Efrem

That's key. I used phone booths for years, wrote reports on typewriters for years, cleaned and adjusted spark plugs for years, looked things up in a paper encyclopedia for years, etc. The world of 2017 is not the world in which he got into this habit. The reasons aren't his fault, but we don't get to choose which parts of today we like and which we don't. He's stuck in today's world with all its warts. As previously posted, carrying that much cash for this purpose is asking for all sorts of trouble. He should accept that it doesn't suit today's world, any more than paying by weighing ounces of gold does, and come up with another method of payment.

(If the seller won't take any other method of payment, that's a big red flag.)

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I frequently carry large amounts of cash through airports, declaring it to customs officials when the amount requires me to do so.

I have never been stopped or asked any questions by the security personnel with regards to the cash. If my luggage is held aside for further screening, the cash has never been the reason (usually it's because I also carry a lot of electronic equipment and the wires look a bit suspicious on the x-ray, or have forgotten to take out a bottle of liquid).

That said, I do agree with all the other posters that it would be highly inadvisable to purchase a car with this amount of cash for all the reasons already given.

Ldnn1

Out of curiosity, why?

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It is cheaper for me to do so than to use international bank transfers, for certain currencies and bank accounts, and in some of the countries I go to, exchanging in cash is cheaper than exchanging via a bank.

Also, I collect banknotes and coins and I assist several numismatic dealers who I buy from to repatriate out-of-circulation currency which they have acquired.