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To also quote Bill Cox "never buy any car without seeing it first" He's right, because even if you find someone to inspect it for you their idea of "a no big deal repair" and your idea of "a no big deal repair" can be worlds apart.
My current mini I drove to see it, drove the car, jacked it up, and went over everything about the car with the owner and nearly passed on it, I bought it because the problems it had I knew were easy to fix and the owner reduced the price. This was after I had looked at probably 6 different minis.
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I've agreed price based on descriptions, flown out, inspected and purchased.
I've only ever bought one that I didn't put eyes on myself - I asked another member of the Mini community to inspect it for me.
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Probably the most costly and time consuming thing on a Mini is body/rust repair. If you can't tackle that yourself, it's going to cost a pretty penny so I would pay EXTRA special care in that area. Pix with the carpets removed, from under the car, around the subframe, scuttle panel, boot floor, battery box...bascially all of it. I bought 3 car sight unseen.
I have bought cars sight unseen and it's a gamble. Bought a cheaper TR6 off eBay about 15+ years ago and it is a total pig. So much bondo and coverup. For the price I wasn't expecting too much but the seller totally hid a lot of issues. Be careful.
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"Hang on a minute lads....I've got a great idea."
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"re buying classic mini sight unseen in Texas I have used www.lemonsquad.com with good success.. later bc"
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"Hang on a minute lads....I've got a great idea."
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"How can anything bigger be mini?"
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That said, have you bought sight unseen without going in to see it? Did you just trust the seller or pay a local shop to bless the car. If you used a shop, how did you find a trust-worthly shop?