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Old 01-29-2006, 06:34 PM
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Default Am I insane for buying a car from across the country?
An enthusiast has a very nice b5 tip avant with PC-16 for sale. My wife wants an avant and I want the PC-16. The pics of the car look very good, board members have vouched for the car, and the price is reasonable. The car is in socal and I am in PA. Shipping is about $1000 via DAS.

Has anyone done this before? Am I crazy for not just buying a local(er) car? Please help.
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Old 01-29-2006, 06:35 PM
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my friend shipped an S4 from houston to PDX and it came exactly as advertised
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Default I bought a car from east coast once, what a mistake that was...
it had rust everywhere, so I would suggest to have a mechanic inspect it.
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whats that mean?
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Bought a car in socal and shipped it to portland or. Things went fine and the car was great.
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portland, somebody else can elaborate on the abreviation though.
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Default If it's what you want...
just make sure you get a mechanic to give it a once over. "Vouches" are great...if they come with a money back guarantee. But they don't, so....
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Default i brought my S4 out from philly, PA to socal, i flew out to take delivery and put it on the truck.
and pay of course. :-)
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