buying a Corvette on line

Sorry for all the questions but I'm just trying to avoid mistakes and
learn from all of you (experienced owners).

I'm reading the edmunds.com corvette forum earlier today and wonder
how do you buy a corvette on line and out of state?

a) how do you pay if it's a cash transaction? Mail a full cashier's
check to them before receiving the car perhaps as certified mail or
registered mail w/ insurance coverage? Actually I could use my credit
cards to pay for it but not sure if any dealer works this way.

b) how is the license plate handled if I want my home state license
plates (Texas)?

c) If I don't want to travel to pick it up, I assume it can be
delivered but how does that work? I just wonder if it can be
delivered to a local dealer and then I could pick it up??


I know I'm full of questions here so please bear with me. I'm new and
ignorant (lack of experience) and for the moment rely on what I can
find and read. Thanks all.

ps-- the reason I didn't post on the edmunds.com forum yet is because
the posts I see don't always prompt a quick reply (I registered on
their site today) and this newsgroup seems more active or responsive
to people like me. I just hope I don't wear out my welcome with all
my questions here. I already owe a thanks to several people here but
I don't want to mention names because no doubt I'll overlook one and
hurt feelings so you know who you are and thank you already !!

On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:56:39 -0500, drb wrote:

:>Sorry for all the questions but I'm just trying to avoid mistakes and
:>learn from all of you (experienced owners).
:>
:>I'm reading the edmunds.com corvette forum earlier today and wonder
:>how do you buy a corvette on line and out of state?

Stroll over to the Corvette Forum http://forums.corvetteforum.com/
Plenty of forum sponsors are dealers. Check out who has the car/cars
you're interested in and give them a call or shoot them an email. They'll
help you work out the details and answer all your questions.

:>a) how do you pay if it's a cash transaction? Mail a full cashier's
:>check to them before receiving the car perhaps as certified mail or
:>registered mail w/ insurance coverage? Actually I could use my credit
:>cards to pay for it but not sure if any dealer works this way.
:>
:>b) how is the license plate handled if I want my home state license
:>plates (Texas)?
:>
:>c) If I don't want to travel to pick it up, I assume it can be
:>delivered but how does that work? I just wonder if it can be
:>delivered to a local dealer and then I could pick it up??
:>
:>
:>I know I'm full of questions here so please bear with me. I'm new and
:>ignorant (lack of experience) and for the moment rely on what I can
:>find and read. Thanks all.
:>
:>ps-- the reason I didn't post on the edmunds.com forum yet is because
:>the posts I see don't always prompt a quick reply (I registered on
:>their site today) and this newsgroup seems more active or responsive
:>to people like me. I just hope I don't wear out my welcome with all
:>my questions here. I already owe a thanks to several people here but
:>I don't want to mention names because no doubt I'll overlook one and
:>hurt feelings so you know who you are and thank you already !!

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/forum

There's a great group of folks on the Corvette forum. Come on over
and join in.

Regards,
Sarah

<drb> wrote in message ...
> Sorry for all the questions but I'm just trying to avoid mistakes and
> learn from all of you (experienced owners).
>
> I'm reading the edmunds.com corvette forum earlier today and wonder
> how do you buy a corvette on line and out of state?

I wouldn't buy out of state from a private party unless a person I trusted
was able to inspect the car.

>
> a) how do you pay if it's a cash transaction? Mail a full cashier's
> check to them before receiving the car perhaps as certified mail or
> registered mail w/ insurance coverage? Actually I could use my credit
> cards to pay for it but not sure if any dealer works this way.

Doubtful a dealer would go for the credit card as the processing fee would
be stiff on 50K

Do a certified bank check. Overnight insured.

> b) how is the license plate handled if I want my home state license
> plates (Texas)?

I jumped on a plane, 3 hour flight, they met me at the airport at 1PM, went
to the dealership, did the deal and I was heading home at 2:45PM.

> c) If I don't want to travel to pick it up, I assume it can be
> delivered but how does that work? I just wonder if it can be
> delivered to a local dealer and then I could pick it up??

If your ordering, GM will do a courtesy drop off at a dealer near you.

If in stock, a dealer can ship but it can get expensive. I'm in FL, dealer
in NH, would have cost about $1,500 + to ship covered.

Grab a plane, fly to the dealer and drive it back, more fun that way.

>
> I know I'm full of questions here so please bear with me. I'm new and
> ignorant (lack of experience) and for the moment rely on what I can
> find and read. Thanks all.
>
> ps-- the reason I didn't post on the edmunds.com forum yet is because
> the posts I see don't always prompt a quick reply (I registered on
> their site today) and this newsgroup seems more active or responsive
> to people like me. I just hope I don't wear out my welcome with all
> my questions here. I already owe a thanks to several people here but
> I don't want to mention names because no doubt I'll overlook one and
> hurt feelings so you know who you are and thank you already !!

If you want to know about vettes go he
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/index.php More info there than you need. I
forgot about that forum, was a member years ago and it is still a hell of a
resource.

On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:18:46 -0400, Sarah Ehrett >
wrote:

>On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:56:39 -0500, drb wrote:
>
>:>Sorry for all the questions but I'm just trying to avoid mistakes and
>:>learn from all of you (experienced owners).
>:>
>:>I'm reading the edmunds.com corvette forum earlier today and wonder
>:>how do you buy a corvette on line and out of state?
>
>Stroll over to the Corvette Forum http://forums.corvetteforum.com/
>Plenty of forum sponsors are dealers. Check out who has the car/cars
>you're interested in and give them a call or shoot them an email. They'll
>help you work out the details and answer all your questions.
>
>:>a) how do you pay if it's a cash transaction? Mail a full cashier's
>:>check to them before receiving the car perhaps as certified mail or
>:>registered mail w/ insurance coverage? Actually I could use my credit
>:>cards to pay for it but not sure if any dealer works this way.
>:>
>:>b) how is the license plate handled if I want my home state license
>:>plates (Texas)?
>:>
>:>c) If I don't want to travel to pick it up, I assume it can be
>:>delivered but how does that work? I just wonder if it can be
>:>delivered to a local dealer and then I could pick it up??
>:>
>:>
>:>I know I'm full of questions here so please bear with me. I'm new and
>:>ignorant (lack of experience) and for the moment rely on what I can
>:>find and read. Thanks all.
>:>
>:>ps-- the reason I didn't post on the edmunds.com forum yet is because
>:>the posts I see don't always prompt a quick reply (I registered on
>:>their site today) and this newsgroup seems more active or responsive
>:>to people like me. I just hope I don't wear out my welcome with all
>:>my questions here. I already owe a thanks to several people here but
>:>I don't want to mention names because no doubt I'll overlook one and
>:>hurt feelings so you know who you are and thank you already !!
>
>http://forums.corvetteforum.com/forum
>
> There's a great group of folks on the Corvette forum. Come on over
>and join in.
>
>Regards,
> Sarah


Thanks Sarah.

On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:20:05 -0400, "Roy" > wrote:

>
><drb> wrote in message ...
>> Sorry for all the questions but I'm just trying to avoid mistakes and
>> learn from all of you (experienced owners).
>>
>> I'm reading the edmunds.com corvette forum earlier today and wonder
>> how do you buy a corvette on line and out of state?
>
>I wouldn't buy out of state from a private party unless a person I trusted
>was able to inspect the car.
>

Sorry, I didn't say it but I meant a dealer... no way would I send a
check to a stranger in this situation. Actually I'm not sure I want
to send money ahead to either person or dealer.


>>
>> a) how do you pay if it's a cash transaction? Mail a full cashier's
>> check to them before receiving the car perhaps as certified mail or
>> registered mail w/ insurance coverage? Actually I could use my credit
>> cards to pay for it but not sure if any dealer works this way.
>
>Doubtful a dealer would go for the credit card as the processing fee would
>be stiff on 50K
>
>Do a certified bank check. Overnight insured.
>
>> b) how is the license plate handled if I want my home state license
>> plates (Texas)?
>
>I jumped on a plane, 3 hour flight, they met me at the airport at 1PM, went
>to the dealership, did the deal and I was heading home at 2:45PM.
>
>> c) If I don't want to travel to pick it up, I assume it can be
>> delivered but how does that work? I just wonder if it can be
>> delivered to a local dealer and then I could pick it up??
>
>If your ordering, GM will do a courtesy drop off at a dealer near you.
>
>If in stock, a dealer can ship but it can get expensive. I'm in FL, dealer
>in NH, would have cost about $1,500 + to ship covered.
>
>Grab a plane, fly to the dealer and drive it back, more fun that way.
>
>>
>> I know I'm full of questions here so please bear with me. I'm new and
>> ignorant (lack of experience) and for the moment rely on what I can
>> find and read. Thanks all.
>>
>> ps-- the reason I didn't post on the edmunds.com forum yet is because
>> the posts I see don't always prompt a quick reply (I registered on
>> their site today) and this newsgroup seems more active or responsive
>> to people like me. I just hope I don't wear out my welcome with all
>> my questions here. I already owe a thanks to several people here but
>> I don't want to mention names because no doubt I'll overlook one and
>> hurt feelings so you know who you are and thank you already !!
>
>If you want to know about vettes go he
>http://forums.corvetteforum.com/index.php More info there than you need. I
>forgot about that forum, was a member years ago and it is still a hell of a
>resource.
>

Ok, I'll check it out. thanks. That said, I don't want to abandon
this newsgroup outa appreciation to those that helped me.
Unfortunately I can't contribute a lot here unless it's more general
in nature about cars.

<drb> wrote in message news
> On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:20:05 -0400, "Roy" > wrote:
>
>>
>><drb> wrote in message ...
>>> Sorry for all the questions but I'm just trying to avoid mistakes and
>>> learn from all of you (experienced owners).
>>>
>>> I'm reading the edmunds.com corvette forum earlier today and wonder
>>> how do you buy a corvette on line and out of state?
>>
>>I wouldn't buy out of state from a private party unless a person I trusted
>>was able to inspect the car.
>>
>
> Sorry, I didn't say it but I meant a dealer... no way would I send a
> check to a stranger in this situation. Actually I'm not sure I want
> to send money ahead to either person or dealer.
>
Get a final otd figure from the dealer and have a check drawn in their name
and carry it with you. A deposit of a couple of hundred via credit card will
hold the car.

>>If you want to know about vettes go he
>>http://forums.corvetteforum.com/index.php More info there than you need. I
>>forgot about that forum, was a member years ago and it is still a hell of
>>a
>>resource.
>>
>
> Ok, I'll check it out. thanks. That said, I don't want to abandon
> this newsgroup outa appreciation to those that helped me.
> Unfortunately I can't contribute a lot here unless it's more general
> in nature about cars.

This group averages about 5 meanigful post's in a 24 hour period. Whats to
abandon? You can participate in the forum as well as this ng.

Oh, most dealers will give you a temp plate good for 20 days to transport
the car. Give the vin# to your insurance company and get documentation of
coverage for the return trip.

On Oct 19, 4:56 pm, drb wrote:
>
> b) how is the license plate handled if I want my home state license
> plates (Texas)?
>

Check with your department of motor vehicles. My state offers paper
tags you can buy online and print out that are valid for the trip
home.

On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:04:01 -0500, drb wrote:

:>
:>>http://forums.corvetteforum.com/forum
:>>
:>> There's a great group of folks on the Corvette forum. Come on over
:>>and join in.
:>>
:>>Regards,
:>> Sarah
:>
:>
:>Thanks Sarah.

You're very welcome. As Roy confirmed, there is a wealth of knowledge on
the Corvette Forum. Plus you'll meet some marvelous folks there as well.


Regards,
Sarah

On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:49:17 -0700 (PDT), The Reverend Natural Light
> wrote:

>On Oct 19, 4:56 pm, drb wrote:
>>
>> b) how is the license plate handled if I want my home state license
>> plates (Texas)?
>>
>
>Check with your department of motor vehicles. My state offers paper
>tags you can buy online and print out that are valid for the trip
>home.


Appreciate that tip. I will check it out. thanks.