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Originally Posted by RANDY P
1)- do your best to check out the car on your own, look it over, inspect the wear on the tires, leaks, function of everything. Be diligent, inspect title even. If seller won't let you drive, sit shotgun and observe, have him hit brakes several times, hard.
2)- negotiate a price, make price contingent upon PPI coming back under a certain amount (say $250) or renegotiate or option to cancel sale. Agree on shop.
3) schedule PPI.
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1) This is how it will have to be. You do your best with a checklist, and pray for some luck.
2) Not going to happen. He's getting the sale either way. He's not going to drop the price when the next 5 guys (or Ebay bidders) are not going to bother with a PPI. I've had one seller even tell me the agreed upon price is fixed regardless of PPI results. (So, what's the point of the PPI?)
3) Towing is prohibitive, and seller is just not going to allow it with this much other action in the market. I think the only way is to drive to a remote rural place to buy the car. But, that makes shopping for cars an entire process. Like setting aside a weekend to drive 5 hours into the backwoods. Plus, at that point, who knows how many hours away a PPI shop will be.