If you're planning to move to an island or an overseas country and want to keep the car you've got, you'll need to find a reliable auto transport company. You car will be shipped in a large shipping container, ideally with other cars, and carried to its new home by cargo ship.

Don't be surprised if shipping your car by auto transport to Hawaii or another country costs thousands of dollars. That's pretty much standard, because it'll have to go by cargo ship. It's when someone tells you that they can do it much cheaper that you should start worrying.

Whether your car's being transported by sea, air, or land, you may be able to save a few bucks by stuffing it full of your belongings before it goes in the shipping container or on the truck. Check with the auto transport service first: some will allow it, some won't.