Here are a few tip to help you with the preparation of your vehicle for transport:

Personal Items: Do not leave or transport anything valuable in your vehicle. AM Express Auto Transport or its agents is not responsible for anything loose inside your car, including cell phones, radar detectors, removable radios, household goods.

Clean Car: In order to expedite origin inspection by your car shipper, please provide the vehicle in clean condition. This allows for quick and fair evaluation of the vehicle prior to shipment, and establishes the standard for condition of delivery.

Antennas: Antennas should be lowered or removed. Temporary antennas for cell phones or CB radios should also be removed.

Racks: Remove any luggage, bike, or ski rack that is not permanently attached to the car.

Keys: U.S. Department of Transportation requires that one set of all keys for the vehicle is provided to the carrier, including the ignition, trunk, and glove box keys.

Spoilers: Spoilers, fairing, air dams or other low hanging items should be removed, or sufficient clearance assured, to expedite loading on the rail and truck ramps.

Canopies/Caps: Caps and canopies on pickup trucks must be properly bolted to the box of the truck to ensure safe delivery.

Personal Items: Do not leave or transport anything valuable in your vehicle.

Car Alarms: Alarms should be turned off for car transport. If there are special instructions required to start a car in order to disarm the alarm, please inform your carrier picking up your car.

Cracked Glass: Should the vehicle glass have a nick, scratch, chip, crack, or other imperfection, the auto transport companies will not be responsible for damage caused by any pre-existing condition.

Here is also a list of 10 Tips for Preparation:

*Drain your fuel level to less than half tank.

*All alarm systems should be disabled, disconnected, or turned off.

*All personal items should be removed from your car. Most auto shippers will not accept a vehicle for delivery if it contains personal possessions.

*Pickup or Delivery date: Car transport companies do not promise a delivery date, however, if your car transport company offers a guarantee that covers a rental car, find out the cost of the guarantee and the maximum dollars day covered.

*Once pick-up is made, your car transport company should provide you with a fairly precise delivery date.

*Make sure you receive a vehicle transport inspection report, which shows pick-up and delivery information, current mileage of the vehicle, and MOST IMPORTANTLY shows the condition of your car at time of pick-up.

*Delivery – inspect your vehicle SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY and compare the condition and mileage against the “Original Inspection Report” that you received at the origin (also inspect the roof and front and rear bumpers).

*The odometer readings should be noted at pickup and delivery of the vehicle.

*The balance is always required at time of delivery and usually only a cashiers check or cash are accepted. If you want to pay by credit card

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