I guess if I want a Legacy LMTGT I have to get it from Oregon or via internet sales,..

Anyone know how safe it is to order from mainland (From Fitzmall or Joe Spitz at Cars101)??

I dont know how careful they would be in shipping a new car (cause I gotta fork over $25k+) and what assurances I have of my new car not getting damaged,..

Anyone bought a new/used car from the mainland and had it shipped over by Matson ($900 and 3-5 weeks;website info)?

can anyone share their experiences?

I thought it would take a long time to save my money,..now that I have the money, its taking a while to purchase my car,...How frustrating and sad,..boo hoo,..

 

I dunno about having the dealer ship it... they might have inside info/deals.

I shipped my car from Los Angeles using Horizon... took about 12 days from when I dropped it off. They warned me before hand that it could take longer and have delays due to port issues, and things outside of their control. I think it really depends on how much volume they're seeing. Oh yah, car arrived in the same condition I dropped it off in... but if it doesn't, that's what insurance is for.

 

There is an alternative to Matson named Horizon. Dont know much more than that thou...

http://www.horizonautoservices.com/

 

I work with a guy who has bought two cars from the mainland and had them shipped out he had no problems not sure who he used to ship them.

 

I've shipped to and from Matson a couple of times each ways. No problems.

 

Matson is pretty ok.

You gotta make sure the car gets a good coat of wax beforehand though...when I got my old car it had a layer of soot/sea grime on it. Good thing I double waxed it beforehand.

Good thing about OR is no sales tax so you end up saving a bunch to make up for shipping it!

 

Anyone use Northland shipping? That is what Joe Spitz (car101.com internet salesman) referred me to. He says that they were a good shipping CO too,...

 

I believe there are only two carriers to Hawaii. CSX Lines, and Matson. All others contract space on the boat for containers, etc.

I second the recomendation to get a good coat of wax on your car prior to shipping.