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I bought a car from Maryland and I live in Illinois. Guy met me part way. I gave him $500 up front to come and risked losing it if I did not take the car.
I had him send me 25 pictures of ever angle of the car, suspension, interior. It was complete less engine, so I did not have to take a chance on engine being bad, but did on the trans and converter.
He was a motivated seller as he was getting ready for a divorce and wanted out of the car before proceeding.
The car was better than showed in pictures, but had one bad spot in the paint that did not show up. We negotiated over that on the spot and I took the car.
That was 5 years ago and I still race this car. He has offered to buy it back too.
I previously traded a car to Texas and made the entire trip. Keep that car for 5 years too, but wish I had the my trade back as it was better. Should have not made that deal.