Anyone imported a car from the US recently?

300bhp per ton · January 30, 2007, 04:55:34 AM

Kinda looking for info and such.

Who did you ship with and would you use them again?

What port did you ship from?

How much?

etc.

Cheers.

55starchief · January 30, 2007, 04:58:26 AM

Try trans ocean auto mate, very profesional from the start. They even aranged payment to the seller for me and stored the car until a container share was available. they also do roro

http://www.transoceanauto.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.transoceanauto.com/

edit to ship my 55 was $1500 that was a few years ago but i dont think prices will have changed that much figure on adding a couple of hundred dollars

Roadkill · January 30, 2007, 05:02:16 AM

Quoting: 55starchief

They even aranged payment to the seller for me

Did they arrange pick-up or did you have to sort that ?

And how much / how far ?

55starchief · January 30, 2007, 05:03:44 AM

Quoting: Roadkill

Did they arrange pick-up or did you have to sort that ?

they did everything trucking storage etc. will have a look at my invoice for the trucking costs but the car was collected from georgia and trucked to maryland from memory

Roadkill · January 30, 2007, 05:05:10 AM

No, stop it !

55starchief · January 30, 2007, 05:07:20 AM

seriously helen who runs the compnay is ubber profesional and the whole process could not have been easier. You will need a freight froward agent in the UK to deal with customs but i can give you one of those as the old man has containers in every month at the time i used ultimex and i think they charged me £250ish and that included delivering the car to me as well

300bhp per ton · January 30, 2007, 05:30:40 AM

Cheers for the info.

How long did it take to ship back?

Reason I ask is I'm fed up of driving a Peugeot 106 as a daily driver and want something abit more comfy.

I rather fancy a Ford Thunderbird 1996/7 model year. Not massivly speedy but brisk and comfy. I've also seen them for sale in the US for around $1500.

55starchief · January 30, 2007, 05:32:33 AM

well i bought mine in july and got it in december but i was waiting for a container share. If your going ro ro it should only be as long as it takes the boat. You might get lucky with a container share and it only be couple of weeks, my car isnt exactly small so i think that was the delay

VIPER · January 30, 2007, 05:43:47 AM

Bought mine in from Florida ...
Kingstown shipping bought it in for me and they were great,Also another member just bought in a brand new viper coupe and the price was almost half what the other company had quoted him..

Ask for Mark

http://www.kingstown-shipping.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.kingstown-shipping.co.uk/

Look under haulage......

FUBAR · January 30, 2007, 06:34:33 AM

Juat make sure you don't get it shipped via Branscombe Beach...

VIPER · January 30, 2007, 11:00:41 AM

Rocky · January 30, 2007, 01:28:32 PM

We use california shipping but bring in around 4-5 cars a time.