What is the farthest you've traveled to see/buy a car?

[Eagle Kammback]

Well, I haven't bought a car in 6 years, never even seriously looked until the past few months.
I drove a little over 4 hours north in my Eagle just to see the car (got to test drive too of course)
Guy who bought my Kammback also drove about 4 hours in an Eagle just to see that for the first time too.

What's the farthest you've traveled for a car?

[Barry Donovan]

Pennsylvania for a truck in a junk yard. Trucking with my dad.

I would never be that crazy..
but we watched the machine pluck it up, put it on the flat bed.. a totalled truck bought for parts. Went way the hell up near Canadian border in maine from PA.

some special chevy. I hardly pay attention to the differences..
it was still a totalled flopped over end for end truck with blood in the seat and collapsed roof. Very special.

[DanStokes]

Wilmington, NC to Paso Robles, CA - something like 3000 miles. But BBM has us all beat!

Dan

[SpiderGearsMan]

is your old kammback restored ?

[Grumpy]

For me that would have to be Suisun City, California, I flew into Sacramento to buy a 73 Corvette which wasn't at all what it was supposed to be (long story) so I had cash in my pocket and went on a one and a half day mission to find a car, I hit a couple of car shows and talked to bunch of great Gearheads that gave me leads and ended up buying the little Red 66 Nova that I just sold a couple of months ago.

[squirrel]

I drove to Reno....it's a day and a half away. But I drove to Vegas twice to actually get it. My son likes his truck, so I guess it was worth it?

[Dan Barlow]

150 or so. East of Indy to the east side of Cincinnati. After coming from there the day before from a ECTA event. Saw it on craigslist. Yeah I bought it. I would do it again but not for an every day driver. When you have $75 in gas and fast food invested into a $1400 vehicle just to see it, well you would have to be pretty disappointed to come back empty handed.

[Scott Liggett]

Sacramento to LA to see a Vette with a friend. We left after work, 2 am, got to LA around 6 am. Ate breakfast saw the car, didnt buy it and drove home.

[CDMBill]

Bizarrely SoCal to Chicago in Feb. '03 to buy my Harley Ford crewcab pick-up. Who buys a supercharged RWD p/u in Chicago in February? Me. Still have it with all of 51K on the clock.

[Orange65]

Drove from Laurel, MS to Cleveland, OH to buy a 27 T bucket project- wish I hadn't.

[BigBlockMopar]

I've only done a 10,800 miles roundtrip to Phoenix, Az to get a closer look at a car I bought and brought home a few months later on...






...But don't tell anyone I maybe was on holiday there with friends and this car was dropped off on their lot at the time and thought it was a nice cheap way to own a convertibe for once... :o)

[DanStokes]

I KNEW BBM would top us all! Nice car, though.

Dan

[TheSilverBuick]

A trip out to Madison, AL from Ely,NV. Drove the car home.

[Ron Ward]

I drove from Topeka, KS to Aurora, MO (500 miles round trip) to pick up a 1980 Buick Regal. The intent was to drop a big block Mopar into it, but after getting it home and looking it over, I put a pair of 3.8L heads on it and it became my DD for about 2 years until I sold it to my cousin. As far as I know, she is still driving it.... 14 years later.

[JOES66FURY]

15 Miles...