What is the standard operating procedure for buying a car from an individual long distance?
Obviously proceeding with caution is advisable. But once it’s clear that you want the car and the seller seems relatively trustworthy......
Send/wire/pay-pal a deposit? What % of total? Balance upon picking it up?
I’m hoping to have someone local to the car look at it (have a lead or two, anyone in NYC wanna help too...holla, it’s in upper Manhattan) but at the price point i’m looking at it’s not mandatory. Although since i’m planning on driving it home........
TIA guys.

94 530iT&A---92 325i.......”Hang up & Drive!”.....no SERiously
”Bet that phone call doesn’t seem that important now, eh?” Nov 20, 2004