How do I buy Illinois RV and get it to New York?
We are in the process of buying a motor home in Illinois. After the purchase, it will be titled and licensed in New York State. The question is, how do I logistically make this happen?
In an ideal world where gas was cheap and I have lots of spare time, I would:
1) make the 11 hour drive to Illinois
2) hand the current owners a check in exchange for the title
3) drive the 11 hours back to New York State
4) get NY plates for the RV
5) get the RV insured (our local insurance agent can only write policies on vehicles titled in NY
6) drive the 11 hours back to Illinois
7) drive away in the RV
NY does not issue temporary plates. Nor can I find any evidence of Illinois doing the same. I'm hesitant to mail a check to Illinois for the purchase of the RV and hope I get a title back in the mail (this is a private sale, but I 99.9% trust the current owners).
Have others faced the type of situation? How did you handle it? Will big insurance companies insure vehicles that are not yet licensed in the destination state? Thanks for any and all suggestions.
In an ideal world where gas was cheap and I have lots of spare time, I would:
1) make the 11 hour drive to Illinois
2) hand the current owners a check in exchange for the title
3) drive the 11 hours back to New York State
4) get NY plates for the RV
5) get the RV insured (our local insurance agent can only write policies on vehicles titled in NY
6) drive the 11 hours back to Illinois
7) drive away in the RV
NY does not issue temporary plates. Nor can I find any evidence of Illinois doing the same. I'm hesitant to mail a check to Illinois for the purchase of the RV and hope I get a title back in the mail (this is a private sale, but I 99.9% trust the current owners).
Have others faced the type of situation? How did you handle it? Will big insurance companies insure vehicles that are not yet licensed in the destination state? Thanks for any and all suggestions.
