long distance vette

[tomls1]

please forgive my posting this here, but i couldn't find a more appropriate place. anyway, i've found what appears to be the perfect c4 for purchase. however, it's 600+ miles away. does anyone have any experience with making a long distance purchase? this is from a private seller, so should i use a broker? if so, any recommendations? the shipping seems pretty straight forward, it's the finance part of it that concerns me. any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[JimmyS5600]

I recently purchased my 96 sight unseen. I was lucky enough to have
a friend of a friend look at the car before
I gave an offer. I also ran a carfax on the
vin number. Sent money via a bank wire to the sellers account. Had Vette shipped
here for a resonable cost. All in all it
worked out very well for me. Perhaps I was just lucky but I would do it again.
Good luck to you.

 

[jeepie]

I would try to have someone who lives close to the car take a look at it, maybe someone on here can check it out for you. Start another thread and ask for help. I got my car about 3.5 hours away, and had a friend check it out first, I did go and look at for myself before I bought it.
Good luck.

 

[LarryBible]

jeepie offers a good suggestion. I fully expect that if you post the location of the car and ask for a volunteer, you can find someone who will look at the car for you and maybe even take a few digital pictures to send along.

Good luck,

 

[JT ZR-Won]

That is a very good suggestion by Jeepie to have someone possibly check the car out for you who might live near by. I bought my car and it was 8 hours away. I couldn't find anyone who lived nearby so I talked with the owner for a long time about the car. He also sent me many digital pictures of the car. I made sure I was pre-aproved from my bank and then mentioned to the owner that I was traveling quite some distance to see the car so if there were any imperfections at all please tell me now before I get all the way there and find them myself. The owner of the car gave me every last detail. When I finally got a look at the car I liked what I saw. Since I was pre-approved from my bank I went ahead and bought it. But I did have the choice to walk away if I didn't like it. I was trying to find a car near me but sometimes you have to make the sacrifice if it's the right car. Good luck.

Jay

 

[Edmond]

I'm sure there are some CAC members in the area. You should start up a thread and ask if anyone is willing to take a look. Possibly and dinner bribe would do? You'd have two benefits:

1. You'd have an experienced Corvette person taking a look at the vehicle.

2. It could start you off in the brother/sisterhood of Corvettes by getting to know a Corvette person.

 

[Ctfoodguy2000]

I agree with Jeepie & the others. Edmond's suggestion is very good. Start a thread right on this site and request help from someone on this forum that lives in the area of the Vette. Good Luck!

 

[tomls1]

thanks to everyone who replied to my post. great suggestions!!! it looks like the vette that i was referring to (located in gurnee, il) is sold. however, chances are pretty good that i'll be buying long distance since i'm so picky about the car (black 6 speed 91 or newer for under $14000), so i will be posting a new thread, asking for help. anyway, thanks again to everyone.

 

[Carson]

Just a note, i purchased a 2000 vert thru vette net, and had a great experience. You could as the owner to take the car to a local chev dealer to be inspected, it will cost you approx. $100. As them for a print out on the vehicals repair/warrantee service request to give you more peace of mind. Good luck!!!