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Originally Posted by br2wdc
I had a very similar story with the previous owner of my car. Found the car on CL, contacted the owner and after speaking on the phone, we hit it off immediately and later that same day made a deal.
He then agreed two days later to take the car to a BMW specialty place for a PPI, and it passed with flying colors. That Saturday, I then drove a one way rental to Ohio, met him at the airport to drop the car, and we drove "my" car to his house, loaded it up and I proceeded to drive "my" car back to DC, all in 1 day.
I was very fortunate to find such a good person/owner and have such a smooth transaction.
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Great Story! I believe in buying the owner over the car. I also always look at the tires. If Previous owner cheeped out on the tires... more than likely cheeped out or skipped on maintenance as well.