The ShipMyCar Doctor often has to deal with patients suffering from Didn’t-use-shipmycar-itis. We are always willing to help treat such cases but they can be time consuming and/or expensive to mend. The causes of this terrible condition are usually the same with the ShipMyCar doctor hearing: “but ShipMyCar seemed too expensive so I went with…
Here at ShipMyCar we assist a number of clients throughout the year to ship a car / vehicle into the UK that they are looking to either sell immediately or to keep as an investment. There are a few cars that at the time of writing (March 2014), seem to be doing very well in…
When shipping a car over to the UK tyres can be worth considering prior to setting sail, they can be much easier and often cheaper to source in your country of export, especially if unusual or oversize ones are required
If you are using us for shipping your car back to the UK (of course after using our unique car shipping calculator) – we throw in a full professional valet. Every car that we import through our fully inclusive import package will benefit. Our valeting team only use the highest quality valeting products from Autosmart…
At ShipMyCar we offer an all inclusive car shipping package which allows you to purchase a car from say the USA, Dubai, etc and have us handle the entire process from collection at seller’s address all the way through to UK testing and registration. Since the UK government decided to relax the rules on cars…
We are pleased to announce we have been accepted as a full registered trading member of the British International Freight Association, BIFA. The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is the trade association for UK-registered companies engaged in international movement of freight by all modes of transport, air, road, rail and sea. BIFA has around 1500…
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Avoiding car shipping scams
The majority of our clients have purchased cars abroad without even seeing them first, this may sound crazy and high-risk, but if simple procedures are followed it really is no different to buying a car here in the UK. Sellers can be checked out and vehicle history can be checked out to avoid being put…
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Cycle to Work and Ship My Car
Cycle to Work is a scheme for employers from the government to enable them to provide cycling equipment and bikes to staff as a tax-free benefit. All employers of any size can benefit from the scheme. It is really easy to set up, in fact, all you have to do as an employer is simply…
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Car Shipping Summary 2013
So as 2013 draws to a close we have started analysing the data from the last year. Ship My Car continued to expand through 2013, investing in double our warehousing capacity, increasing our service list for full service imports to include in-house welding and fabrication, tyre advice & replacement for imports, undersealing and further improvements…
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The Longest School Run
Recently ShipMyCar assisted with an excellent fundraising effort from Father and Son team Graham and Edward Durgan. Edward was starting University in McGill University in Montreal and like many fathers, Graham was dropping him off. They decided to take the long route though and travel via Scandanavia, Estonia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China and the USA…