Need advice buying a car long distance
I'm considering a purchase that's on the other side of the country. I've never bought long distance before, can those who have done so help out with the details?
How was payment handled? How did you obtain the title? If you used a transporter to get the car delivered, who did you use and what was your opinion of the company?
I would plan, at the least, to have an inspection done on the car before committing to the deal. Anything else you can think of on the transaction?
Get a complete set of pictures of the car from many angles, outside, inside interior, trunk, engine compartment, undercarriage, etc....
Make a thread in the Mopar General forum to ask for anybody local to the car you are considering purchasing would be willing to give it an inspection for you for a non slanted opinion... Maybe give it a test drive to make sure their are no major knocks and rattles and the engine, transmission, axle, and cooling system are ok...
Buying sight unseen can give you some surprises vs being able to look at the car yourself to determine the condition and if it's worth buying and you are not taking over someone else's problem....
My son bought a Valaint off ebay and we had it shipped... I can't remember the shipping company as it was over 10 years ago....
The shipping company gets and transfers the title with the car from the owner to the purchaser...
We had to go to a local "lot" for the shipping company that was near our house to sign for it and pick it up...
It had charging system issues which we had to diagnose and fix after we were barely able to get it started to drive it off the shipping lot...