What’s the furthest you’ve gone to buy a car? – Jalopnik

What’s the furthest you’ve gone to buy a car? – Jalopnik





Craigslist and other highly reputable online marketplaces have made car shopping truly limitless, but our digital daydreams may eventually become reality. That deal on your dream convertible may be well within your budget, but outside the distance you can drive in a day. Once in a blue moon you throw caution to the wind and reach out to make an offer.

What’s the furthest you’ve gone to buy a car? Now I mean furthest in every sense of the word. Have you crossed state lines or time zones to buy a used car that was just sitting in someone’s garage? Did you deliberately ignore warning signs in the seller’s ad because the deal was too good to pass up? Please do not admit to robbing someone to secure the money for a car purchase or to smuggle a car across an international border. No one can protect you from criminal charges if you openly confess in the comments section.

Hopefully you didn’t fly away to save money

Money may not even be the main issue with your ambitious purchase. Jalopnik car buying expert Tom McParland noted in 2019 that the time when you fly to drive home in your new car should also be taken into account. The question in question involved choosing a low-mileage used Lexus 2,000 miles from home. He said everyone’s time has value. Furthermore, the effort to minimize transportation costs might not be as fruitful as expected when you add up the costs of flights, food, and lodging. Most importantly, in most cases the shipping costs are usually cheaper than going it yourself. That’s all before you even consider the condition of the car to even drive it back.

Don’t forget to share your stories of the farthest you’ve gone to buy a car in the comments section below. Again, we cannot protect you from possible prosecution.



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