Do you have something against buying a used car privately? Just find a seller who kept records of everything, and get him/her to let your mechanic look it over first. I’ve bought vehicles, among other things 😂, privately over the years with good results.
I have cast my search wide and look at private sellers also. Have a mobile mechanic who would inspect any car for me be it private seller or at dealership. Especially living in Florida one has to be particularly aware of flood or beach salt damaged cars or cars that were bought up north and sold in Florida when owner moved here, i.e. I’ve seen car adverts in Orlando and the entire carfax owner history was Miami until the flood from last year then it was sold at auto auction and is in Orlando for sale or a car in Jacksonville that had one owner but the owner lived on Ponte Vedre Beach or any used car coming from Ft. Myers i.e. hurricane Ian damage or owner lived in Penn. bought car in 2020 and in 2023 moved to Florida. Having a mechanic to inspect used cars one is interested in is a must.
With today’s internet tools one can find out much about a car by the VIN number. Which is important for cars in Florida because with many new residents moving here cars may have spent years up north in the winter weather, i.e. salt, or the car may have been totaled in one state, per the insurance company, repaired and registered in a different state. I actually saw one car that had been ‘totaled’ in Maryland, sold to buyer in SC, ‘totaled’ in SC and was now for sale in Florida. Now the insurance definition of totaled is cost more to repair than car is worth so functionality of car may be okay. But multiple ‘totaled’ designations would be surprised if insurance would be reasonable on such a car.