A little Advice please
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A little Advice please
Thanks to Abhansali I found some great deals in CT and CA! My question is this..since I am hesitant to pick up a car and drive it all the way back to Texas, what do you think about shipping it? What if it is a lemon? Or if there are dings and what not? I'm ready to buy but it seems like a risk..is it?
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'18 AMG GTR '16 BMW M3 - '05 Porsche Carrera S
You can take it to any other mb dealership in the states as far as I know.. as far as dings and the etc and the exterior of the car / I recommend you fly over there and take a look at it then ship it when satisfied - test drive it and the etc..
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2003 E500
The drive from either coast to Tejas is an easy 3 day trip, and has the real advantage of getting you through the breakin period (you just need to vary your speed frequently, rather than dialing in 65 on the cruise control for 3 hours at a stretch).
The California route is probably drier and sunnier (CA, AZ, NM, TX) while you'll get more traffic and more varied terrain coming from Connecticut (I95 south past DC will be a fairly uninteresting part of the drive, but then you could cut across TN to get to I-30 and north Texas, or to Atlanta,GA/AL/MS/LA and enter Texas on I10, visit New Orleans or Baton Rouge on the way or something.
As long as you don't tailgate semis or trucks full of dirt you should be able to stay ding-free.
go horns!
-james
bought mine in Greenwich CT for a multigrand discount
The California route is probably drier and sunnier (CA, AZ, NM, TX) while you'll get more traffic and more varied terrain coming from Connecticut (I95 south past DC will be a fairly uninteresting part of the drive, but then you could cut across TN to get to I-30 and north Texas, or to Atlanta,GA/AL/MS/LA and enter Texas on I10, visit New Orleans or Baton Rouge on the way or something.
As long as you don't tailgate semis or trucks full of dirt you should be able to stay ding-free.
go horns!
-james
bought mine in Greenwich CT for a multigrand discount
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2003 E500
If I still were in Austin I would (rather than pay the bandits at the Texas dealers), but NYC is home these days, so it'll be an easy 1/2 hour drive home once I pick it up in December.
I'd buy in Connecticut (faster delivery from Germany to CT than to LA), drive it from the east coast, and then detail it once I got to Texas (where the weather's warm enough).
I'd buy in Connecticut (faster delivery from Germany to CT than to LA), drive it from the east coast, and then detail it once I got to Texas (where the weather's warm enough).
