Most shipments from Houston run $0.70 to $1.10 per mile and take 2 to 6 days.
Shipping a sedan from Houston costs $0.70 to $1.10 per mile on an open carrier in October 2026, depending on distance and destination.
Updated November 2026| Destination | Distance | Transit | Open price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta, GA | 793 mi | 2 to 4 days | $750 to $950 |
| Denver, CO | 1,032 mi | 3 to 5 days | $950 to $1,150 |
| Chicago, IL | 1,083 mi | 3 to 5 days | $950 to $1,150 |
| Miami, FL | 1,188 mi | 3 to 5 days | $800 to $1,000 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 1,550 mi | 3 to 6 days | $1,000 to $1,200 |
| New York, NY | 1,632 mi | 4 to 6 days | $1,150 to $1,400 |
| San Francisco, CA | 1,929 mi | 4 to 6 days | $1,250 to $1,550 |
All 33 priced routes from Houston are in the full price list, open and enclosed.
Pricing refreshed monthly based on current carrier rates.
Quotes well below the typical range are almost always bait-and-switch. You are quoted a low price to pay the deposit, and then the price is bumped at the last minute.
Insured under federal cargo liability requirements. Coverage is part of the quote, not an add-on.
Your price holds for 28 days. Cancel free until 7 days before pickup.
Most shipments run door to door. If access is tight (narrow streets, low clearance), we will arrange a nearby meeting point.
One percent of every booking funds Clean Air Task Force, a nonprofit working on transport and energy emissions.
Great experience! It was very personalized and attentive. I had an emergency move and they managed to pick up the car just the next day after booking.
Professional service and reasonable price considering they had to winch my car on the trailer.
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Your price holds for 28 days. Cancel free until 7 days before pickup.
Freeways leave Houston in every direction, none of the main ones tolled, and trucks run them all year. The start of the trip is the part that varies, depending on where in the metro your car is and what the sky is doing that day.
Where it is matters more every year, since Houston keeps growing outward. Between 2024 and 2025 the metro added more people than any other in the country, and most of them settled in the suburban counties, around Katy, Cypress and Conroe and out to Waller County, so a Houston pickup is often a long way from downtown. That’s why we ask for the real address when you book rather than the nearest big suburb: the driver plans the pickup window around it. Once the car reaches I-10, I-45 or US 290, the rest is ordinary interstate driving.
In Houston it doesn’t take a hurricane to close a road. A heavy downpour in any month can fill the underpasses and a few low stretches of freeway, and when it does the city and county barricade them until the water goes down. A loaded car carrier keeps off flooded roads like any other vehicle, so on a day like that the pickup waits until the route to you is open again.
Check its history before you book the truck, because Houston has flooded badly more than once, Harvey in 2017 worst of all, and not every flooded car ends up with a flood title. When an insurer writes one off, the new title says so. A car whose owner never made a claim has no record at all, though, and some written-off cars are cleaned up and retitled in another state, which erases the trail. The National Insurance Crime Bureau’s free VINCheck will show whether a participating insurer has declared the car a total loss, but since no database catches everything, it’s worth paying a local mechanic to look at a car you can’t see yourself.
One percent of every booking goes to Clean Air Task Force, a nonprofit working on policy and technology to clean up transport and energy emissions.
Our giving is independently verified each year.
Shipping a car from Houston typically costs $0.70 to $1.10 per mile, depending on distance and destination. In totals, that is $950 to $1,150 to Chicago, $1,000 to $1,200 to Los Angeles, and $1,150 to $1,400 to New York.
Most shipments out of Houston take 2 to 6 days door to door. Atlanta and the Southeast run 2 to 5 days, Denver and the Midwest 3 to 5, and both coasts 3 to 6. Treat those as estimates: a truck carries several cars, and each drop along the way shapes when yours arrives.
Houston to Los Angeles is 1,554 miles and quotes $1,000 to $1,200 for open transport, with an estimated 3 to 6 days door to door. The truck runs I-10 the whole way, through San Antonio, El Paso and Phoenix.
Every shipment is insured by the carrier under federal cargo liability requirements.
The deposit is charged 7 days before your pickup window opens; for a pickup inside 7 days it is held on your card at booking and charged when your driver is confirmed. The remaining balance is paid to the driver at delivery.
If you find damage at delivery, note it on the bill of lading before signing. We will manage the claim with the carrier from there.
The truck waits until the road is safe to drive, and your pickup or delivery date moves with it. We'll confirm the driver's new window with you as soon as the road reopens. Snow on the mountain passes and in the northern states, and hurricanes along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, are the usual causes.
You can cancel for free up to 7 days before pickup. After that, the deposit is non-refundable.
Your price holds for 28 days. Cancel free until 7 days before pickup.
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