Was: BMW 850 ci for sale-cheap! Now: Buying Cars 5000mi away from home

[marc at getty.net (Marc Getty)]

I wrote:
> Imagine buying my 2009 VW Scirocco at Volkswagen of Anchorage..... ;-)

Cathy responded:
> What imagine?? I've got the payroll savings set up and found
> a dealer who will deliver to Whitehorse. The more I thought about
> it, the more I liked the idea. So, we going or what?
>
> (Seriously, not sure if it'll be the new Rocc, but the next one
> will be the beginning of a roader, a long one. And '09 is the
> target year, for Klaus' 30th/ Bug's 10th) I figure I'd stop at
> any Exit 53, and end up at Waterfest, something like that.
> Starting to sound like a plan...plans are for the weak though :)
> Cathy, yeah, I am that nuts...

Dave Winchell responded:
> Ok, I am down for the cruise back with a new  rocc from some
> far away land. That would be a great convoy to be a part of.
> (Starting to stash some fundage for this adventure.)

If I ever buy a new car it will definitely be part of an adventure like
this. The only issue to keep in mind is that Americans need to buy their car
in America and Canadians need to buy their car in Canada to keep the
paperwork non-nightmarish.

There ain't much in Fairbanks, AK so Volkswagen of Anchorage (AKA Eero VW)
sounds good to me! As much as I typically hate stickers placed on the back
of cars by dealerships, I would be as proud to have a "Eero Volkswagen of
Anchorage, AK" sticker on the boot driving around Philadelphia as I was to
have "Mercedes-Benz Kundencenter Sindelfingen" on my RIP Benz.

Check out the Mercedes factory in Sindelfingen via Google Earth:
<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Sindelfingen,+Germany&ie=UTF8&z=18&;
ll=48.695656,8.998688&spn=0.002595,0.007381&t=h&om=1> or
<http://snipurl.com/y71q> holy hugeness Batman! That place is bigger then
Canadia!

-Marc

'83 VW Scirocco California Edition
'84 VW Rabbit GTI Pickup Truck