I recently moved from Colorado to Denmark and of course wanted to bring my Mustang. I reserved a 40' HC container for the car and our household goods.
Having in mind that I take really good care of my car (park in the far end of the parking lot, always garage the car etc.) it is an understatement to say that it was nervewrecking handing it over for a trip that would take almost 2 months.
The car did not have many miles on it since I had it custom painted (black again - no orange peel). I was supposed to be present when the car was driven into the container. Things didn't work out that way and I had to drive the car to the local moving company in the morning, just 2 hours before handing over our house to the new owners and leaving for the airport.
My car was parked in a tiny space where it was going to sit for an unspecified amount of time (the shipping company screwed up and lost the container I had reserved). I took pictures for insurance reasons ...
After we arrived in Denmark, we got more pictures from the local moving company (they were great). They had located another container in Denver and loaded my car into it (not much room on the right side of the car).
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The car was going on train from Denver to Houston and then on a ship from Houston to Belgium before being put on another ship from Belgium to Denmark. I was told it was a bad idea to ship my car on a train, as trains tend to move things around quite a bit due to the constant movement from the tracks. Well, I wasn't going to drive it to Houston, so I took my chances.
The next 1+ month I mentally prepared to see my car dented beyond belief from the household goods that I was convinced were improperly secured and would be scattered on and inside my car.
But the container came to our adress...
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And when we opened the container the car was looking great (only a flat battery)!
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The bad news is that I don't have license plates on the car yet. Denmark has the highest tax on cars in the world, and I can expect to pay $25,000 in fees JUST to be allowed to drive it, then there's the $8.50/gallon gas price.
The good news is that there are very few Mustangs with this bodystyle here (my guess is less than 10).
So if you ever worry about your car being out of sight for a day; buying a new car being expensive or the price at the pump is too high, have comfort in that at least it could be worse.
Geographic fact of the day: Denmark is part of Scandinavia and the neighbors are Sweden and Norway.
Having in mind that I take really good care of my car (park in the far end of the parking lot, always garage the car etc.) it is an understatement to say that it was nervewrecking handing it over for a trip that would take almost 2 months.
The car did not have many miles on it since I had it custom painted (black again - no orange peel). I was supposed to be present when the car was driven into the container. Things didn't work out that way and I had to drive the car to the local moving company in the morning, just 2 hours before handing over our house to the new owners and leaving for the airport.
My car was parked in a tiny space where it was going to sit for an unspecified amount of time (the shipping company screwed up and lost the container I had reserved). I took pictures for insurance reasons ...
After we arrived in Denmark, we got more pictures from the local moving company (they were great). They had located another container in Denver and loaded my car into it (not much room on the right side of the car).
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The car was going on train from Denver to Houston and then on a ship from Houston to Belgium before being put on another ship from Belgium to Denmark. I was told it was a bad idea to ship my car on a train, as trains tend to move things around quite a bit due to the constant movement from the tracks. Well, I wasn't going to drive it to Houston, so I took my chances.
The next 1+ month I mentally prepared to see my car dented beyond belief from the household goods that I was convinced were improperly secured and would be scattered on and inside my car.
But the container came to our adress...
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And when we opened the container the car was looking great (only a flat battery)!
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The bad news is that I don't have license plates on the car yet. Denmark has the highest tax on cars in the world, and I can expect to pay $25,000 in fees JUST to be allowed to drive it, then there's the $8.50/gallon gas price.
The good news is that there are very few Mustangs with this bodystyle here (my guess is less than 10).
So if you ever worry about your car being out of sight for a day; buying a new car being expensive or the price at the pump is too high, have comfort in that at least it could be worse.
Geographic fact of the day: Denmark is part of Scandinavia and the neighbors are Sweden and Norway.
Why did you move to Denmark?
