shinrai

We're driving our '87 911 to Nanaimo in the next couple of weeks. The plan is to drive out there, fly home and ship the car back.

I have no idea why but the transport company won't take the car without a BC provincial inspection. Just to put it on a train? Any ideas?
Seems like a joke and I don't know what BC inspections require.

Has anybody shipped Vancouver to Toronto before?

We shipped our car back from California last year and it was easy.

TIA

Adamant1971

That's BS, if the car is registered in Ontario and has a valid sticker that's all they need to know. I shipped a car the other direction by train with no issues.

harry454

Try using Thorsons, they delivery all of Porsche Canadas cars from Halifax. So they go that direction routinely.

Sorath

I just shipped out my car from ontario to alberta for $1750 through Thorsons EVT.

Great to deal with

TouringTeg

I had a buyer purchase a car from me and ship it from my home in Victoria BC to Montreal with Hansen's. www.lhf.com It was about $1400

No inspections required if there is no transfer of ownership. It needed to have 1/4 tank of fuel.

It was picked up by a flat deck, taken to the ferry, taken on the ferry where another truck picked it up. It was then taken to the rail yard to go the rest of the journey by rail. No issues.

Nate Tempest

FWIW I just had my 997tt shipped from Toronto to Vancouver by Livingston Freight in October. Was $1200 including taxes, pick-up, and drop-off.

pontifex4

Find a different shipping company, or talk to someone different at that one. No such requirement exists, in my experience. I did Vancouver to Ottawa last year for $1350, FWIW.

shinrai

Just closing this up - and thank you all for the advice.

Livingston's was great. No nonsense easy move.

Hanson's was nice and professional but they did require an appraisal and a BC provincial inspection. No way around it. They mentioned that a mechanic had to inspect the car because it may be leaking oil etc.
Kind of bogus because you're at the mercy of the mechanic.




Wifee had this deck made last week. She's lovely.