[svxxx26]

I know this doesn't answer your question specifically, but having considered doing what you are talking about myself...you are going to look at the car in person, right?

I am sure there are exceptions, but I saw a couple of vehicles recently online (ebay) that looked PERFECT. I nearly bid on one of them, but since I was 2 hours away, thought I'd best see it in person first.

Long story short, it was a piece of junk in person. I went back home and re-read the ad, looked at the pictures again. No, they didn't lie - technically - but the pics and descriptions were very cleverly done in retrospect.

All I'm saying is unless it's something where you really don't mind if the vehicle has "issues", go see it in person before you even think of going into negotiations in the first place.