Chip Shipt
–The Nationwide Auto Transport Blog Team

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Many auto transport companies want clients to sign a contract up front before the client’s vehicle has even been shipped. Once agreeing to the contract many customers must then give the company a nonrefundable deposit. At Nationwide, this is not the case.

Nationwide Auto Transport does not require the customers to sign contracts, and if this reliable auto transport company does not move the vehicle, there is no cost.  The new and updated online car shipping quote form is quick and easy. Nationwide values their customers’ time and money.

Nationwide Auto Transport also has car transporter specialists standing by to answer any questions and guide clients through the vehicle transport process. Get the process started today by requesting an online car shipping quote or calling a car transporter specialist at 1-800-689-6498.

Chip Shipt
–The Nationwide Auto Transport Blog Team

Shipping a car from Alabama to another part of the state is no sweat. Sometimes when people think about auto transport, they only consider shipping their car if they are moving from one side of the country to the other. However, car transport services can be extremely beneficial when  simply moving across a single state. Whether a person wants to move a car from Mobile to Huntsville or from Decatur to Dothan, Nationwide Auto Transport can help. Nationwide Auto Transport has years of experience shipping all types of automobiles from every corner of the country. Whether you are moving across the state for a job, or moving for pleasure, we can meet all of your car shipping needs. After all, Alabama has one of the top retiree locations on the gulf coast with the city of Gulf Shores, AL.

So if you are moving to the gulf coast for some fun in the sun and need a car transported, we will be glad to help. We have transported hundreds of vehicles all over the great state of Alabama and are sure to be able to meet everyone’s needs. If you want a customized vehicle transport, or have any questions feel free to give us a call. We would like to give a shout out to all you football fans out there, go Crimson Tide.

Chip Shipt
–The Nationwide Auto Transport Blog Team

In my last post, I talked about how the US was raising its fuel economy standards (check out the post, it’s pretty interesting).

Well, it just so happens that Japan is raising its fuel economy standards, too.

The new regulations will introduce a new CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) system, the kind of system that’s been used in the US for many decades. With CAFE, an auto manufacturer can offer both gas guzzlers and gas sippers just so long as the average fuel economy of its entire fleet for a model year meets the required average. Hence, “corporate average.”

Until now, however, Japan has had a different system. Cars were split up into 16 different weight classes, and manufacturers had to meet the requirement for each class. This was tough, since it’s much easier to meet the requirement once over a large pool of vehicles than meet it 16 different times.

In any case, manufacturers will have to achieve a figure of 20.3 km/L (47.4 mpg) by 2020—over 24 percent higher than the actual 2009 figure of 16.3 km/L (38.3 mpg).

If you have a Japanese vehicle that you would like shipped anywhere in the 48 contiguous states, Nationwide is your answer! Please contact one of our Japanese Car Shipping Experts today.

By the way, the video is of this really cool roller coaster in Japan. Frankly, it has nothing to do with this post, but I thought you would like it!

Chip Shipt
–The Nationwide Auto Transport Blog Team

On July 29, President Obama announced that automakers will be required to raise the average fuel economy of their passenger car fleets from a current 30.2 mpg to 54.5 mpg! Wow, right?

First, keep in mind that the figure refers to Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE). So a company can have gas-guzzlers just so long as it has fuel-sipping plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles to even things out.

Also, these changes won’t happen overnight. There will be a 5% rise per for passenger cars through the 2017–2025 model years.

To make this all happen, the federal government, California and 13 automobile manufacturers got together and had a nice talk. By way of background, in 2009, federal and state agencies came together on a single national standard for 2012–2016. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is pretty influential in these matters, since the California automobile market is so big.

What’s in it for the car companies? They get a single national standard that’s a done deal, so they can more easily plan for the future.

In any case, as you can see from the infographic that comes from the White House Blog, these standards are going to save the country a lot of money.

Keep in mind, however, that Nationwide will ship virtually any car–no questions about fuel economy asked! For more information, please talk to one of our Auto Transport Experts today!

–Chip Shipt
The Nationwide Auto Transport Blog Team

Nationwide ships motorcycles.

Here is a video pitting the Harley-Davidson 2009 Electra Glide against the 2009 Kawasaki Vulcan Voyager. Guess which wins. Oh yeah.

–Chip Shipt
The Nationwide Auto Transport Blog Team

• You can’t ship your Peterbilt 379 cab to Cybertron, but you can ship it with Nationwide across America!
• You can’t fly your car to Vulgaria, but you can ship it anywhere in the 48 contiguous states with Nationwide!
• You can’t ship your Ecto-1 to Zuul’s Temple, but you can ship it to New York City!
• You can’t ship your Mach 5 to Casa Cristo, but you can ship it with Nationwide across America!
• You can’t ship your Batmobile to Gotham, but you can ship it with Nationwide across America!

Wouldn’t it be great if your car was also your own personal alien guardian? One that could transform into a giant alien robot or drive you around without needing you to steer or push the pedals? (Plus, it doesn’t even require gasoline!) That would be the way to travel!

And, if you didn’t like the classic nature of the vehicle with its slick wheels and custom-faded paint job–even with its high-rise double pump carburetors–no problem! Your junky pony car could instantly transform into a slick new 2006 Camaro! All for $4,000! And don’t overlook the disco ball and awesome bee-shaped air-freshener that comes included in the deal!

Your car could even play helpful music clips to add to the moment! Such as Drive, I Feel Good, and Baby Come Back! Or it could simple communicate with you through the radio to tell you: a message from Starfleet… throughout the inanimate vastness of space… rain down like visitors from the heavens! Makes perfect sense, don’t you think?

This car is obviously the best there is, right? Check on the rep, yep, second to none! So get in the groove! Nationwide will be happy to ship your Transformer to any of the 48 contiguous states! Nationwide will be there for you and will provide as much protection as any alien guardian!

For more information, please contact one of our Transformer Shipping Experts.

–Chip Shipt
The Nationwide Auto Transport Blog Team

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• You can’t ship your Ecto-1 to Zuul’s Temple, but you can ship it to New York City!
• You can’t ship your Mach 5 to Casa Cristo, but you can ship it with Nationwide across America!
• You can’t ship your Batmobile to Gotham, but you can ship it with Nationwide across America!
• You can’t fly your car to Vulgaria, but you can ship it anywhere in the 48 contiguous states with Nationwide!

Even the great Optimus Prime needs to be transported every now and then. Of course, it’s usually for missions across the sea, but if he ever needed transporting within the US, Nationwide would be there to help! Nationwide would gladly transport the leader of the Autobots anywhere in the 48 contiguous states!

The Autonomous Robotic Organisms from the planet Cybertron–or Autobots for short–are always welcome to use Nationwide Auto Transport for any of their transporting needs. We’ll be there night or day, for, as Optimus says, “Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing.” How right he is! Nonetheless, Nationwide will be ready to roll out!

So be on the look-out for our Nationwide shipping vehicles. We might be transporting transformed Autobots undercover! After all, they live among Earth’s people now–hiding in plain sight but watching over us  in secret. So be sure to take care of your car and treat it right by shipping it with Nationwide! Because there just might be more to your car than meets the eye!

For more information, please contact one of our Transformer Shipping Experts.

–Chip Shipt
The Nationwide Auto Transport Blog Team

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And since your beloved car means so much to you, it is important to treat it with the kindness and love it deserves. After all, your car is an uncategorical, fantasmagorical machine! It is sleek as a thoroughbred with seats like a feather bed that will turn everybody’s head today!

Since your car can’t float or fly like Chitty can, ship your car with Nationwide to any of the 48 contiguous states! While your fantastic motorcar is under our care, we will protect it from Baron Bomburst, ruler of Vulgaria, and the most evil man in the world! So listen to what your car is telling you (Chitty Chitty Chitty Chitty) and ship it with Nationwide!

For more information, please contact one of our Motorcar Shipping Experts.

–Chip Shipt
The Nationwide Auto Transport Blog Team

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Welcome to your new Honda PCX–the ultimate scooter for the early 21st century! Honda calls the PCX a “global model scooter,” which means that it’s currently available in more or less the same spec all around the world. And yes, it’s available in America!

You are thus in good company with your purchase, and we hope that the above videos help you enjoy your new bike to the fullest.

The first is a short but sweet intro. The second is a little more on the amateur side, but you get to meet Roscoe, the schnauzer. Enjoy!

Here is the press release about the original launch of the PCX in Thailand. Some of this amazing scooter’s features are:

The PCX is equipped with a newly developed low-friction, water-cooled, 4-stroke, single-cylinder 125 cc engine, achieving excellent fuel economy of approximately 50km/liter (ECE 40 MODE). The “idling stop system,” which automatically stops the engine when the motorcycle comes to a temporary stop, was adopted to improve fuel economy (except for the U.S. model.) In addition, PCX conforms with Thailand’s Emission Standards at level 6 as well as the current exhaust emission standards in Japan, Europe and the U.S. with Honda’s electronic fuel injection system (PGM-FI^*1) and a catalyst device (catalyzer) installed in the muffler.

OK, no idle stop here in the States. But you get the rest!

Soon the time will come when you will want to ship your PCX to a distant city. You’ll want the best motorcycle transport service in the business–and that’s what we’ve got!

For more information, please contact one of our Scooter Transport Experts.

–Chip Shipt
The Nationwide Auto Transport Blog Team