buying a car remotely

If you do a google/bing search for pre purchase auto inspections the are companies that have been doing this for years. Seems a good inspection will run about $200 and up. I don't remember who I was going to have do one for me but their websites describe the services pretty good. They usually have sample reports. I'd say it's probably money well spent. Last minute air fares are pretty pricey along with a rental car it would probably end up costing you many hundreds of $$$