I bought mine on ebay because it was a no reserve auction with bad pictures (so no bidding) I'm in Nebraska, it was in Houston. In hindsight it was risky, I carfaxed it and bid away. When I won I talked to the guy and he seemed very genuine. I just got a cashier's check from the bank and took it with me.

Took a three day train ride down to Houston, and hung out in KC, St Louis and Little Rock. Met the seller at the trainstation (he was two hours late, scarriest moment in recent memory) and drove it back the next 4 days spending time in Houston, Dallas and Ok city. It was a great trip.

If I had to do it over again I would either fly down to check it out, have a VXer check it out/and a dealer check it out. I got lucky but I know many others who have been burned by ebay/autotrader sight unseen car purchases.