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Great experience with a serious company!
I had a wonderful experience with this car shipment broker company that I used for transporting a Dodge Caliber from San Francisco Bay Area, CA to Denver, CO in September 2025. I also want to share what I learned from this experience, so that others don’t panic or have false expectations. When searching for a car transportation solution on the internet, you will very likely find websites (like Shiply etc) that help you advertising your requirements (what car model/year, from/to address, preferred date), so that you can receive quotes. These quotes are not from a transportation or truck company, but from broker companies, like NRG Transportation. The broker company has direct access to the transportation market and, when the shipment date approaches, can search for available trucks. This means two things: 1) the exact pick-up date is approximate and 2) the actual shipment cost is approximate too. As a customer, you have basically two options: A) you can go with a big broker company that usually quotes a high price, but it can give the guarantee to respect the pickup date regardless of the shipment cost fluctuations. B) you can choose a smaller broker company like NRG, that offers at a much cheaper price the same professional service, but with the flexibility that the price may slightly increase and the pickup date change of one or few days. There is also a small risk to find small companies that offer a so-and-so service and sometimes scam customers with quotes that are unreasonably low with the intent of convincing you to pay them some “deposit” amount. Fortunately this was not the case of NRG. NRG Transportation gave me an initial quote that was quite good compared to the majority of others, but at the same time not awkwardly low. I do not have a rule of thumb, but by looking at other customers experience, I came to the conclusion that a driver can take about 50 cents per mile. So a 2000 miles trip would probably have a base cost around $1000. To such cost, you need to add the commission of the broker company, which could be around 20%, so your total would about $1,200 for 2000 miles. Typically big broker companies would quote these trips around or above $1800 and small companies around or below $1000. These figures are a bit made up, and probably can change in your case. And they are also negotiable and can vary on a daily or weekly basis for the same trip, depending on the demand/availability. I signed a contract with $0 deposit with NRG about 15 days before the shipment date. The day before the shipment date, Kevin from NRG contacted me and gave me the update that a driver was available but for about 30% more of the initial quote. Still the price was way cheaper than the majority of the other quotes. The car was picked up at an address at 5 minutes from my home on the promised date and less than 48 hours later was delivered in Denver. The truck company was Tsumada Auto Transport and they provided before/after inspection with online photos and GPS tracking for the full trip. Overall this was a painless no-stress experience and want to really thank Kevin and his company for the awesome service
Response from NRG TransportationJan 23, 2026
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