A driveaway service means a professional driver operates the vehicle to its destination instead of loading it onto a trailer. SelectDrive is developing an owner-led model in which a future signed booking would name the approved driver and state the handoff, documentation, and tracking terms. Dan Ketelsen is the owner, intended primary driver, and primary planning contact.
Planning status as of July 26, 2026: SelectDrive is accepting route details for planning estimates only while its federal interstate operating authority is pending. No interstate for-hire move will start until the required operating authority is granted and active, and the specific trip has current insurance, vehicle, driver, and signed agreement approvals.
A driveaway service hires a qualified driver to physically drive your car from one place to another. Your vehicle travels on its own four wheels, driven by a person, rather than strapped onto an open or enclosed carrier with five or six other cars. It is the right fit when your car runs and drives, you want one accountable person handling it start to finish, and you would rather not make the long drive yourself.
SelectDrive's planned model is owner-led and would not post customer jobs to an open load board. If interstate service is activated, each signed trip agreement would identify the approved driver before pickup, and any approved driver would have to clear the required motor-vehicle-record and background review. Website copy does not identify or approve a driver for a specific trip.
A future signed agreement would identify the approved driver and any driver positioning cost before pickup.
The approved driver would follow the pickup and condition-documentation process stated in the signed agreement.
A route plan would use a realistic schedule, generally about 8 driving hours or 500 miles per day with overnight stops on long routes.
The signed agreement would state whether a private tracking link, milestone updates, or another communication plan is enabled.
The approved process would include a delivery record that can be compared with pickup. Payment terms would come from the signed agreement.
Many car shipments run through a broker that posts a job to a load board. SelectDrive's planned model would avoid that chain and name the approved driver before pickup.
SelectDrive's current planning model bills driver pay at $450 per day in half-day increments, with a one-day minimum. It then adds gas fuel where applicable, tolls, lodging, insurance surcharge, and itemized positioning travel. Electric charging is billed at documented actual cost with receipts. This is not an offer or booking quote. Any future written quote and signed agreement would control.
This comparison is educational. Confirm a provider's active authority, insurance, vehicle, driver, and signed terms before any move.
Yes. The assigned driver operates it on its own wheels, so it must be running, registered, insured, and safe for the route. An inoperable vehicle needs a trailer carrier.
The illustrative model bills driver pay at $450 per day in half-day increments, with a one-day minimum. It adds gas fuel where applicable, tolls, lodging, insurance surcharge, and itemized positioning travel. Electric charging is billed at documented actual cost with receipts. It is not a booking quote, and no interstate service or date is available while required authority is pending.
Planning estimates use about 8 driving hours or 500 miles per day, so a 1,500 mile route is roughly 3 to 4 days and a coast-to-coast route is about 5 to 6 days. Weather, traffic, rest, and vehicle condition can shift timing.
A pet that travels well may accompany the vehicle it belongs to, and ordinary belongings that fit safely below the window line may be accommodated, but both require advance disclosure and written approval in the trip agreement. Approval is separate from the price estimate and is never automatic. These accommodations are incidental to delivering the vehicle. SelectDrive does not offer household goods moving, standalone goods delivery, or standalone pet transport. No person may ever travel in the vehicle.
See the current policy.
Share route details for a nonbinding planning estimate. This does not reserve service, a driver, or a date.
