It's not what you might think. My `14 CPO i3 Rex seems to be close to perfect and was a great value. Actually purchasing the car and getting it to my house was surprisingly smooth and involved fedexing docs back and forth and happened pretty quickly. My car was put on a truck and arrived 5 days later, from California to Indiana.
That's where my problems have started. It's not the car, it's my inability to legally drive my car for the next 45 days because I have no license plates - temporary or otherwise.
Per my dealer, because I had the dealership ship the car to me (as opposed to me shipping the car to myself), I didn't take possession of the car until it arrived in my state, they can't issue temporary California tags AND since they aren't a dealer in Indiana, they can't issue temporary Indiana tags.
They are working with what appears to be a great 3rd party title company who is taking care of all of my tags, taxes, etc - I should have my permanent tags in 45 days without any additional effort from me.
In the meantime, I'm stuck either a) hoping my lack of license plate isn't noticed or that my local officers of the law take pity on me or b) garaging my new pride and joy (after my Children, etc.) until the magical day when my plates arrive.
TL;DR: When buying out of state, be 100% confident you know what your short AND long-term license plate situation is going to be like before you sign on the dotted line.
PS: If anyone has any magical workarounds here - PLEASE let me know!
That's where my problems have started. It's not the car, it's my inability to legally drive my car for the next 45 days because I have no license plates - temporary or otherwise.
Per my dealer, because I had the dealership ship the car to me (as opposed to me shipping the car to myself), I didn't take possession of the car until it arrived in my state, they can't issue temporary California tags AND since they aren't a dealer in Indiana, they can't issue temporary Indiana tags.
They are working with what appears to be a great 3rd party title company who is taking care of all of my tags, taxes, etc - I should have my permanent tags in 45 days without any additional effort from me.
In the meantime, I'm stuck either a) hoping my lack of license plate isn't noticed or that my local officers of the law take pity on me or b) garaging my new pride and joy (after my Children, etc.) until the magical day when my plates arrive.
TL;DR: When buying out of state, be 100% confident you know what your short AND long-term license plate situation is going to be like before you sign on the dotted line.
PS: If anyone has any magical workarounds here - PLEASE let me know!