I would fly to Texas or Florida and buy there. Actually any southern state that doesn’t have as much winter as NYC does.
I used to take my used 200,000 mile cars to MN (family there) and sell them, many years ago.
No rust, maintenance records and I could make an extra $1500-$2000 per vehicle.
Buy a one way ticket to somewhere with a Carvana and drive it back.
One funny story about good weather climate cars....
My parents passed away within a month of each other last year and my sister went out to southern CA to get their car.
She had it shipped to her home (here in CT) and drove it for a while during the summer and fall months without incident.
It was during the first snowstorm that she realized her mistake.
It had a soft roof!
Lol.
My 2000 Silverado just hit 275K miles. Florida