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August 24, 2026
The Trucks Exist. The Drivers Do Not -- What an 82,000-Driver Gap Means for Your Car
The American Trucking Associations projects the driver shortage widens to roughly 82,000 in 2026, and car hauling feels it worse than most freight. Here is why a shortage of people -- not trucks -- is what actually moves your quote, and what to do about it.
August 27, 2026
Is My Car Actually Covered During Transport? An Honest Answer
Every carrier says your vehicle is insured. Almost nobody explains what that means, what the deductible is, or the things it flatly does not cover. Here is the version we would want if it were our car on the truck.
August 31, 2026
Shipping a Car to Hawaii: What It Costs, Which Port, and How Long It Really Takes
Hawaii is not a long domestic move with a boat at the end. It is an ocean shipment with its own rules -- an agricultural inspection, an operable-vehicle requirement, and a port schedule that does not care about your moving date. Here is how it actually works.
September 3, 2026
What Paperwork Do You Actually Need to Ship a Car? (Less Than You Think)
People assume shipping a car requires a folder of documents. For a normal domestic move it is closer to two. Here is exactly what you need, what you do not, and the handful of situations where the list gets longer.
September 7, 2026
Snowbird Season: The Booking Window That Saves $200 to $500
Two hundred thousand vehicles head south in a six-week window every autumn, and the price of moving yours depends almost entirely on whether you book before that wave or during it. September is the quiet part. It does not stay quiet.
August 20, 2026
Washington Is Finally Going After Double-Brokering -- and It Should Make Your Shipment Safer
Fraud complaints to the FMCSA have roughly quadrupled since 2021, and the industry estimates double-brokering costs carriers somewhere between $700 million and a billion dollars a year. A bill introduced in February and a set of rules phasing in through 2027 are aimed squarely at it. Here is what actually changes for the person shipping a car.
August 17, 2026
You Sold Your Car to Someone Three States Away. Now What?
Almost everything written about shipping a car is written for the buyer. If you are the one selling -- handing your vehicle to a driver and trusting that the money is real -- the order you do things in matters more than it does for anyone else in the transaction.
August 13, 2026
Tariff Sticker Shock: New Cars Are Up 10% and Buyers Are Shopping Three States Away
The average new car sold for close to $50,000 in July, with tariffs adding roughly $5,000 to $8,900 to imported models. That has pushed a lot of buyers into the used market -- and the used market does not care where you live, which is why more people are buying a car they have to ship home.
August 10, 2026
Shipping Multiple Cars at Once: How the Discount Actually Works
Two cars on the same truck cost less per car than two cars booked separately, and the reason has nothing to do with a volume discount policy. It is about what a carrier saves when the second vehicle is already standing in the same driveway.
August 6, 2026
Shipping a Financed or Leased Car: The Lienholder Letter Nobody Warns You About
If you still owe money on your car, you may not be the only party with a say in where it goes. For most domestic moves that changes nothing -- but for ports, overseas, and some cross-border routes, your lender has to put it in writing first, and that letter takes longer to get than the shipment does to book.
August 3, 2026
Spot Rates Just Passed Contract Rates for the First Time Since 2021 -- What That Means for Your Quote
Open-market truckload rates have climbed above locked-in contract rates for the first time since 2021, tender rejections are at multi-year highs, and the tightening is expected to run through August. Car hauling rides the same capacity -- here is what that actually does to the number on your quote.
July 30, 2026
The EV Weight Penalty: Why Shipping an Electric Car Costs More in 2026
Quotes for electric vehicles keep coming back higher than the gas version of the same car, and customers assume it is a surcharge for special handling. It is not. It is a federal weight limit written in the 1970s meeting a battery pack built in 2026 -- and it costs the carrier slots on the trailer.
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