Safest Way To Do A Out Of State Transaction

[jmcarter]

If I couldn't personally take a trailer to go check it out in person I would seek out another trustworthy ClassRacer (we generally know who they are) near the vehicle and ask them (for agreed upon fee) to go assess the vehicle and advise. This is a great community of racers and frequently go out of their way to help.

[Larry Hill]

Buy it running at the track also check the weight!

[greatinspirational]

It is Bill Mcartys record holding DF/S Oldsmobile. The trans is currently broke and is reflected in the price. So going to a track is not an option for the current price and I'm on a shoe string budget. Guess there is no full proof way of a safe transaction without spending money to get up there

[Ed Carpenter]

I bought my car out of Maine. Had it shipped to Texas. 4 week nightmare deal. Go get it. My .02

[Geerhead55]

Bought my Chevy II in '03,, off the internet, and I was very nervous about doing it.
Long story, short, we took a 4 door pickup, a 24 ft. enclosed trailer, 4 drivers, and cash (with plastic backup), and left Tacoma, Wa, on a Saturday morning and drove straight through in 39 hours to Whiteland, Indiana. Car was all it was represented to be and then some, so the deal was made, car was loaded up and we headed back home on Monday, got back here Wednesday. It was a quick, but fun road trip. 2 of the drivers had just graduated from HS, so they loved the adventure aspect of it all. Me,,, I bought all the fuel and food, but still have the car and am still racing it. Good luck which ever way you go.
Danny Durham

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Geerhead55

Bought my Chevy II in '03,, off the internet, and I was very nervous about doing it.
Long story, short, we took a 4 door pickup, a 24 ft. enclosed trailer, 4 drivers, and cash (with plastic backup), and left Tacoma, Wa, on a Saturday morning and drove straight through in 39 hours to Whiteland, Indiana. Car was all it was represented to be and then some, so the deal was made, car was loaded up and we headed back home on Monday, got back here Wednesday. It was a quick, but fun road trip. 2 of the drivers had just graduated from HS, so they loved the adventure aspect of it all. Me,,, I bought all the fuel and food, but still have the car and am still racing it. Good luck which ever way you go.
Danny Durham

I had a similar adventure when I bought my Super Stocker from a Great racer Bob Michaels in 1980 I think LOL at me Two of my friends Fred Rector and Kelly lane went with me from Farmington , New Mexico in my ramp truck we left Farmington and never turned off the truck until we got to Kentucky where we met Bob . I got in the race car and made a run two thou under the national record , weighted the car went right to my truck loaded it and gave Bob the balance of the money . he was amazed I had him take his personal stuff out of the race car then then came straight home very little sleep but ever since then I have ran a Pontiac . I will never forgive Bob Michaels for making me run a Pontiac LOL at me thanks to Bob I still run a Pontiac

[nickh]

Me and a buddy bought a Camaro made a banzai run from Deer Park Tx team drove to Brunswick Ga did the deal at 3 am in the morning, loaded the car up and we brought it home (as a roller). Even though he had sent me plenty of pictures and video's what he did not tell me was the car was hit hard in the right quarter. Lesson learned. But we did have fun, we left Deer Park Tx at 10 am sat. morning arrived in Brunswick Ga at 3 a.m. Sunday morning e.s.t., did the deal we left Brunswick at 4 a.m. est and arrived back in Deer Park Tx Sunday evening at 6 p.m. c.s.t. we had a great time but stiffed on the car.

Either drive, fly out and look at the car or there are some great folks on here like someone said earlier pay them an agreed price to look at the car for you. I have bought a car like that also and it worked out great.

[Bunkster]

You ought to be quite cautious carrying around a boatload of cash to pay for these transactions.

There are more than a few examples of honest people getting into big trouble with aggressive LEOs, at all levels, abusing asset forfeiture statutes.

It starts with nothing more than a trumped up “unsafe lane change” stop, all due to your out of state plate. The next thing you know, you’re standing on the side of the road sans your cash. And you did absolutely nothing wrong.

This is not your father’s America.

[Phillip marvetz]

My advice is go see the car in person first.
I made the mistake of trusting a well known racer in Lancaster Ca last December and bought his 1963 Nova sight unseen. It was the worst car I have ever bought. Not stock legal in anyway and horribly built. The car was pieced together enough to move itself onto a transport truck and that was the good news, It turns out he wasn't the legal owner of the car also.