I've bought a Turbo Van, Suzuki Samurai, and a neon on ebay. I would prefer not to go through ebay just a cash deal cash and face to face. Id have to really really trust the seller. I bought a 92 Achieva SCX W41 on ebay in New york and flew to pick it up I would not have done that if I didnt see many pictures beforehand and a video of it running and driving, but If somthing would have went wrong I wouldnt expect ebay to do a thing. Basically ebay is just an added hassle to the buying/selling process.