re: Disadvantages of buying a car from a non-local dealership?

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I am an advocate of buying where you can get the best deal, and increasing your radius is the best way to do it

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For aure, and with the money that can be saved, a one day road trip is a minor inconvenience. I use cargurus and search a 500 mile radius. I live in Slidell and have bought in the Dallas area twice, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Knoxville, and Pensacola. The LEAST amount of money I saved was the 160 mile trip to Pensacola. My two local dealers were around $60 apart, and Pensacola beat them by $1,400. I could have saved another thousand by driving another 500 miles too but didn’t feel like making the drive. On the other deals, the 400-500 mile drives, I’ve saved as much as $6K compared to local dealers.