buying a car out of state

I've done it a couple times. So far pretty lucky.
The first was an 83 D250 out of Wisconsin of all places, ebay buy. Turned out to have been one of the best trucks I have ever had. I still kick myself for letting that one go 5 years later.
Other time was a 2-fer, a 76 Aspen and an 89 ram charger, from one guy in Vegas. Drove the RC cross country back to Chicago, towed the Aspen with it by use of a tow bar....I wound up passing the Aspen along, (due to "life") but
my son still has the ram charger a dozen years later.