Well done you, bit late to the party.
I’ve done two distance purchases with differing results.
The first was an old Espace, in Leicester, money was tight and this I hoped would see me through a year, an old one with 150k miles but for with body damage( not fussed) and £200 I hoped it would be ok, after numerous chats , I took the train from Surrey to London , bus to Leicester , went to look at the car, quick test drive and head home.
Went to a garage to fill up ……went to restart the car , had to call the AA OUT ! Went about a further 10 miles , it conked out and AA Again, this guy said you’ve no chance of getting it home …..it stayed in Leicester and I got the bus home .
As it wasn’t taxed or sorted the local council lifted it ,and the recovery wasn’t worth the cost, so it probably went to be crushed .
The second one, having had my Alhambra written off, I saw one for sale in Bristol at a little garage,so I set off early Sat Am , to be there at 8.30 when they opened ,we’ll it was still for sale at 9.30 on the Friday night . yeah I was first customer there but I couldn't see see it.
When the owner arrived, I was informed it had been sold the previous evening, but his wife hadn’t removed it from the website as she’d gone out . I asked if he had anything similar or something coming in , and when he replied No, I thanked him and his wife .
I’d taken my IPad and spent two hours searching every garage from Swansea to Exeter to Birmingham and everything in between. I spotted one in Newport at a main dealer , affordable and reasonable mileage 66k , went there took it for a test drive ,made an offer and drove home .
3 days later bits required had been completed and I paid £150 for a local person to low load it back to me , I’m now upto 138k and it’s easily the best car I’ve ever had , it has serious poke when required .
Well done you
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