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My father just picked up a sports car that he wants to leave down in Florida and not take north for 6 months. I'd like to give him some advice about what he can do with that car other than leave it there. My thought would be to have it driven up or shipped on a transport, perhaps train travel or potentially just leaving it in Florida but in some sort of climate controlled facility. Any of you guys do this with your vehicles?

My father just picked up a sports car that he wants to leave down in Florida and not take north for 6 months. I'd like to give him some advice about what he can do with that car other than leave it there. My thought would be to have it driven up or shipped on a transport, perhaps train travel or potentially just leaving it in Florida but in some sort of climate controlled facility. Any of you guys do this with your vehicles?
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[–] • 1 pt 2mo

Yeah I probably should disclose that he tried to have a car shipped down from the Northeast only to get bait and switched by the guy who after taking a non-refundable deposit started to walk the price up to a point where my father didn't want to afford it anymore. So I think he would probably want something that was more of a larger commercial operation and stay away from the mom and pops. Auto train might be a good idea. He does drive his regular car back and forth it's just getting the other one up.

[–] • 1 pt 2mo

There are a lot of shady companies in the transport biz. Most of my neighbors make a deal with the actual driver after the first trip. They pretty much either call or text directly and skip the middle man.

As long as he's close enough to DC to make it work, the Auto Train isn't bad. I'd recommend paying the extra fee to be last on and first off. That really speeds things up.

[–] • 1 pt 2mo

Well that's a good idea too. Also yeah he should probably ask some of his friends who shipped their cars back and forth. I'm just doing this without him actually saying anything to me. I just think that it would be a shame to leave his car South instead of enjoying it all summer.

[–] • 1 pt 2mo

I just think that it would be a shame to leave his car South instead of enjoying it all summer.

Makes sense. If he sets things up ahead of time he can use his car right up until he ships it to Florida.