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TURNS OUT it’s not just something you hear about in movies. You can actually head off on a US road trip in someone else’s car.

Auto Driveaway specialises in relocating cars across North America. Drivers have to be at least 23 and have a valid driver’s licence. Irish drivers need passports and a valid exit visa too. To get your route, check the drivers’ page on its website for a list of cars requiring relocation.

At the time of writing it has vehicles in need of driving from Washington DC to Pensacola Florida, Boston to Charlotte and from Atlanta Georgia to San Francisco.

Coming up to winter time, a number will be heading to Florida as rental car companies there gear up for the arrival of the snow geese – retirees from northern states migrating in search of winter sunshine.

Drivers pay a deposit of around $350 (€246) and receive a full tank of petrol plus a certain number of days and a prescribed amount of miles they are allowed to take.

As this is normally based on standard Interstate travel, the options for taking in all the sights along the way are limited.

However, with careful planning and the right route, it can offer a good way of seeing maybe one or two stops of national interest.

Just do your figures carefully. Petrol prices in the US are roughly half that here, but the distances you are covering are likely to be vast, so it isn’t necessarily the cheapest option of getting from A to B.

That said, if you’re happy to go where the road takes you, and have the time in which to do it, then hit the road Jack.

autodriveaway.com