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Exotic cars & vehicles
An exotic is not a Camry on a trailer. It is paint, carbon, wheels, and a pile of parts that unbolt or scrape on a ramp. Owners remember the car as it sat in the garage. If a curb-rash spoke, a floor mat, or a fob is not on the paper and in the photo, it is your loss.
Do this now
Do not roll until VIN, mileage, wheels, aero, keys, and every loose piece are photographed and signed. A carbon splitter and a locking-lug key are how exotic hauls turn into claims.
If you’re new: why exotic cars eat operators
A Camry on a trailer is one thing. A $300,000 coupe is paint, carbon, wheels, and keys. Owners will swear a splitter, a set of mats, and a second fob were in the car. If you do not have a photo and a signature from pickup, you pay.
Better pickup: walk it, bag the loose gear, strap the factory points — not the pretty pieces. Better delivery: same walk, same list, signed before you leave. Same method as the boat. Different parts.
Do not take the job until cargo covers the stated value, the ramps can load it without scraping, and the owner will stay for the walk. If they will not stay, you do not load.
Better pickup
The method. Do not skip a step because the dealer is in a hurry.
Pickup 01
Freeze the scene
Car off. Nobody ‘helps’ off camera. Owner stays until the last signature. If they leave, you do not load.
Pickup 02
Identity the unit
VIN, mileage, fuel or charge, plates. Write them on the packet. Same for a second vehicle on the trailer.
Pickup 03
360 + the expensive corners
Slow walk-around. Then stills of all four corners, roof, rockers, splitter from the ground, wheels, and the interior. Narrate every chip and every curb mark. Time-stamp lives in the file name.
Pickup 04
Parts walk
Wheels, keys, aero, mats, cables. Owner initials each group. ‘It usually has a cover in the trunk’ that is not in the trunk goes on the exception line.
Pickup 05
Bag what walks
Loose aero pieces, mats, fobs, lug key, charge cable, covers — tote you control. Photo the tote closed. Nothing rides unsecured in the cabin.
Pickup 06
Load for the paint, not the clock
Low-angle ramps or a wheel lift. No scraping the splitter. Factory tie-down points. Soft straps — never through carbon spokes, never over bodywork. Winch line protected. Park, e-brake, then straps. Cover only if it cannot flap.
Pickup 07
Second 360 — how it left
After straps. This is the video that ends the ‘you chipped it on I-4’ argument. Owner signs the condition report and parts list before the truck moves.
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Parts that walk off
Wheels, keys, aero, mats — and other vehicles on the same trailer. Tap each line with the owner at pickup.
Identity
0/5
Wheels, keys, locks
0/5
Aero & body
0/5
Interior & loose gear
0/5
Other vehicles on the same trailer
0/4
Better delivery
Delivery 01
Do not unstrap first
Owner or receiving dealer present. Same 360 before a single strap comes off. Match it to pickup.
Delivery 02
Count the parts out loud
Wheels, lug key, fobs, aero, mats, cables. Mileage. Tick the pickup list. Anything new is an exception photo before they drive away.
Delivery 03
Paint and under after the straps
Splitter, rockers, wheels, strap points. Stone chips vs what was already there. Photo anything new.
Delivery 04
Signed receipt or it did not happen
‘Received with all listed parts’ or a written exception. No verbal ‘looks good.’ You do not leave until the paper is signed.
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Requirements
Stated-value cargo — not $100k general
A $280,000 Urus on a $100,000 cargo policy is uncovered from the first scratch. You need a high-value / stated-value auto or motor-truck-cargo limit that matches the unit. Call the agent on this desk before you bid.
49 CFR 393 — securement
Tiedowns at factory points, protection at contact, no strap on carbon or bodywork. An exotic failed at a Level 1 is a CSA event and a claim.
Open vs enclosed
Open trailer = stone chips and weather. Say it in writing. Enclosed is a different rate and a different risk. Do not promise enclosed and show up open.
Ramps and ground clearance
Low cars need long ramps or a lift. One scrape of a carbon splitter is an $8,000 conversation. If you cannot load it clean, you do not take the job.
You are not a test driver
On and off the trailer only, unless it is in writing. No ‘I’ll warm it up.’ Mileage at delivery must match pickup plus the load.
EV / lithium
Do not charge on the trailer. Write the state of charge. A damaged high-voltage pack is a different emergency than a gas leak.
Ask the agent
Confirm cargo is stated-value for this car — not a $100k general limit. Then load.
Insurance that actually files