Getting a car(s) from the UK to Gothenburg?

[nightSpirit]

Anyone know the cheapest and/or easiest way to get a few cars to a new home in Sweden?

One car is road legal and driveable, the other would need a trailer (which I could sort). DfDs have said I can't travel on their commercial route from Ghent to Gothenburg (sadly), I can do RoRo with a freight company for £500 but I don't like the thought of port staff driving my car after importing cars from Japan many moons ago and things going missing...and finally, someone doing the delivery for me is about £1600 per car.

Anyone know of how I can get on the DfDs boat or another option I might have missed?

[Krikkit]

Are the cars driveable? Someone might take the chance of a trip for you...

[nightSpirit]

One car is a Renault Megane 250, that's road legal, all good but the other is a V6 Trophy that's race only...there's also a third car possibly, a Clio 200 Megane engined car, again road legal.

Just wondering if the RoRo is the only way to get there without lots of miles etc.

[Krikkit]

Sorry, just realised I hadn't read your post properly.

I suspect RoRo will be the only way, that said, the racer will need a trailer end to end I suspect as the approach angles of every RoRo I've seen wouldn't be manageable.

£1600 per car seems steep for delivery on a transporter, try Lizard: http://www.lizardlogistics.com/ Being the off season for the 'ring he might not be busy.

[V8 Fettler]

Shipping container?

[nightSpirit]

I contacted lizard, Alex has quoted me £3k for 2 cars..maybe that's as cheap as it gets with the distance and ferries.

I'm going to try and get on the DfDs ferry again as a business, wish me luck.

[Bluetoo]

Cars will fit in the back of a regular goods vehicle trailer and lots of company happy for a load home so to speak. All you need is somewhere/one with either a container ramp to load them or an accessible loading dock/bay.

DFDS transport (rather than Ferry( might be one company worth a call)

[aeropilot]

nightSpirit said:

I contacted lizard, Alex has quoted me £3k for 2 cars..maybe that's as cheap as it gets with the distance and ferries.

I would say so, given the miles now with all the ferries no longer going to Sweden.

Years ago when the ferry used run between Hull and Gothenberg, many vintage yank owners used to make the trip to Sweden for the Big Power Meet and other classic yank shows in Sweden, but you now looking at a long drive via France, Belgium, Holland and Denmark and over the Storebelt bidge.
Even the fast 3hr Harwich-Hook of Holland cat ferry has stopped running now, so even that short cut is gone.

[RJG46]

Have a look at the Cobelfret website, they go to Gothenberg. It was DFDS with the route via Immingham, one way crossing coming in at £680.

Edited by RJG46 on Thursday 3rd January 19:40

[Krikkit]

Can't see Gothenburg on the Cobelfret site, but it does redirect to another one.

OP it's about a thousand mile journey, that's only a couple of hundred quid in fuel for the road legal ones...

[nightSpirit]

Thanks guys, such a shame there is no easy route.

I think the cost of ferry myself/driving isn't viable compared to the roro cost I've been quoted (£500) and the lack of effort required. I'll try the Cobelfret option now

[nightSpirit]

Krikkit said:

Can't see Gothenburg on the Cobelfret site, but it does redirect to another one.

OP it's about a thousand mile journey, that's only a couple of hundred quid in fuel for the road legal ones...

Anyone know the cost of the ferries once in Europe? Sorry for being crap at finding this info!

[ecsrobin]

nightSpirit said:

Thanks guys, such a shame there is no easy route.

I think the cost of ferry myself/driving isn't viable compared to the roro cost I've been quoted (£500) and the lack of effort required. I'll try the Cobelfret option now

I’d happily do the journey in one of your cars but even just covering expenses you’re never going to beat the £500 for the roro.

[Krikkit]

ecsrobin said:

nightSpirit said:

Thanks guys, such a shame there is no easy route.

I think the cost of ferry myself/driving isn't viable compared to the roro cost I've been quoted (£500) and the lack of effort required. I'll try the Cobelfret option now

I’d happily do the journey in one of your cars but even just covering expenses you’re never going to beat the £500 for the roro.

Me too, even just the fuel and ferry would do. I like a mini adventure.

I suppose you've got to weigh up leaving it in the care of a PH'er + miles vs handing it over to a RoRo knowing they'll rag it and/or empty the coin trays etc.

[aeropilot]

nightSpirit said:

Krikkit said:

Can't see Gothenburg on the Cobelfret site, but it does redirect to another one.

OP it's about a thousand mile journey, that's only a couple of hundred quid in fuel for the road legal ones...

Anyone know the cost of the ferries once in Europe?

Not sure what you mean, once in Europe?

If you mean, driving there, once on the European mainland, then there's no need to get a ferry after that.

For driving to Sweden, you can actually drive all the way there without ever going on a ferry.

Eurotunnel to France, then drive through Belgium, Holland and into Denmark, then across the bridge/tunnel from Denmark into Sweden.

[ecsrobin]

aeropilot said:

Not sure what you mean, once in Europe?

If you mean, driving there, once on the European mainland, then there's no need to get a ferry after that.

For driving to Sweden, you can actually drive all the way there without ever going on a ferry.

Eurotunnel to France, then drive through Belgium, Holland and into Denmark, then across the bridge/tunnel from Denmark into Sweden.

To Gothenburg looks like a 2 day trip, 1000miles and 18hours from Hampshire not that bad.

[aeropilot]

ecsrobin said:

aeropilot said:

Not sure what you mean, once in Europe?

If you mean, driving there, once on the European mainland, then there's no need to get a ferry after that.

For driving to Sweden, you can actually drive all the way there without ever going on a ferry.

Eurotunnel to France, then drive through Belgium, Holland and into Denmark, then across the bridge/tunnel from Denmark into Sweden.

To Gothenburg looks like a 2 day trip, 1000miles and 18hours from Hampshire not that bad.

Yep.

A friend of mine used to take her hotrodded 1929 Ford Model A roadster to a hot rod meet north of Gothenburg via that route, was just over 1100 miles each way from memory from where she lived to Uddevalla and back.
And I left out Germany between Holland and Denmark

[RJG46]

Krikkit said:

Can't see Gothenburg on the Cobelfret site, but it does redirect to another one.
..

I could be wrong but I think they go from the UK to Holland then another ferry from there to Gothenburg.

[nightSpirit]

Guys, thank you all for the kind offers to drive the cars over

It's also about the mileage on them, shouldn't really matter as they're not rare cars I know. Do you really think the RoRo will be that bad in terms of ragging the cars and stealing anything that isn't nailed down? I know back in the day Jap cars coming in to Southampton sometimes got fleeced

Maybe it's better then to just try and find the best route with me driving them over a few days? The cars would be coming to Uddevalla

[aeropilot]

nightSpirit said:

Maybe it's better then to just try and find the best route with me driving them over a few days? The cars would be coming to Uddevalla

I think that's the best option for the road legal cars.
If you are midlands or north of that in the UK, I'd consider going via the Harwich-Hook ferry, via an overnight crossing which would cut down the driving via M25 etc to get to the tunnel and then having to drive through France and Belgium etc.

The race car will be the issue, as that will be the cargo boat option or transported via trailer or car transporter.