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Here is the close.

Verify.Fund.Sign.Delivered.

Buy any car by its VIN, end to end online: the proven seven-step checklist. This page walks the whole close, start to signature to driveway, before you commit to any of it. One deal record. One out-the-door number. Both sides read the same page.

An agent that works for you walks this checklist; you appear at four steps (authorize, notarize, sign, pay), and everything it does survives being shown to you.

2025 Mazda CX-5 · check digit 1 · verified

The checklistOne deal record
  1. 01VerifyAn agent can walk it
  2. 02Pre-approveyou
  3. 03InsureAn agent can walk it
  4. 04Notarizeyou
  5. 05Signyou
  6. 06Settleyou
  7. 07DeliverAn agent can track it

“you” marks the four steps where you act in person: authorize, notarize, sign, pay. An agent can walk the rest.

The walkthrough.

Seven steps, start to driveway.

Each step is a posted state on one deal record. Distance to done is stated at every one, and each step ends on the order line it fills. Nothing below quotes a price at you: every figure computes at its address, for your VIN, before you commit.

  1. 01 / 07After this, six remainAn agent can walk it

    Verify.

    The record opens before any money moves.

    The VIN opens the full record at vhr.vin: history, recalls, the original window sticker. Five market values post at values.vin. The out-the-door number (exact taxes, title, DMV fees by state) computes at taxes.vin, free.

    Every fact carries value, source, timestamp and verification state. The seller sees this exact page.

    Fills: vehicle · taxes, title, DMV fees

    The recordvhr.vin/JM3KFBXY1S0597748

    JM3KFBXY1S0597748

    2025 Mazda CX-5

    • Title recordPosted with source · timestamp
    • Odometer readingsPosted with source · timestamp
    • Recall checkThe federal recall register (NHTSA)
    • Window stickersticker.vin
    • Market valuesvalues.vin
    • Out-the-door by ziptaxes.vin

    A fact that cannot be verified is shown as “Reported, not yet verified” and never blended with posted facts.

  2. 02 / 07After this, five remainYou authorize the pull

    Pre-approve.

    Financing starts from the VIN, soft pull first.

    Financing starts from the VIN at financing.vin with a soft pull. APR, term and payment compute for your VIN and your credit, not quoted at you. The hard pull happens once, when you authorize the application.

    Your own bank works too: the checklist records outside pre-approval as this step, cleared.

    Fills: financing

    Pre-approvalfinancing.vin/JM3KFBXY1S0597748
    • Credit pullSoft · you authorize the hard pull
    • APRComputes live
    • TermComputes live
    • MonthlyPosts live
    • Outside pre-approvalAccepted · recorded as cleared

    Figures compute at the address for your VIN and credit. This page states structure, not rates.

  3. 03 / 07After this, four remainAn agent can walk it

    Insure.

    Coverage starts from the car, not a 40-question form.

    insure.vin already knows the car: year, make, model, body, from the VIN. Coverage is quoted against the record so the car can be insured the moment it is yours.

    Existing coverage counts: the checklist records it as this step, cleared.

    Fills: insurance

    Coverageinsure.vin/JM3KFBXY1S0597748
    • VehicleFilled from the VIN
    • Garaging zipYours
    • PremiumPosts live
    • EffectiveTimestamp posts live

    The quote reads the record; the record does not re-ask what the VIN already states.

  4. 04 / 07After this, three remainYou, before a notary

    Notarize.

    One document authorizes the paperwork you never sit through.

    Where a state requires it, a power of attorney keyed to the VIN is notarized. It authorizes title and registration filing on your behalf; whether your state requires it is posted on the deal record before step 1.

    Fills: documents

    Documentsbuy.vin/JM3KFBXY1S0597748
    • DocumentPower of attorney · keyed to the VIN
    • Who signsYou, before a commissioned notary
    • AuthorizesTitle & registration filing
    • RequiredPosted by state · before step 1
    • NotarizedTimestamp posts live

    Some states do not require it; the checklist then records this step as not applicable.

  5. 05 / 07After this, two remainYou sign

    Sign.

    Every number is on the page before the page is signed.

    The stack is signed online, on the record. The buyer’s order is itemized (car, taxes, fees, trade and the deal fee), and nothing on it appears for the first time at signature.

    Open findings on the vehicle are stated on the record before you sign anything.

    Fills: signatures

    Partiesbuy.vin/JM3KFBXY1S0597748
    • Buyer signsThe buyer’s order · itemized, fee included
    • Seller signsThe title assignment
    • MethodE-sign · on the record
    • SignedTimestamp posts live

    Every signature lands on the deal record with its timestamp.

  6. 06 / 07After this, one remainsYou pay

    Settle.

    One settlement clears the one out-the-door total.

    The order settles as one out-the-door number, the same number posted at step 01, not a new one. One settlement clears the whole order: car, taxes, fee, financing, insurance, delivery, the trade credited. The lender is paid at settlement. A trade taken at offers.vin posts its value on the out-the-door line of this order.

    No number on this order is introduced after commitment.

    Settles: the whole order

    The out-the-door orderbuy.vin/JM3KFBXY1S0597748

    JM3KFBXY1S0597748

    2025 Mazda CX-5

    Out-the-door totalPosts live

    Posted whole, before you commit.

    • PaymentPosts against the posted total
    • LenderPaid at settlement
    • SettledTimestamp posts live

    Exact figures compute at the address, by state, before you commit.

  7. 07 / 07After this, the drivewayAn agent can track it

    Deliver.

    The VIN carries the shipment to the driveway.

    Two zips produce the quote at transport.vin. Delivery is a line on the same order, tracked on the same record, and every mile of transit posts to the deal record.

    Fills: delivery

    Deliverytransport.vin/JM3KFBXY1S0597748
    • VINJM3KFBXY1S0597748
    • FromSeller’s ZIP
    • ToYour ZIP
    1. Quote
    2. Track
    3. Delivered

    Delivered closes the checklist; the full deal record stays readable at the address.

That is the whole close. Start to signature to driveway.

Seven posted states on one deal record, both sides reading the same page, every number on it before you commit to any of it.

Start the checklistRead the record first, vhr.vin

Not yet startable here · per-state broker bucketing before the $349 fee is charged in any state

This action renders through the compliance gate: the checklist opens state by state as the per-state broker checklist clears, and the fee is charged in no state before that state’s checklist clears. Everything above (record, values, out-the-door, pre-approval, coverage, transport) answers today at its own address.

Who walks it.

The human appears at exactly four steps: authorize, notarize, sign, pay.

An agent, yours or one you delegate, can walk every other step of the checklist. The checklist is the same instrument either way: posted states on one deal record.

The deal record, as an agent reads itapis.vin/mcp
1// tools/call · start_purchase, structure, never invented state
2{
3 "type": "vin.deal",
4 "vin": "JM3KFBXY1S0597748",
5 "order": {
6 "vehicle": <integer, USD cents>,
7 "taxes_title_fees": <integer, USD cents>,
8 "financing": <integer, USD cents>,
9 "insurance": <integer, USD cents>,
10 "delivery": <integer, USD cents>,
11 "trade_in": <integer, USD cents, credited>,
12 "deal_fee": <the posted flat fee>,
13 "out_the_door": <integer, USD cents>
14 },
15 "settlement": {
16 "clears": "out_the_door",
17 "lender": "paid at settlement",
18 "settled_at": <RFC 3339 timestamp, posts when it happens>
19 }
20}
The motions that walk it

Posted.

The one figure on this page, and where it comes from.

Financing, insurance and transport are priced separately, each posted on the same record.

  • Deal fee$349 flat · every deal type · posted before step 1
  • WherePosted on the deal record before step 1; itemized on the buyer’s order; charged in no state before that state’s checklist clears. No percentage of price. No fee appears anywhere it isn’t posted.
  • SeparatelyFinancing, insurance and transport are priced separately, each posted on the same record.

Questions with posted answers.

Can I buy a car here today?

Not yet on this page. The checklist opens state by state as the per-state broker checklist clears, and no fee is charged in any state before that state’s checklist clears. Every step’s instrument already answers at its own address (record, values, out-the-door, pre-approval, coverage, transport), free to read today.

What does the fee cover?

The full checklist: deal configuration, e-sign, the VIN-keyed notarized power of attorney, title and registration handling, and delivery coordination. $349 flat, every deal type: Concierge Buy, Private Party and Wholesale Dropship, posted before step 1. Financing, insurance and transport are priced separately, each posted on the same record.

Can I use my own bank or insurer?

Yes. Steps 02 and 03 accept outside pre-approval and existing coverage; the checklist records them as cleared. Offers surfaced through financing.vin and insure.vin are posted with source and timestamp beside them.

What if a fact about the car can’t be verified?

It is shown as “Reported, not yet verified” and never blended with posted facts. Open findings on the vehicle are stated on the record before you sign anything.

The close is one face of the record.

The other addresses read the same seventeen characters.

For the agent you send.

The agent reads the same record you do.

Same two routes, three representations: the numbers never differ between them.

Three representationsbuy.vin
1curl https://buy.vin/ -H 'accept: text/markdown'
2 # the markdown twin of this page
3curl https://buy.vin/{VIN} -H 'accept: application/json'
4 # the record as typed evidence objects
5curl https://buy.vin/{VIN} -H 'accept: text/markdown'
6 # the record's markdown twin
On this host
  • Motionsb2a2cAn agent acting for a consumer: everything it does survives being shown to them afterwardb2h2aThe human appears once, where the act is legally load-bearing; then the agent resumes
  • Machine surfaces/llms.txt/icp.json/.well-known/agents.json
  • One MCP serverapis.vin/mcp serves the whole platform: every door’s tools in one server, each result carrying its door’s URL.
  • AttributionX-Client-Type: html | md | json | mcp names which reader arrived; it never changes the record.