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Originally Posted by Chuck Kuntz
What is the safest way to buy a car that is too far away to purchase in person? I am very tempted to buy one that I would have to have shipped a long distance. It is in the USA.
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I flew to California to see this 1999 Acura NSX in person and got a partial PPI, trip cost around $1k. Picture clearly shows rear bumper repaint but I didn't catch that in person! Just sold it for $63.5k to a guy in California. Back down to 1 NSX now. He bought it sight unseen and wired me the money. I provided lots of pictures and tried to be as honest as possible. Carfax showed an accident long ago but paint had been repaired excellently. I said PPI was OK if he wanted one. Never heard back from him so I assume he liked it. Also sold the 63 Corvette for $40k to a dealer sight unseen. He had it already sold. My buying sight unseen 1928 Ford A roadster pickup wasn't as happy an experience but not a disaster. Had to fix several problems the seller didn't disclose and paid too much. Wrong starter installed so car needed to be fixed before I could drive it(5/8 inch sharft starter installed instead of correct early 28 multi-disc style 1/2 inch one so starter never disengaged and car stalled at stop signs) and driver side door cracked bondo requiring repaint. IMHO inspect personally or you may regret it. Better to have an expert in the car inspect it in my case since my personal PPIs get clouded by excitement of the chase. Am buying a 2003 Toyota MR2 Spyder this week but will drive 275 miles to see before handing over the check(only 16k miles and CARFAX checked 2nd owner). I tend to overpay a little to avoid chasing around looking at too many cars before purchase.
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