drop997stop

there is nothing around me and found a car in FL, Im in Cali,

any dangers or things to look out for when buying out of state

Mark@CLK55.amg

My advice from buying 3 cars (2 AMGs) out of state, sight unseen, and being perfectly satisfied with the results:

1. Buy CPO which is only available from a franchised MB dealer
2. Confirm service history and options (via VIN) with your local MB dealer
3. Confirm VIN history via Carfax/Autocheck (I do both, but Autocheck is slightly better if you just want to do one)
4. Use a company like Autochex to identify any cosmetic and obvious mechanical issues if the dealer doesnt have the quality of pics you need (ask them first). The dealer doesnt always let the inspector drive the car, but with CPO, you should be good mechanically

I'm sure this isnt foolproof and others may have different experiences, but that's from my own personal experience. It's worked out well for me.

drop997stop

I was actually referring of buying a new car out of state,

nizzle

Do NOT use DAS (dependable auto shippers) to ship your car.

otakki

It shouldn't be a problem with out of state new cars. I think many people did it per postings before on this W212 forum. Just make sure you find out all the fee and tax and final figure before you do. Personally, I would love to just pick it up in person and drive it back. It's a lot of fun. I did it, not for cross country, but it's nearly from the northern end of the States to the southern end and back.

Yes, if you ever decide to go with used ones, go with CPO as mentioned earlier.

Snipe656

I believe in some states if you do this then you end up paying taxes within the selling state. For example I have heard if you buy a new car in California and do not live in California then you will have to pay taxes if the car is put into use on the California roads. Meaning if you buy it there and fly out there to just drive it to your home state that you end up getting hit by their taxes. No idea if that is true or not since simply heard it, not experienced it.

vdubpower

what specs are u lookign for

lunarx

I bought a car in PA and they temp registered it so I could get it back to CA to register it and pay tax there.

FedEx has excellent enclosed trailer shipping service. Cost about 2K. They unload in order so cars dont move untill dropped to their owners.
Dont ship open trailer.

otakki

Same thing here. I bought my car in Alabama without paying any tax there and it had the temp registration for me to drive back to Indiana to register and pay IN tax. I made sure Geico covered it before I drove off the lot. Different state has different agreements with other states. For example, my other choice at the time was a Florida car and I found Florida collects tax for Indiana.

Kalifornia collecting tax just for driving on their roads?! It's no wonder--We all know what kind of condition that state is in at this time.

Wow, I didn't know FedEx has enclosed shipping service for car. That's good info.

vdubpower

intercity lines is also very good, just make sure u dont use a brokered company

transportreviews.com has lots of listing, but becareful

drop997stop

Looking for artic white, pano, carbon int, lane track and parktronic.

Issue is I'm not finding the color and most cars are too optioned, don't need pp.

I'm open to all silver also.

DuaneC63

I know you can't buy a new car outside Cali in bring it in.

Snipe656

Me either and if they are $2k across the country then that seems like a good price. I just paid I think $1200ish to have a car enclosed shipped from Maryland to Texas but do not recall what company it was.

otakki

I just checked MB at Orland Park near Chicago; I went there couple of times last year and the manager told me they were ordering a white one. Sure enough, it's on their website now. It's white with pano and non P30, with regular non-forged 19" wheels. I didn't pay attention to CF and Distronics but you can check out the pictures and call them for the built sheet.

Please share your experience on this. I'm interested to know for personal knowledge.