Most shipments from Michigan to Florida take 3 to 5 days and cost $1,000 to $1,700 for open transport.
Reference pricing by specific origin and destination. Your price holds for 28 days.
| Route | Distance | Open price | Enclosed price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit to Miami | 1,387 mi | $1,000 to $1,200 | $1,450 to $1,800 |
| Detroit to Naples | 1,337 mi | $1,400 to $1,700 | $2,350 to $2,900 |
| Grand Rapids to Fort Myers | 1,371 mi | $1,250 to $1,550 | $2,100 to $2,600 |
| Grand Rapids to Tampa | 1,247 mi | $1,150 to $1,400 | $1,850 to $2,300 |
| Detroit to Orlando | 1,163 mi | $1,150 to $1,400 | $1,850 to $2,250 |
| Detroit to Jacksonville | 1,007 mi | $1,300 to $1,600 | $2,250 to $2,700 |
All 6 priced routes from Michigan to Florida 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.
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Your price holds for 28 days. Cancel free until 7 days before pickup.
Some Michigan cars go to Florida for good and some only for the winter, and on this lane the paperwork depends on which kind yours is. Florida is where more people leaving Michigan settle than anywhere else, and the drive is the simple part, because I-75 runs from Detroit almost to the end of the trip.
No, as long as Michigan is still home and its registration stays current. Florida lets a visitor’s car run on the plates of the owner’s home state, and that only ends if you take a job in Florida or enroll a child in a Florida public school, which gives you 10 days to register the car there. If the Michigan tab runs out while you’re away, you can renew online and have the new one mailed to your Florida address for that one time, but Michigan asks for proof of its no-fault insurance with every renewal, so keep the Michigan policy in place through the season.
Moving for good asks very little of the Michigan end. Michigan doesn’t want its plates back once the car is registered in Florida, so they can be destroyed when the Florida ones go on, and any Michigan renewal notice that turns up later can be ignored.
If the move makes you a Florida resident, these are the state's rules for the car.
Checked September 2026 against Florida Statutes 320 and 627, U.S. EPA, Pinellas County Tax Collector. Rules change; the state's own site has the final word.
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 Michigan to Florida costs between $1,000 and $1,700 for open transport. Enclosed transport costs about 40 to 70% more, rising with distance. Detroit to Miami sits at the bottom of that range.
Shipping a car from Michigan to Florida takes an estimated 3 to 5 days. The truck runs I-75 for almost the whole trip, about 1,150 miles from Detroit to Orlando and closer to 1,400 to Miami.
Every shipment is insured by the carrier under federal cargo liability requirements.
One to two weeks ahead is enough on most routes. Busy corridors handle shorter notice, and quieter lanes benefit from the full two weeks. Booking earlier does not lower the price; it settles your dates sooner, and the price holds for 28 days either way.
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.
Wash the car so its condition is easy to record, photograph it from each corner, and leave about a quarter tank of fuel. Take out anything above the 100 pound personal item allowance, and take your toll transponder such as FasTrak, E-ZPass or SunPass off the windshield, because toll gantries can read it while the car rides the truck. Have a working key ready for the driver.
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.
To ship a car, request a quote with your origin, destination, and vehicle details. Sequoia matches you with a driver according to your pickup window, the driver picks up your vehicle, and delivers it at your destination.
Your price holds for 28 days. Cancel free until 7 days before pickup.
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