For movers and relocation teams

Relocation car transport: planning the vehicle leg

Last updated: July 26, 2026

When a household moves, an operable car may be planned as a separate driveaway leg. This page describes a possible future referral model. Personal effects and animals would have to travel separately.

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.

Relocation teams can share route details for a nonbinding planning estimate. The illustrative model starts at $0.75 per mile and then considers route and driver-positioning costs. It is not a booking quote.

How the planned referral model would work

• One clear handoff. The relocation team would refer the vehicle, and SelectDrive would review it only after authority is active and every trip approval is satisfied.
• Empty-vehicle rule. Any future trip would require the vehicle to be empty of personal effects with no animal aboard. See the current policy.
• One-way moves are the norm. Permanent relocations are exactly what driveaway is built for.
• Trip visibility. A future signed agreement would state whether a private tracking link and condition documentation are included.

How planning works now

• Share the possible route, dates, and vehicle for planning.
• Receive a nonbinding estimate with no service or date reservation.
• Wait for written confirmation that authority is active and all trip-specific approvals are complete before treating any move as accepted.

No repeatable referral arrangement or transportation commitment is active until the legal, insurance, operating, and signed-agreement requirements are complete.

The honest scope

The planned SelectDrive model is driveaway, not trailer transport: operable cars only, one car per trip, and route miles added to the odometer. For an inoperable car, a full fleet at once, or a unit that should not gain miles, a trailer carrier is the right tool. SelectDrive is based in the Des Moines metro, so Midwest origins and destinations are the natural planning focus.