I've bought a couple of used cars in private sales. Give them a couple hundred dollars deposit, get a receipt, then make arrangements to do the full payment du

I've bought a couple of used cars in private sales. Give them a couple hundred dollars deposit, get a receipt, then make arrangements to do the full payment during business hours when you can meet at the seller's bank and do a bank wire, cashier's check, etc. It would be pretty rare that you can't get this worked out. And worst case scenario, you keep that local bank account open and do an EFT to it when you start shopping.