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When you need to ship a car to or from Sunnyvale, count on an auto transport company that gets cars where they need to be safely and on time. RoadRunner Auto Transport has over 30 years of experience delivering cars cross country, with door-to-door vehicle transport anywhere in Sunnyvale, CA. Our transport coordinators handle every step, from pricing and carrier assignment to dispatch and delivery.

Whether you need a car transported in or out of the city, RoadRunner sets you up with convenient Sunnyvale auto shipping at a fair price, with enclosed transport available for added protection. Call (888) 777-2123 or use our car shipping calculator to get an instant quote.

Every carrier in the network is vetted before it hauls for RoadRunner and carries its own cargo insurance, and the coordinator who prices your Sunnyvale move stays your point of contact until the car is delivered. Quotes are built from what carriers are charging to run the California lanes right now, not from a national average.

Whether the car is a daily driver, a classic headed for storage, or a student's first car going to campus, the same coordinator handles open and enclosed bookings, expedited pickups, and vehicles that do not run under their own power.

The result is a 4.7-star average across more than 39,000 verified customer reviews, and one phone number, (888) 777-2123, for the quote, the booking and the day of pickup.

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Any residential or business address in Sunnyvale or Downtown and the Heritage District and Moffett Park and the north side; the exact spot is agreed with the driver.
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What California customers say about shipping with RoadRunner

"I recently relocated from Los Angeles, CA to Dallas, TX. I found RoadRunner from Google and received excellent services from the quote to the service of picking my car and transporting across country."

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California to Texas

May 2026

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"Tried to have my car shipped from California to Oregon with another service, for 1 month! ridicules, called roadrunner and they pick up the car one day and it was delivered the next day. Driver was great, courteous and professional. Very reasonable pricing."

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California to Oregon

May 2026

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"Fast pickup. Faster delivery. Schedule for Wednesday pickup on Monday, car delivered enclosed following Monday from CA to NY. Great communication throughout. Car in perfect shape."

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California to New York

October 2025

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January 2025

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About Sunnyvale car shipping

Reliable car shipping to and from Sunnyvale, California

Sunnyvale spreads across the valley floor between CA-85 and the bay-side freeways, US-101 and CA-237. Moffett Field borders the city on the northwest, and Cupertino is next door. The streets are wide and level, and for Sunnyvale car shipping the carrier can usually reach the house. At apartment buildings with gated garages and downtown near Murphy Avenue, you hand over the car on a side street. No civilian carrier drives onto the airfield, so a pickup tied to Moffett happens at your home or outside the gate.

An open auto carrier unloading on a residential street

LinkedIn and Juniper Networks are based in Sunnyvale, and Lockheed Martin runs its space business on the north side. Their staff relocations often include a car. Air National Guard families at Moffett Federal Airfield ship cars on dates set by their orders. Nearby De Anza, Foothill and Stanford add late-August and May moves. Enclosed transport suits a low sports car, loaded by lift gate, and a new EV arriving with a relocation.

Questions about a Sunnyvale pickup? Call (888) 777-2123.

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Pricing

What factors affect the cost to ship a car?

Several factors can affect your car shipping cost to or from Sunnyvale, CA — the six below are the ones that move it most, and they pull in different directions at once: a longer lane costs more in total but less per mile, an enclosed carrier adds protection and price, and a pickup date with some give in it can cancel out a busy-season premium. The quote you get is for your exact vehicle, dates and addresses, and it covers pickup, transport and delivery with no fees added afterwards.

Prices on the busiest California corridors are on the California car shipping page. For a price on your exact vehicle transport, use the calculator or call (888) 777-2123.

Sunnyvale car shipping factors
DistanceThe distance of your move from origin to destination. Longer lanes cost more in total while costing less per mile.Learn more Vehicle type and sizeLarger and heavier vehicles take more deck space and weight allowance on the carrier.Learn more Open, enclosed, or top-loadedOpen transport is the standard choice; an enclosed carrier costs more and shields the vehicle from weather and road debris.Learn more Pickup and delivery accessRural or hard-to-reach addresses can add to the price; a wide, legal curb keeps it simple.Learn more Season and timingDepending on your route, the time of year adds a seasonality factor; flexible dates help.Learn more Speed of deliveryExpedited pickup windows and direct routes are available for faster delivery at a higher rate.Learn more
Our Sunnyvale car shipping specialists can walk you through which factors matter most for your shipment. Calculate your Sunnyvale car shipping cost
Door-to-door in Sunnyvale

Door-to-Door Car Shipping in Sunnyvale: Neighborhoods and ZIP Codes We Serve

Sunnyvale is flat and gridded, framed by US-101 and CA-237 on the bay side and CA-85 to the west, with the Lawrence and Central expressways cutting across the middle. For a 75-foot carrier that means most addresses are a wide, level curb. The exceptions are downtown around Murphy Avenue, the apartment corridors that park underground behind a gate, and Moffett Field, which no civilian truck drives onto.

Downtown and the Heritage District

Downtown Sunnyvale · Murphy Avenue · Heritage District · Washington Park · Sunnyvale Caltrain station

Murphy Avenue is a narrow pedestrian block: the meet moves to Mathilda Avenue, Evelyn Avenue, or a garage entrance.

Moffett Park and the north side

Moffett Park · Lockheed Martin campus · Sunnyvale Baylands · Lakewood Village · Fair Oaks

Industrial-width streets between US-101 and CA-237: the easiest pickups in the city, and where carriers stage.

The west side tracts

Cherry Chase · Ortega Park · Ponderosa Park · Birdland · Raynor Park · Serra Park

Postwar streets under mature trees off Fremont Avenue and Remington Drive: driveway pickups, with low branches the catch.

The expressway corridors

El Camino Real · Lawrence Expressway · Central Expressway · Oakmead · Lawrence Station · Sunnyvale-Saratoga Road

Apartment complexes here park underground behind a gate: the driver meets you in the surface lot or on a side street.

Sunnyvale ZIP codes we serve

Carriers pick up and deliver across 161 ZIP codes in the Sunnyvale area, grouped here by postal district.

  • 940xx32 ZIPs
  • 943xx7 ZIPs
  • 944xx5 ZIPs
  • 945xx24 ZIPs
  • 950xx35 ZIPs
  • 951xx58 ZIPs
All 161 Sunnyvale-area ZIP codes

940xx: 94002, 94010, 94011, 94019, 94020, 94021, 94022, 94023, 94024, 94025, 94026, 94027, 94028, 94035, 94039, 94040, 94041, 94042, 94043, 94060, 94061, 94062, 94063, 94064, 94065, 94070, 94074, 94085, 94086, 94087, 94088, 94089

943xx: 94301, 94302, 94303, 94304, 94305, 94306, 94309

944xx: 94401, 94402, 94403, 94404, 94497

945xx: 94536, 94537, 94538, 94539, 94540, 94541, 94542, 94543, 94544, 94545, 94550, 94552, 94555, 94557, 94560, 94566, 94568, 94577, 94578, 94579, 94580, 94586, 94587, 94588

950xx: 95002, 95005, 95006, 95007, 95008, 95009, 95011, 95013, 95014, 95015, 95017, 95018, 95026, 95030, 95031, 95032, 95033, 95035, 95036, 95041, 95042, 95044, 95050, 95051, 95052, 95053, 95054, 95055, 95056, 95060, 95065, 95066, 95070, 95071, 95073

951xx: 95101, 95103, 95106, 95108, 95109, 95110, 95111, 95112, 95113, 95115, 95116, 95117, 95118, 95119, 95120, 95121, 95122, 95123, 95124, 95125, 95126, 95127, 95128, 95129, 95130, 95131, 95132, 95133, 95134, 95135, 95136, 95138, 95139, 95140, 95141, 95148, 95150, 95151, 95152, 95153, 95154, 95155, 95156, 95157, 95158, 95159, 95160, 95161, 95164, 95170, 95172, 95173, 95190, 95191, 95192, 95193, 95194, 95196

Nearby city pages

Local resources: California DMV Vehicle Registration · Caltrans
On-the-Ground Logistics

What Sunnyvale Pickups Actually Look Like

Most handoffs are straightforward door-to-door pickups. These are the exceptions, and how the driver handles them.

The valley floor and the expressways

Sunnyvale sits on the flat floor of the Santa Clara Valley with US-101 and CA-237 on the bay side, CA-85 to the west, and the Lawrence and Central expressways running through the middle. Mathilda Avenue, El Camino Real and Fair Oaks Avenue are wide and level, so most Sunnyvale pickups are a driveway or a curb.

Downtown and Murphy Avenue

Downtown is the one tight spot. Murphy Avenue is a short pedestrian block, the Caltrain tracks cross Mathilda and Sunnyvale Avenue, and the newer buildings around the station park underground. A car hauler stays on Mathilda or Evelyn, or meets you at a garage entrance where there is room to load at the curb.

Apartment garages and clearance bars

The apartment corridors along El Camino Real, Fair Oaks Avenue and Wolfe Road park underground behind a gate, and the clearance bar at the ramp stops any truck. Those pickups happen in the surface lot, in the fire lane where the office allows it, or on a side street, and the driver settles that with you in advance.

Moffett Field and Moffett Park

Moffett Federal Airfield sits on Sunnyvale's northwest line and is a federal facility, shared by NASA Ames Research Center and an Air National Guard rescue wing, so a civilian carrier does not drive on. Pickups tied to it happen on the public streets in Moffett Park or at your address outside the gate.

How it works

How does vehicle transport to and from Sunnyvale work?

how does vehicle transport to and from Sunnyvale work
  1. 1

    Get your car shipping quote

    Enter your pickup and delivery details and your Sunnyvale vehicle transport price appears on screen in seconds. Choose open-carrier shipping, the most popular and cost-effective option, or an enclosed carrier for additional protection.

  2. 2

    Vehicle pickup

    Book online or with a transport coordinator and pick a date. On pickup day your vehicle is inspected, carefully loaded onto the carrier, and you can track the status of your shipment online at any time.

  3. 3

    Vehicle delivery

    On delivery day your vehicle is safely offloaded and a final inspection confirms it arrived in the same condition as when it was picked up.

Read the full guide to how auto transport works
Getting Ready

Before the carrier arrives in Sunnyvale

Three things to handle between booking and pickup day. They take an hour in total and make both handoffs smooth.

1

Schedule in advance

Book 7–14 days ahead for the best rates, and 2–3 weeks during peak season, when carrier space is tightest.

2

Prep and empty the vehicle

Wash the car, leave about a quarter tank of fuel, and remove personal items. Anything left inside is not protected against loss or damage in transit.

3

Inspect at pickup and delivery

Walk around the vehicle with the driver at both ends, photograph its condition, and note anything new on the Bill of Lading before signing.

The Sunnyvale Story

Who Ships Cars in Sunnyvale, and Why

The shipments Sunnyvale generates most, and the service built for each.

Sunnyvale relocationsLinkedIn and Juniper Networks are headquartered in Sunnyvale, and Lockheed Martin has run its space business from the north side of the city for decades. Those employers move people on assignment cycles, and a good share of the relocations ship a car in or out. One coordinator handles the schedule from door to door.Corporate relocation shipping Orders out of MoffettAn Air National Guard rescue wing flies out of Moffett Federal Airfield on the city's north line, and NASA Ames shares the field. Orders and reassignments move cars on their own calendar. A civilian carrier cannot drive onto the field, so we pick up at your address or outside the gate and work around the dates you are given.Military car shipping Campus seasonDe Anza College is next door in Cupertino, Foothill College is up in Los Altos Hills, and Stanford is a short run northwest on El Camino Real. Sunnyvale sits within a few minutes of each, which puts the late-August move-in and the May move-out on the calendar here as well.College car shipping Low cars and long garagesEnclosed transport suits two situations common here: a low-clearance sports car that cannot take a standard open ramp, and a new EV or European sedan arriving with a relocation. An enclosed trailer loads on a lift gate and keeps weather and road debris off the paint from door to door.Enclosed car shipping
Sunnyvale pickups and deliveries

Shipping a car to Sunnyvale

Inbound Sunnyvale auto transport ends at your door in Sunnyvale or in Downtown and the Heritage District, Moffett Park and the north side, The west side tracts. The carrier comes in with a delivery window set once the truck is a day out, and the driver checks the vehicle with you against the condition recorded at pickup before you sign for it.

If you are moving in, the quote is the same whether the car rides ahead of you or after you; California registration comes afterwards, and the California DMV links in the pickup section above cover that paperwork.

An SUV being driven down the ramps off an open carrier at delivery

Shipping a car from Sunnyvale

Outbound, Sunnyvale auto transport starts with one quote for the exact vehicle and dates. A transport coordinator assigns the carrier, confirms the pickup date, and from then on the driver is your contact for timing.

Open transport is the standard choice for a daily driver leaving California; enclosed transport is there for a car that should arrive without weather or road debris on it. Either way the price you see is for your exact vehicle, not a class average.

An SUV being driven up the ramps onto an open carrier at the curb
The RoadRunner Advantage

The RoadRunner Advantage for Sunnyvale Auto Transport

Top rated auto shipping

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Thousands of verified 5-star reviews for vehicle shipping done right.

Door-to-door car shipping

Nationwide Door-to-Door Service

Direct service to and from any residential or business location in the US.

Licensed and bonded, cargo insured

Licensed, Bonded & Cargo Insured

A licensed and bonded auto transport broker; every carrier in the network carries cargo insurance.

No up front deposit required

No Up-Front Deposit Required

You pay nothing until a carrier is confirmed and your pickup is scheduled.

Extended office hours

Extended Office Hours

Transport coordinators are available weekdays, 9 AM to 10 PM ET, and Saturday, 10 AM to 5 PM ET.

Online shipment tracking

24/7 Online Shipment Tracking

Track the status of your shipment online anytime at your convenience.

Service Type

Open or Enclosed Transport for Sunnyvale?

Open car transport is the standard choice for most shipments and the most economical way to ship a daily driver, SUV, or truck. Your car rides with 8–10 others on a multi-vehicle trailer, driven on via built-in ramps and secured to the deck for the trip — the same way dealers move new inventory. See open auto transport for details.

Enclosed car shipping earns its premium of roughly 50% when the vehicle itself calls for it: luxury, classic, and exotic cars, a vehicle fresh off the dealer lot with no road miles, or anything you would not want exposed to weather and road debris. If you're weighing the two, our guide to the difference between enclosed and open auto transport covers it in detail.

Expedited shipping is also available when the calendar is not negotiable: guaranteed pickup windows and direct driver routes that get your vehicle there faster. It is the option time-sensitive moves lean on, from military relocations to students starting a new semester.

Sports car being loaded into an enclosed auto transport trailerShipping something special?White-glove protection for high-value vehiclesFully enclosed trailers shield luxury, classic, and exotic cars from weather, road salt, and debris the whole way.Explore Enclosed Car Shipping
Tips

Tips for shipping a car to or from Sunnyvale

1

Keep the pickup window flexible

A two- to three-day window lets the dispatcher place your car on the first carrier passing through; a fixed single day is the most expensive way to book.

2

Name a second contact for the handoff

Someone over 18 has to release and accept the vehicle, hand over the keys and sign the inspection reports. If you cannot be at the Sunnyvale address yourself, name a person you trust at booking.

3

Say so if the car does not run

Inoperable vehicles ship on a carrier with a winch, for an additional fee and usually a slightly longer wait for the right truck. Mention it at quote time so the assignment is right the first time.

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Nearly everywhere. The valley floor is flat and the streets are wide, so houses in Cherry Chase, Ponderosa Park, Birdland, Raynor Park and the tracts off Fremont Avenue are direct driveway pickups. The exceptions are downtown around Murphy Avenue, where the block is pedestrian and the newer buildings park underground, and the apartment corridors on El Camino Real, Fair Oaks and Wolfe Road, where a clearance bar keeps a truck out of the garage. There the meet moves to a surface lot or a side street, and the driver confirms the exact spot with you by phone before pickup.
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