On Feb 4, 8:49*pm, Mark wrote:
You don't have to drive yourself. *You can fly to do the pre-buy
inspection and get it bought and then hire someone to drive it to your
house. *There are web sites where you can post what you want
transported and people bid on hauling your load. *My brother had a
glider delivered 1,400 miles for $800 and the guy had tons of positive
feedback and did a great job.

I usually just call my seasonally unemployed CFIG or other soaring
friends.