My only advice is get the title in hand, no loan, no funny business. I have a friend (in IL) that bought a car in WI, and has temporary plates expiring in a couple weeks. His title is somewhere in between the WI dealer, the WI DMV, the IL DMV, and his credit union. He has been on the phone with someone along the chain almost every day since buying the thing, and he can't get IL plates until he figures it out. Don't get in a mess like that.