Originally Posted by CARJ
You can get one from the MS DMV. It's called a "Temporary Drive Out Tag" and it's good for 7 days. A reputable dealer will be able to give you one.
Yet again, from the first post: the dealer cannot or will not provide one.
Originally Posted by Nayov
Go to Florida then.  They issue a temp plate for a month.  Find a dealer (or two) with a couple of cars you like in case one of your choices falls through. Look at their website first and make a couple of selections. When there, examine the title and throw a code reader to  check for stored codes. Taking  a train is ridiculous unless you have nothing but time on your hands because flying is so cheap these days and going  down twice is completely unnecessary if  you do your research on the dealer (web and call). Lastly, have fun with this and make  a great vacation out of it.
Where are you in "New England"? It would be helpful to know unless of course you are in a witness protection program.
I'm in RI now. The car (an extremely difficult model and option list to find) is in Mississippi. I will ship myself LTL freight before I would fly.
Originally Posted by atikovi
Originally Posted by Jarlaxle
Originally Posted by Wolf359
Last time I bought a car out of state, it took two trips. One to check the car out and buy it. Then went back home, registered it and picked up plates. Then went back with the plates and drove it home. I just don't see how you get away with not doing two trips aside from buying it sight unseen and having all the paperwork done in advance so you can go to the registry and get plates and then just do one trip to pick it up.
I cannot get plates here unless and until I get the VIN checked. I cannot register it here until the car is here.
Can't ANY police station or DMV in Miss. do that? Or does it have to be YOUR state? And why are you going so far. You can find rust free cars in Virginia, Delaware, Carolinas and you can hop on a Greyhound to pick up.
The VIN check must be done in this state by the police. I am going to Mississippi because the car I am looking for is in Mississippi.