$725 to $1,000 for a running mid-size car on an open trailer. Roanoke and the Shenandoah Valley sit at the bottom, Northern Virginia just above, and Norfolk or Virginia Beach at the top.

Two to four days on the road once the truck is loaded. Northern Virginia and the Valley are two to three days, Richmond and Hampton Roads three to four.

Between 640 and 960 miles depending on both ends. Chicago to Roanoke is the short version, Chicago to Virginia Beach the long one.

Northern Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley, at roughly 640 to 700 miles from Chicago. Hampton Roads is more than 300 miles further along the same trip, which is why it carries the top row.

Chicago is the busiest freight crossroads in the country and eastbound capacity toward the Mid-Atlantic is excellent, so a driver is rarely running empty either way. Short dense lanes like this one price below the band we quote for 500 to 1,500 miles generally.

They are careful estimates anchored to the Chicago figures already published on our Illinois to Texas page, not measured loads. Send us your two cities and we will give you a real figure for your dates.

Not really, and Springfield, Peoria, Champaign and Bloomington have a quiet advantage. They sit closer to the I-70 line east, so a car leaving there is already pointed the right way.

Yes. Virginia to Illinois prices in the same ranges over the same distances, so a return move plans on the same figures.

Inside a six day window that opens on the first date you give us. Expedited narrows it to three days, and on a two to four day drive that shortens the whole timeline by a useful share.

More than on most. Because the drive is only two to four days, the pickup window is a large slice of your total time, so cutting it in half makes a real difference to the finish date.

Yes, wherever the street allows a nine-car carrier, which covers most of Northern Virginia, Richmond, the Valley and Hampton Roads. Older narrow streets and gated entrances with a height bar are handed over at a wider road nearby, about ten minutes.

Yes, at the pickup end. Our Chicago office is at 742 E 87th Pl on 312-300-7773, one of four staffed offices. Portsmouth is one of our six service areas at the Virginia end, booked on 888-709-9078.

No. Shipments run door to door. Your car leaves your Illinois address and arrives at your Virginia one. The office holds staff, not vehicles.

Only in Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William and Stafford counties, plus Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park. A car going to Richmond, Roanoke or Hampton Roads needs no emissions test at all.

That one is statewide. Virginia requires an annual safety inspection before you operate the vehicle, and it comes with a sticker.

Within 30 days of moving. Title it in that window and register it at a DMV customer service center inside the same 30 days. Liability insurance has to stay in force even on a car you are not driving yet.

No. Nothing is needed before the car leaves, and Virginia's rules take over once it lands.

Either I-65 to Indianapolis then I-64 through Louisville and Charleston into the Valley, or I-80 and I-70 across to Maryland and down into Northern Virginia. The rest of the load decides which.

Two short climbs can: the Allegheny crossing on I-64 in West Virginia and I-68 over Big Savage Mountain in Maryland. Each takes a few hours of snow or ice in January or February, and drivers wait it out rather than push through.

Roughly 80 percent over the open figure. Worth it for a classic, a collector car, an exotic or new paint. In winter it also keeps Midwest salt off the underside.

It still ships. A winch handles the loading and that costs $200 or more on top. All it has to do is roll, steer and stop. Tell us up front.

Yes. A bigger vehicle takes more trailer space so it prices above the mid-size figures. Mention a lift kit, oversized tires or a roof rack when you ask.

Yes, on bike-ready equipment. Bikes are priced one at a time instead of off the table. Send us the make and model.

Yes, and two vehicles from the same Illinois address to the same Virginia address usually cost less per car than two separate bookings.

Yes, though it does not have to be you. Any adult you trust can walk the car with the driver and sign the condition report at pickup and again at delivery.

Not from us. That is the Smart Price Promise. The figure holds as long as the car, the route, its condition and the shipping details match what you told us.

No. We make no outbound sales calls at all. You hear about your own shipment, and the driver contacts you about pickup and delivery.

Carrier Cargo Insurance held by the carrier we assign. The policy is checked before your car goes on the load, and the certificate comes to you by email if you want it.

Better to send it empty. Cover applies to the vehicle rather than its contents, and a full trailer notices the extra weight. Anything that has to travel should be light and out of sight.

Yes. An I-PASS or E-ZPass left on the glass can read as the truck passes gantries in Indiana, Ohio or Maryland, which leaves you with charges that take time to unwind.

A quarter tank. Enough to drive on and off the trailer, light enough not to add weight.

A deposit books the move and the balance is due on delivery. Cash, a certified check and cards all work, and the driver says which they carry.

Note it on the delivery report before the driver leaves and photograph it. That report against the pickup one is what the carrier's insurance works from, and our Chicago team handles the claim with you.

A week or two ahead works most of the year. August fills with student moves and summer with relocations. Allow three weeks in those stretches and you get more dates to choose from.

The Illinois pickup ZIP, the Virginia city, the year, make and model, whether it runs, and your earliest date. Call 312-300-7773 for Chicago or 888-709-9078 nationally, or use the form on this page.