Buying A Used Vehicle From Far Away
I'm currently looking for a gently used vehicle but I don't want to buy local. I live on Long Island so we get a double whammy on our cars. No matter where you are on Long Island you are never more ...
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Thanks for all the great replies everyone. The vehicle I'm looking at is very specific and there's only 1 in my area so that's another reason for my long distance search. It's not something I need, it's something I want for a toy. :-)
I've actually found quite a few of these cars I'm interested in from all over the country. I am completely bypassing private sales, craigs list and used car centers. I am only sticking with reputable new car dealers who happen to sell used cars. The dealership I'm currently negotiating with the most used to sell this vehicle although this particular vehicle wasn't purchased there.
Carfax looks good. It's a 10 year old car with 2 previous owners. The first 8 years show regular maintenance and only 22,000 miles which means this was most likely a pleasure car with less than 3,000 miles driven yearly. Second owner must have used it for a daily driver because they put just over 30,000 miles on it in about 26 months. Currently, the car still has well under 60,000 miles and all the maintenance and title records indicate the car stayed in more or less the same general area throughout it's life which happens to be an area that gets very little snow.
I've actually found quite a few of these cars I'm interested in from all over the country. I am completely bypassing private sales, craigs list and used car centers. I am only sticking with reputable new car dealers who happen to sell used cars. The dealership I'm currently negotiating with the most used to sell this vehicle although this particular vehicle wasn't purchased there.
Carfax looks good. It's a 10 year old car with 2 previous owners. The first 8 years show regular maintenance and only 22,000 miles which means this was most likely a pleasure car with less than 3,000 miles driven yearly. Second owner must have used it for a daily driver because they put just over 30,000 miles on it in about 26 months. Currently, the car still has well under 60,000 miles and all the maintenance and title records indicate the car stayed in more or less the same general area throughout it's life which happens to be an area that gets very little snow.
