Pit Car Buying Advice Thread

[myDeaconmyhand]

So I am trying to buy a car out of state about 6 hours away. I am preapproved for auto financing though Capital One at 7.75% but don’t have a check in hand. I am also selling a vehicle to CarMax to put the equity as a down payment. I don’t want to drive 6 hours and lose the car due to an unexpected obstacle with my financing or the final cost of the vehicle. What should I do to finalize the purchase as much as possible before I leave, so that I can basically just pick the van* up and drive it home?

edit - want to clarify that my auto financing preapproval is legitimate, wife and I both had to apply and we received approval letter to give to dealerships for financing, also the dealership and vehicle are preapproved through Capital One’s auto financing search portal.

 

[dartsndeacs]

If the financing isn't lined up just bring some of your vintage kicks

 

[BeachBumDeac]

when I bought a car from out of state I did the financing through the dealer to make things easy at pick up. Then a month or two later I refinanced through the bank.

 

[Ghostsurfer]

How much to have it delivered, if that is an option? I did one recently from ATL and it was only an additional $200 to deliver. I asked if they would price match my trade offer and they did and waived the travel fee. Just a thought.