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Need tips on buying cars from private party across country

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Let's say I find this "perfect car". When dealing with somebody over the internet I assume the following with maintenance records, carfax (insert other car checker here), photographs, and planning the trip to get it.

When you get to actually see the car in person, the buyer obviously knows you want this car and paid/traveled a good amount to come check it out, what if the car is crap?

Doesn't run right, something seems fishy, some small annoyance not listed shows... etc.

What advice do you all have?


It's a huge risk but it seems the perfect cars for me are always west coast.
 
Find someone local to the buyer (maybe on ATOT) who would be willing to take a look at it for a 6 pack of beers. Just to make sure it's not a complete dump.
 
This. You need to go get someone without a vested interest in the vehicle to check it out. Possibly get it to a trusted mechanic
 
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