Buy car long distance.
03-18-17, 02:05 AM
#1
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Buy car long distance.
Does anyone ever buy a car that is 1000+ Miles away from ur place? I found one look really good but it's in different state not sure how to buy and inspect the car .
03-18-17, 07:19 AM
#2
I never have, but @ 15 years ago, a fellow from whom I purchased a '91 TII rolling shell, purchased the
car in Texas and had an inspection done before purchase. In fact, he had a Mazda dealer inspected the car
before purchase, worked out fine, he got the drive train and I got the rest.
Get an independent inspection and should be fine, but got to add inspection fee and shipping costs to the
purchase price.
car in Texas and had an inspection done before purchase. In fact, he had a Mazda dealer inspected the car
before purchase, worked out fine, he got the drive train and I got the rest.
Get an independent inspection and should be fine, but got to add inspection fee and shipping costs to the
purchase price.
03-18-17, 06:20 PM
#3
Back in 2004 I bought a 1977 REPU on eBay. The truck was located in Utah and I live near Kansas City. On December 30 I flew out to Utah to drive it back hone after being reassured that it ran good. When I got there that the truck ran but the defroster didn't. The truck was still a good buy so I hired a transport truck to deliver it home and the seller split the cost with me. It was a headache because I had to spend a day cooped up in a hotel room to fly out on January 2nd on my dime. I probably spent an extra $1000 because I could not drive it home.
I still have the truck but found out after I got it home the oil seals where bad. Would I do it again? Probably not. Put the cost of the transport and inspection into the value of a local car you can inspect yourself but be wiling to drive a few hours from home to do some shopping. You'll probably spend more time doing it this way.
I still have the truck but found out after I got it home the oil seals where bad. Would I do it again? Probably not. Put the cost of the transport and inspection into the value of a local car you can inspect yourself but be wiling to drive a few hours from home to do some shopping. You'll probably spend more time doing it this way.
03-19-17, 07:04 PM
#4
I've bought 2 cars out of state, the FD from NC and my daily from TX. The FD I flew out to inspect it, had a transport ready to pick up the car while I flew back to Chicago. The daily I bought it unseen, just went by pictures and seller's word, it worked out ok but I wouldn't recommend doing that for an FD unless you really trust the seller.
