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Wow, $1K shipping kills the deal; I'm surprised.
I'm a member of BMWCCA; as such, if I see a car far away, I can ask someone in the local BMWCCA chapter to have a look at it for me. And quite possibly someone who owns a 1 series already.
Now, all that being said, I'm in Canada and have bought 4 BMWs in the USA. Did not do what I said above. One was an "accidental" eBay buy but the price was so good, I had a good buffer of money in case something went wrong. Nothing ever did. The other 3 were private sales. Long serious talks with the owners, plus paperwork/pictures received and I then flew to the location [CT, PA, Ga] and bought the car & drove it home. Never had a problem with any of them. Had the E30 for 12 years and the E82 for 9 years now and expect to keep it forever unless I import a E87 from Germany.
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