I bought my past 2 boats out of state. One of them was about 2.5 hours away, the other 6 hours away (by car)
If I'm that interested in a boat and thinking of buying it, I'll make the trip to go see it. Internet pictures don't really show enough and it is hard to see certain things.
When I hired the surveyors, I made the trip again and was there for the survey.
Figure on about $4/mile to transport a boat.