My last two car purchases were off of Craigslist. So far they have both been good. But I did have to walk away from a few bum deals to get those cars. That s

My last two car purchases were off of Craigslist. So far they have both been good. But I did have to walk away from a few bum deals to get those cars. That said, the last time I tried to use a dealership they weren't exactly honest[1] so it's just part of the process of buying a used car. [1] They insisted the car was in perfect shape and passed their 87 point inspection even though it was listed as totaled due to flood damage when I ran the Carfax. Plus it had this weird thing where it was listed as garaged in New York but titled in Florida and it seemed like nothing on the report matched up. That and the VIN was obscured by the black goop they used to glue the windshield on when someone replaced it, I had to use the VIN from the door. This was back around 2006-2007, so maybe the situation has improved, but I kind of doubt it.