Buying a vehicle across the country

[swaq]

I'm looking to buy a car from Florida and have it shipped to Oregon. Anyone have any advice?

Particularly the following issues are what I have questions on:

• What is the best/safest way to pay for the car?
• How do we do the signing of the title, bill of sale, etc?
• Any particular shipping company I should go with?
• Anything else I'm not thinking of right now?

Thanks in advance!

 

[kwnate]

Have a board member in Florida check it out for you. Pictures can hide stuff that you'll be pissed about later. Especially check for rust.

 

[da89soup]

Most everytime I have seen a car online I wanted to buy when I got there it wasn't what I was thinking it was. Nate is right have another member go drive it and tell you what they really think!!! Also I can see the time factor but wouldnt it just be cheeper to fly out and drive it home????

 

[HIDPLANET]

No its cheaper to ship it.
You can find carriers (large freight trucks) that have spare room for a car.
They figure its better to get you to pay $500 than nothing at all with wasted space. I used to work with a guy that sent model-a's all over the country for $400.

 

[Big Wang Bandit]

Dont go with the cheapest shipper too. Dont want it to get damaged in trannsit

 

[swaq]

The quotes I got for shipping were in the $1000-1500 range. It'd be a bit cheaper to fly out and drive it back, but I don't have the time because I'm in school.

 

[HIDPLANET]

Corvallis, are you a Beaver?

 

[swaq]

I go to Oregon State University, yes.

 

[foreverpsycotic]

I go to Oregon State University, yes.

your back at school already. damn, ive got another week of break left. dec 15 to jan 15

 

[loki2043]

ahhh pay me to fly out and drive it back for ya ill do it for the relaxing drive

 

[steve_mk3]

Use escrow.com for the transaction
and use DAS for the shipping.

Make sure to have someone local look at the car first.

 

[swaq]

your back at school already. damn, ive got another week of break left. dec 15 to jan 15

I got off a week earlier from Fall term.

Use escrow.com for the transaction
and use DAS for the shipping.

Make sure to have someone local look at the car first.

Thanks, that's the kind of stuff I want to know. Cosmo Auto Inc. is about $200 cheaper than DAS (it's the lowest quote I've got), but unless someone has had personally experience with them I'll take your advice to go with DAS.

So how do I do bill of sale/title stuff? Does the seller just sign to release interest on the title and then mail it, then I sign it when I get it, or what?