why not fly over then drive it back
Can anyone recommend a car transpost firm/individual that could get my MK from Maltby to Spain, (Tortosa, mid way between Valencia and Barcelona)?
It would need to be covered/enclosed, as the car has no weather gear.
I've had two quotes. One of £750 plus vat (£900), too expensive and one of £500, (more like it) but the latter guy seems to have disappeared off
the face of the earth. Can't re-make contact via sms, telephone or email.
Should be ready some time in nov.
Thanks.
Is it me or does £750+VAT not sound fairly reasonable for that? Must be at least a 3 day trip (both ways) when towing a trailer, factor in with food,
hotels, fuel etc and it sounds about right.
£500 sounds far too cheap which might explain why he's done a runner.
is it road legal?
why not fly over then drive it back
Don't want to be an "herald of doom", but please be careful with "very cheap offers".
When I got my 650kg crate with all my kit (unassembled) from Ilkestone (near Nottingham) to Portugal, I went to Shiply and got me a "great
deal" with EB Cargo. In the end, it was a sour experience. They tried to charge me a lot more than initially agreed, didn't provide all
contracted services and my luck was that I bought with VISA so I did a chargeback and won the dispute. This "win" was to get reimbursed so
that the transport would have costed as much as by DHL. In the end, if I had went for DHL, I would have spent the same and have a greater peace of
mind, besides being spared the 2 months battling for the reimbursement.
Consider the fact that you're haggling about 200 or 300 pounds when arranging a 3000mile transport for your 10k+ pounds kit car. I did the same
and regret it immensely.
About getting good transports, check locally someone that can fetch from the UK. Check major transportation companies from Spain. Check also classical
car forums, since all better classics come from the UK and so their members will know about transporting cars from there.
And pay with VISA 
Good luck!
EDIT to add link to my EB Cargo story: http://happyblade.blogspot.com/2010/11/eb-cargo-bad-service-and-partial-refund.html
[Edited on 6/11/11 by HappyFather]
You could give Shiply a try.
http://www.shiply.com/lp/en/homepage/index5/
Maltby to Spain, Tortosa, 2400m round trip @£750 = £0.32 mile to cover all expenses. ? must have a return load.
Thats it, £750 + vat sounds good to me, for a return trip your looking at around £500 worth of fuel, around £150/200 worth of tolls, + ferry crossings
+ a couple of nights out etc etc, you might get it a bit cheaper on a open car transporter, but do you want risk your new car to arriving full of dirt
and water 
I book quite a lot of door to door for stuff, and even in the UK as part of haulier network, couriers charge £0.50/mile so a trip to wick, 11 hours
each way is £750, makes your £750 sound like a bargain!
hth
Drove to germany in the Kit and did a lap of the ring that cost £250 in Juice, £50 for the ferry. I would do as the man said Bobaspin, fly over and drive it back if road legal. Ps saw it in the workshop yesterday looking good. I would have offered to drive it had the weather been warmer. Have you asked MK if they deliver ?
Composite reply for the kind responses. Thankyou for taking the trouble:
I'll give Shiply a go thanks.
I'll ask MK too. (Why didn't I think of that? Doh!) Thanks austinman. I'm expecting photo's soon.
I think for a one-off £750 may be 'on the money', but some transporters bring 6/8 cars at a time, so £900 with vat looks toppy.
Additionally, that may be for an open transporter. I'll need a covered/enclosed one, since the car has no weather gear.
I'd drive it back if I could legally insure it. As a Brit resident in Spain, UK insurers including Adrian S Flux, Footman-James etc and the other
specialist insurers won't quote. I need to be UK resident, (I've asked them). And to think we're all members of the EU !
To compound matters, as the kit-car market is in its infancy here, there's no Flux, Footman-James equivalent etc, so it's not
straightforward getting a Spanish insurance quote. I have to have the car homologated and matriculated for use on Spanish roads before it can be
'insurance listed' and I can get it covered. It needs to be here to do that. To get it here, it needs insuring and so we have the classic
catch 22.
I have requested a couple of quotes online. Will let you know how I get on.
Can you not get MK to throw a cover over it?
Hi , It might not be any help but we sent a car to the Middle of France and the folk at the other end made the arrangements, they hooked up with a guy
who had a large artic transporter who apparently does 2 spanish runs a month, (I guess there are economies of scale), Truck was too big to fit
therough the village streets so they off loaded it on the edge and drove it home, no idea of cost and agin you would need car wrapping but I can make
some enquiries if you ae stuck.
atb
Mike
Had I have known you wanted pics I would have taken the camera down
quote:
Originally posted by austin man
Had I have known you wanted pics I would have taken the camera down
hi bob
we can deliver it for you in our covered in trailer.
your car is now on the floor the pics will be with you in the morning.austin man gave us a hand get it on the floor
thanks danny
quote:
Originally posted by danny keenan
hi bob
we can deliver it for you in our covered in trailer.
your car is now on the floor the pics will be with you in the morning.austin man gave us a hand get it on the floor
thanks danny