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    Quote Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
    Just chiming in to say:

    1) I read this whole thing.

    2) I've never gone to that kind of trouble to get the kind of car I want. Although I once drove 4.5 hours each way to look at a Pontiac Firefly (Canadian market Geo Metro clone). I told the guy I'd give him $100 if he agreed not to sell the car before I got to check it out, even if I didn't buy it. (I bought it.)
    I've known a few people who have bought one-way plane tickets, flown to the vehicle's destination, & drove their newly purchased vehicle home.

    In all honesty, I would do something like that if the deal was right. I would rather go that route on purchasing a used vehicle. I would be a bit more leery of having a used car delivered to my home without seeing it in person first.

    I bought a new Mirage without seeing it first, but I feel that's different. If WB didn't delivered what was promised, they would have been taking the car back to the dealership. They were taking the risk, not me!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark View Post
    I've known a few people who have bought one-way plane tickets, flown to the vehicle's destination, & drove their newly purchased vehicle home.

    In all honesty, I would do something like that if the deal was right. I would rather go that route on purchasing a used vehicle. I would be a bit more leery of having a used car delivered to my home without seeing it in person first.

    I bought a new Mirage without seeing it first, but I feel that's different. If WB didn't delivered what was promised, they would have been taking the car back to the dealership. They were taking the risk, not me!
    I didn't fly but I did drive 10 hrs to pick up my Outlander Sport and drove it the 450 miles home in one day.

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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2015 Mirage ES 1.2 automatic: 40.5 mpg (US) ... 17.2 km/L ... 5.8 L/100 km ... 48.6 mpg (Imp)


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    Quote Originally Posted by inuvik View Post
    I didn't fly but I did drive 10 hrs to pick up my Outlander Sport and drove it the 450 miles home in one day.
    If my memory serves me right, you got a heck of deal on a 5-speed manual that was going to be discontinued in 2020?

    In my mind, spending a day to save thousands on a vehicle is worth it. Especially when all the negotiations are already out of the way. If the OTD price makes you happy & it the exact vehicle you want, it makes sense to go get it.

    A used vehicle may add a little more risk, because you can't smell the inside of used vehicle on line or a pic may not show a leaky whatever.

    A highly discounted Mirage made me give up on slightly used vehicles. A slightly used Fit or Yaris (4-door) would have cost me more than a new Mirage, & I wouldn't have been any happier.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark View Post
    If my memory serves me right, you got a heck of deal on a 5-speed manual that was going to be discontinued in 2020?

    In my mind, spending a day to save thousands on a vehicle is worth it. Especially when all the negotiations are already out of the way. If the OTD price makes you happy & it the exact vehicle you want, it makes sense to go get it.

    A used vehicle may add a little more risk, because you can't smell the inside of used vehicle on line or a pic may not show a leaky whatever.

    A highly discounted Mirage made me give up on slightly used vehicles. A slightly used Fit or Yaris (4-door) would have cost me more than a new Mirage, & I wouldn't have been any happier.
    Yes, my out the door price for my brand new 2019 Outlander Sport was: $15,898.00 and that isn't a typo. I probably would have flown if I needed to. But definitely time well spent in my book. One day of my time and I literally saved thousands.

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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2015 Mirage ES 1.2 automatic: 40.5 mpg (US) ... 17.2 km/L ... 5.8 L/100 km ... 48.6 mpg (Imp)


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark View Post
    I've known a few people who have bought one-way plane tickets, flown to the vehicle's destination, & drove their newly purchased vehicle home.

    In all honesty, I would do something like that if the deal was right. I would rather go that route on purchasing a used vehicle. I would be a bit more leery of having a used car delivered to my home without seeing it in person first.

    I bought a new Mirage without seeing it first, but I feel that's different. If WB didn't delivered what was promised, they would have been taking the car back to the dealership. They were taking the risk, not me!
    I have done this three times in the last three years. We bought a '92 Pajero and '91 Pajero (separate occasions) in Texas and drove them back to Oregon. I wrote a bit about the first trip and the second trip on CrankshaftCulture.com. I also bought a '94 Delica Space Gear in Florida in May and drove it back from Oregon. My wife even wrote about it: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/14/b...road-trip.html

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    I've flown to pick up cars before. Twice it was okay, once it was a disaster lol. Needless to say, unless it's a brand new car from a dealer with a warranty and all that, I'm not doing the fly in and drive it home thing again.


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