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Originally Posted by mckennar
I understand you can't travel, my recommendation is to contact a broker who can get you a vehicle from the desert southwest. You'll pay about $1200 for shipping but you'll get a rust free truck for roughly the same price as the ones you're looking at.
OR go through CarMax and check out their dealers in places where they don't use road salt and have them transfer a truck for you.
It might sound extreme, but having lived (and wrenched) in the northeast for almost 20 years I can say with 100% confidence that I'll never buy another used car from up there again. I'll GLADLY pay an extra $1000+ for a vehicle from a part of the country that doesn't salt the roads.
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IMO, this is the only correct solution for people who live in rust belt/heavy snow states. i came from the IS/ Lexus world before i bought my t4r. The majority of the owners in heavy snow/rust belt states would actually locate an IS300 in california/arizona (it was usually a manual they were after), have it inspected, buy it without ever laying their actual eyes on it, and then have it shipped to them for 1-1.5k. some guys actually came out cheaper than trying to buy in their local market (local availability dictated prices A LOT on hard-er to find cars, such as a manual IS300).
im not sure what the deal is with California and certain cars being much cheaper than in other states, but im willing to bet its just cause CA has so many damn cars and options in the used market. its not like your selection is limited to some rural WI or IA town.
be diligent, do your homework, and you will be fine. i was skeptical at first, but after seeing so many people do it, i realized this is something that people do every single day.
