mostly get confused whether to go to a drive away company or a Car Shipping Company. To them the question that I would like to ask is "Is it really worth it going to a drive away company?"
The below information will explain about the differences between the two services, the advantages and the disadvantages in each service, thereby telling you the reason for me asking such a question.
About Car Shipping Service
A car shipping service loads your vehicle onto a trailer with contains many other vehicles those are to be transported to the same destination or to a different destination along the way. The trailer that the vehicle gets into can be a closed or open. It depends on the type of transport that you choose. The auto transporters coordinate their shipments among many customers. The more vehicles they can cargo onto a trailer, the more inexpensive the trip is.
About Drive Away Service
In a drive away service, they allocate a person to drive your vehicle to the required location.
Why Car Shipping Service Is Better Than A Drive Away Service?
Drive Away Adds Miles
When you ship your car in a trailer, there should be no wear on the engine.
On the other side, using a drive away service puts miles on the car and that add hidden cost to the service such as oil and fluid changes. What if your car meets with some problems along the way? You will have to pay for those troubles also.
Professionals vs. Amateurs
The major difference between an auto shipping service and a drive away service is the quality of the drivers. Car shipping companies employ only professional drivers. Your car is under the care of an experienced and trained expert. This person is being paid well by the shipping companies for doing his job and therefore has a personal stake to take your car to the destination on time and in good shape. Whereas there is nothing as such in a professional drive away driver.
Drive away companies vary in standards based on drivers that they employ. Drive away service companies call for candidates who have clean driving references, records and they generally need to be at least 21. However that does not assurance the excellence of driving. After all, the person drives someone’s vehicle and it's easy to get careless when it's not your vehicle.
Therefore Car Shipping is always the best means to transport you vehicle!!
To identify your Ecu you will need to know its generation, part number and possibly its ROM number.The ECU can be located in several places: under a metal plate in the passenger's footwell (models up to 91), in the passenger's footwell behind a plastic panel (models 92-99) or by the driver's footwell under a plastic panel (some models 2000+)
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