Hey fellas, i will go up to new york to buy this evo and drive it back to florida lol. The car comes with a carbon hood, is it okay to drive that far with that hood? Also for those guys who have bought their cars out of state, what plate do you use or maybe no plate? Any advice and opinions will be very helpful consider it gonna be a 20 hours drive.

 

Contact your insurance company, let them know what you're doing . They may grant you temporary insurance to get the car home. Check DMV to see what you can do for legal temporary tags. Carbon hood should be no problem unless it's a reaaaallly crappy one.

Good luck!

 

Thank you, its a seibon hood so im guessing no problem.

 

Technically I think you need transit tags in every state you go through. What I've usually done is taken the tags and mailed them back when I was done. Just make sure you have a signed title+bill of sale

FWIW my insurance co gives me 30 days to tell them about a new car purchase - you should probably call yours to check.

 

You think they will cover the car for me to drive back to fl.

 

Call and ask.

 

You should be able to get insurance for the car before you buy it. They will have you print out a piece of paper with your insurance info, and that will be your proof of insurance. You should be able to get a 30 day tag to, either from the state your buying it in or the state you live in. Contact your local BMV, if you're not buying from a dealer that might be where you have to go. If buying from a dealer, the dealer can give you a temp tag for the car at the time of signing the papers.

 

I have bought a car out of state....so I'll give you the 411. It all depends on if your buying from private party, the dealer and if your getting a loan or paying cash. If your buying from a dealer, tell them the car is going to be registered in FL. They will give you a 30 temp tag (good for all 50 states). If you buy from private party, when you go to the DMV let them know it will be registered in FL, they will also hand you a temp tag to get you to FL.

But as soon as you get back home, go to the DMV so you can order your permanent plates.

 

Put the car on your insurance policy before you go, all you need is the VIN #. bring insurance document with you, Florida you might be able to print out or wait for it to come in the mail. You can always remove the car if it don't work out. You will be covered with that. Now for the tags,

I went up to NY state to get my Evo so I know how this works, You will need to go to a DMV and get a temporary tag to drive vehicle home. You will need every document to get it and it still might be a hassle..

I ended up spending 4 hours in the DMV with the guy I purchased from and was denied because of a typo on my insurance document. Well, I had a set of NJ plates with me just in case this happened and ended up having to drive the car home an 8 hour trip bootlegged..

I hesitated because it was so far but said fack it, lets roll..lol I would NOT do this for a 20 hour trip down 95.. Plan on spending the whole day in NY and get it done right..

 

Thank you so much for a quick response guys. No matter what i get i always find myself back to an evo.I just Can't leave this forumn

 

Btw it is from private party. Hopefully he lend me the tag so i dont have to go through the dmv.

 

Me and you both. I find myself browsing any from rx-7s with ls swaps to 03-04 cobras. But I always find myself right back on this forums browsing the for sale section.

 

You'll be fine, just do as everyone says and you will be good to go.

As for the siebon hood, what makes you think it wouldnt be okay? I drive my evo EVERYWHERE, just drove to ohio and back from here. (10 hours each way) with my siebon hood. Drove it to OCMD and back no problems, they are designed to endure the elements

 

Why i think it wouldnt be okay.. Because i have seen many people with hood pins along with a carbon hood., just making sure lol. Thanks for sharing. I think im good to go here fellas.

 

You shouldn't have to worry about insurance but that kind of distance you might want to figure something out.. and the whole state inspection thing has to apply since you are changing the title from fl to nyc