Bought my dodge truck in Atlanta, Ga. from an individual. Talked to him several times and a couple of references. He had paperwork to back up his conversation. I flew down there, bought it and drove it home.
That was a fun flight. Wife and I was in KC airport early in the morning and trying to get through the metal detector was a repeat performance. Went through and failed, removed my belt and still failed. Turned my pockets inside out, no pass. Removed my shoes, no pass. I began to unbuckle my pants and remove them when the agent let me through. I found out later the challenge was it was a year after the NY attack, and we had one way tickets. All one way tickets got special scrutiny.
Bought a Durango in Houston, Tx. the same way. I paid a local mechanic $100 to put it on the lift and inspect it before I flew down. The seller was fine with it. No problem there either. Guess I'm just lucky.