Would you or have you purchased a vehicle virtually?

Done it several times. Get a PPI from good independent shop and you’ll probably be fine.

No knock against anyone who does this, but for me to buy a vehicle, I have to drive it first.

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just purchased my second used vehicle from Carvana online last week.

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Congrats on overpaying by at least $3k

Last month I flew to DFW to purchase a new truck in a Ft Worth Suburb....the savings justified the flight there.....but I halfway expected to buy a flight home ...but the process was smooth because we negotiated everything prior to my arrival.

I tried to have a few local (Baton Rouge) dealerships see if they could alter their sale price for the same make and model that I wanted - they weren't willing.

I bought my wife’s navigator from Texas Auto direct in Houston online. I test drove it when I got there and then bought it. It was painless. They came $1000 off asking, and that was as low as they went. It was already much lower than an anything I could find around here.

I bought a Tacoma off Ebay sight unseen in 2012 for $9500. It's worth $8500 today. I did well.

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What should I realistically expect with buying a car online? Anything in particular I should watch out for? If anyone can share their experiences, it would be greatly appreciated.

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Watch out for scams. I paid $25k for an Explorer and they sent a Christopher Columbus impersonator to my house.

I've purchased 2 cars sight unseen, and both have worked out.

Probably not the best idea in hindsight, but I bought a Jeep Wrangler from South Texas, and had never even test driven one here We just decided we wanted a Jeep, and I found the one I wanted, did the paperwork via e-mail and had it shipped to me for $500.

The other was an Escalade, and we drove a few locally before finding a great deal on a certified used one in Dallas. I contacted our local dealer and he said 'if that price is right, go buy it- I can't get anywhere close to that'. Best part is the weekend after I took delivery, somebody reduced the price of the car on the website, so I called the salesman and had him send me a check for the difference since he previously told me that was the best price they could offer.

My current truck I bought from Dallas sight unseen. Had someone from the dealer drive it to me.

Bought a SportTrac from EBay several years ago. Also bought an SUV from Texas Direct (now owned by Vroom) back in 2019. Pretty easy and straightforward process. Got a better deal than I could find around BR for sure.