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All I can suggest is that you wait to see what the mechanic says before you travel unless you're going there anyway.
I think a 10% deposit is fair. Certainly it should secure your interest in the car and satisfy the seller that you're serious. The rest, I believe should be in cash or a bank check. How are you planning to return the car to Michigan?
That may be a problem.
The best way, I think, is to use the seller's plates, and FEDEX them back as soon as you arrive home. An additional deposit is appropriate for this. I wouldn't let you take it for free, for instance, but if you gave me a sufficient deposit I suppose I could trust you. IF not, it will be rather difficult to legally drive the car back. CT doesn't have the "in-transit" plates that NY does... I doubt you could obtain any legal Michigan registration unless you could get the title ahead of time for some kind of temporary registration. If you have a good friend who works at a car dealer, you maybe could finagle a dealer plate for a day or two-- but that's really asking a lot.
Maybe a ground transportation company is the answer- have the car shipped. Should be $600 or so, depending on actual mileage and the current price of diesel fuel.
(Of course, if you have another Volvo wagon, and you borrow the plate from that, probably no one would be the wiser... I thought about doing that with my 3 grey 244's, but thought better of it!)
Good luck whatever way you go!
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Rob Bareiss, New London CT ::: 'Roterande Fläkt Och Drivremmar!'
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