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When you need to ship a car to or from New Braunfels, 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 New Braunfels, TX. 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 New Braunfels 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 New Braunfels move stays your point of contact until the car is delivered. Quotes are built from what carriers are charging to run the Texas 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 New Braunfels or Downtown, Landa Park & Gruene and The I-35 corridor & the east side; the exact spot is agreed with the driver.
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About New Braunfels car shipping

Reliable car shipping to and from New Braunfels, Texas

New Braunfels sits on Interstate 35 between San Antonio and Austin, and the Hill Country begins just west of town. Frontage roads line the interstate, so a carrier can stop legally within minutes of most addresses. Most pickups happen at your driveway or curb. Downtown's plaza blocks, the narrow lanes of Gruene and the winding roads toward Canyon Lake are the exceptions. There the handoff takes place on a frontage road or a wider street nearby.

An open auto carrier unloading on a residential street

New Braunfels car shipping also covers Schertz and Cibolo along the I-35 corridor and Seguin to the east. Military families posted to Randolph and Fort Sam Houston often live here off base. Households relocating for jobs in San Antonio or Austin settle here too and ship a car ahead of the move. Crew cabs, duallies and lifted trucks need carriers with extra deck length and weight allowance. Drivers plan pickups for mornings or midweek during the summer river season and Wurstfest in November.

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

115,851
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau population estimates (2023).
Pricing

What factors affect the cost to ship a car?

Several factors can affect your car shipping cost to or from New Braunfels, TX — 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 Texas corridors are on the Texas car shipping page. For a price on your exact vehicle transport, use the calculator or call (888) 777-2123.

New Braunfels 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 New Braunfels car shipping specialists can walk you through which factors matter most for your shipment. Calculate your New Braunfels car shipping cost
Door-to-door in New Braunfels

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

New Braunfels straddles Interstate 35 between San Antonio and San Marcos, and Texas interstates carry frontage roads, so a 75-foot carrier can stop on a level, legal shoulder minutes from most addresses. Loop 337 rings the older city and State Highway 46 crosses it. The awkward parts are the original plaza grid downtown, the narrow lanes around Gruene, the hill roads out to Canyon Lake, and the low-water crossings that close when the rivers come up.

Downtown, Landa Park & Gruene

Downtown New Braunfels · Main Plaza · Seguin Avenue · Landa Park · Gruene · Comal Springs

The plaza grid parks on both sides and Gruene's lanes fill with visitors, so the driver picks Loop 337 or an I-35 frontage road.

The I-35 corridor & the east side

Solms · Schertz · Cibolo · Marion · Seguin · McQueeney · Lake Dunlap

Level frontage roads at State Highway 46, FM 306, and Loop 337 make these a straightforward driveway or curb pickup.

West New Braunfels & the Hill Country

Vintage Oaks · Veramendi · Bulverde · Spring Branch · Garden Ridge · Smithson Valley

Hill Country grades off State Highway 46 with long private drives; gated tracts meet the truck at the gate.

Canyon Lake & the Guadalupe

Canyon Lake · Startzville · Sattler · Mystic Shores · River Road · Fischer

Steep, winding lake roads and low-water crossings on River Road and the FM roads that close in heavy rain.

New Braunfels ZIP codes we serve

Carriers pick up and deliver across 44 ZIP codes in the New Braunfels area, grouped here by postal district.

  • 780xx1 ZIP
  • 781xx18 ZIPs
  • 782xx15 ZIPs
  • 786xx10 ZIPs
All 44 New Braunfels-area ZIP codes

780xx: 78070

781xx: 78108, 78109, 78115, 78121, 78123, 78124, 78130, 78131, 78132, 78133, 78135, 78148, 78150, 78152, 78154, 78155, 78156, 78163

782xx: 78216, 78217, 78218, 78219, 78232, 78233, 78239, 78244, 78247, 78258, 78259, 78260, 78261, 78266, 78284

786xx: 78622, 78623, 78638, 78655, 78656, 78661, 78666, 78667, 78670, 78676

Nearby city pages

Local resources: City of New Braunfels · Comal County · Texas DMV
On-the-Ground Logistics

What New Braunfels Pickups Actually Look Like

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

I-35 and the frontage roads

New Braunfels straddles Interstate 35 between San Antonio and San Marcos, and Texas interstates carry frontage roads, which gives a carrier a level, legal shoulder within minutes of most addresses. Loop 337 rings the older part of town, and the exits at State Highway 46, FM 306, and FM 1863 put the truck close to the newer subdivisions.

The plaza grid and Gruene

Downtown was laid out around Main Plaza when the town was founded in 1845, so the blocks are short and parked on both sides, and Gruene keeps narrow lanes around its dance hall that fill with visitors most weekends. In both places the driver takes the handoff on a wider street or a frontage road minutes away, and settles the spot with you first.

Out to Canyon Lake

West and north of town the ground turns to Hill Country: FM 306, FM 2673, and the roads around Canyon Lake climb and wind, and lake houses sit at the end of steep private drives. Gated tracts meet the truck at the gate, and where a drive is too tight the handoff moves to the nearest wide shoulder.

When the rivers come up

The Comal and the Guadalupe rise fast in Central Texas storms, and the low-water crossings on River Road and the farm roads along the Guadalupe close first. Carriers wait those out rather than run them. Summer is the other version of the same problem: river and waterpark traffic clogs Loop 337 and Gruene Road on weekends, so pickups get scheduled early.

How it works

How does vehicle transport to and from New Braunfels work?

how does vehicle transport to and from New Braunfels work
  1. 1

    Get your car shipping quote

    Enter your pickup and delivery details and your New Braunfels 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 New Braunfels

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 New Braunfels Story

Who Ships Cars in New Braunfels, and Why

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

Living off base at Randolph and Fort SamRandolph Air Force Base and Fort Sam Houston are a half hour southwest, and plenty of the families posted to them live out here in New Braunfels, Schertz, and Cibolo rather than on base. That keeps the pickup simple: it happens at the house on a normal suburban street, and the dates flex around orders.Military car shipping Up I-35 to Texas StateTexas State University is in San Marcos, about fifteen miles up Interstate 35, and Texas Lutheran University is over in Seguin to the east. Move-in comes in late August and move-out in May, and New Braunfels is where a good share of those students and families actually keep an address.College car shipping Trucks on the I-35 corridorRush Enterprises, the commercial truck dealership network, has its headquarters here on Interstate 35, and Texas keeps more pickups on the road than any other state. Crew cabs, duallies, and lifted trucks need a carrier with the deck length and the weight allowance for them, so tell us the exact truck and the quote holds.Truck shipping Between two metrosNew Braunfels sits midway on the Interstate 35 corridor between San Antonio and Austin, which is why households relocating for a job at either end settle here instead. A company move gets one coordinator, and the car nobody is driving down usually goes on the truck ahead of the family.Corporate relocation shipping
New Braunfels pickups and deliveries

Shipping a car to New Braunfels

Inbound New Braunfels auto transport ends at your door in New Braunfels or in Downtown, Landa Park & Gruene, The I-35 corridor & the east side, West New Braunfels & the Hill Country. 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; Texas registration comes afterwards, and the Texas 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 New Braunfels

Outbound, New Braunfels 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 Texas; 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 New Braunfels Auto Transport

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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 New Braunfels?

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 New Braunfels

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 New Braunfels 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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Frequently Asked Questions

Get answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about the vehicle transportation process.

Yes. Gruene is a few minutes off Loop 337, though the lanes around the dance hall are narrow and busy on weekends, so the driver usually meets you on a wider street nearby. River Road and the Canyon Lake roads climb and wind, and the low-water crossings along the Guadalupe close in heavy rain, so a pickup can move by a day when the river is up. Gated tracts meet the truck at the gate, and the driver confirms the exact spot with you by phone before pickup.
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