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Car shipping without the stress.

Shipping a car can mean a dozen calls, quotes that change, and a lot of wondering. With us, it's one price, one person, and a text before you have to wonder.

We're opening to a small group first.

Have the password? Come on in and look around.

No password? Email hello@shipwithhowdy.com, and we'll send you one.

What we're building.

A car shipping broker built on hospitality, in an industry where trust is low. Four promises, on every shipment.

  • One price that holds

    Locked for 30 days. The carrier's price and our flat fee, shown separately on every quote.

  • Every carrier, checked

    Authority, insurance, safety record, and a cargo certificate from their agent, before pickup.

  • One person who texts back

    The person who answers is the one handling your car, from first question to driveway.

  • $0 until your car is loaded

    Card only, charged after loading. Miss the pickup window or deliver 3+ days late, and our fee comes back.

How it works.

  1. Get your price

    Two ZIP codes and your car. About a minute, with no phone number needed.

  2. We line it up

    We check the carrier, work with the dealer or seller, and set a pickup window.

  3. We text you the whole way

    Pickup photos, updates on the road, and a heads-up before it arrives.

Why we started Howdy.

In 2026, we bought a Corvette from a dealer in Nevada. Getting it home turned into two weeks of quotes that kept climbing, a phone that wouldn't stop buzzing with brokers we never called, doing the carrier's homework ourselves, and never really knowing where the truck was.

Howdy is the car shipper we wished we'd found.
Matt VarugheseFounder

Who we help.

  • Military moves
  • First responders
  • Snowbirds
  • Celebrities and athletes
  • College students
  • Travel nurses
  • Buying out of state
  • Moving

Military and first responders get half off our fee.