If you've got the right coin, you can pick out a car

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OF DOWNTOWN. KMBC 9’S ALAN SHOPE EXPLAINS HOW IT WORKS. >> WOW, THOSE THINGS REALLY EXIST. REPORTER: THEY DO NOW AND THAT’S WHY MICHAEL MORALES HAD TO STOP AND TAKE A PICTURE OF THE BRAND NEW SEVEN STORY CAR VENDING MACHINE OFF I-35. >> I WONDER HOW THEY GET THEM IN THERE AND OUT. REPORTER: HE HAS AN IDEA HOW IT WORKS. >> YOU PUT IN A BIG LINE AND PRESS THE BUTTON. REPORTER: TRUE, BUT IT STARTS ONLINE. YOU PICK THE CAR YOU WANT OUT OF THE MACHINE. WHEN YOU STOP IN AND FINISH THE PAPERWORK, YOU GET THE COIN. ONLY DIFFERENCE, IF YOU DO NOT LIKE IT, YOU CAN RETURN IT IN- THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS.RN IT IN- THIS GIANT VENDING MACHINE DOESN’T ACTUALLY START CRANKING UNTIL IT’S THE FIRST OF ITS KIND THURSDAY. IN KANSAS CITY AND THIS WEEK AND OWNERS WILL COME AND START DROPPING THOSE COINS IN IT AND BRINGING THEIR CARS OUT OF IT, BECAUSE GET THIS EVERY CAR IN THIS VENDING MACHINE SO FAR HAS ALREADY BEEN SOLD. THAT’S GOT POTENTIAL CAR SHOPPERS LIKE MORALES THINKING THIS MIGHT BE THE FUTURE O BUYING A CAR, OR AT LEAST A SUPER FUN WAY TO DO IT. >> I THINK SO. I’VE BEEN TEMPTED TO COME OUT AND BUY ONE JUST TO PUT THE COIN IN THE SLOT. REPORTER: THE KANSAS CITY CAR VENDING MACHINE IS THE 17TH

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A giant car vending machine opens this weekend in Kansas City. If you've got the right coin, you can pick out a car."Wow! Those things really exist," said Micheal Morales.Morales had to stop and take a picture of the brand new, seven-story Carvana car vending machine off Interstate 35."I kind of wonder how they get them in there and how they get them out," Morales said.He does have an idea of how it works."You have a big coin and you put it in and press the button," he said.That is true, but it actually starts online. Car shoppers pick out the car they want from the machine, stop in and finish the paperwork, and then they get a coin."It's just like buying candy out of the machine when you were a kid," one man said. "It's a great idea."Every car in the giant vending machine, so far, has been sold. Owners will soon come and start dropping in those coins and bringing out their cars. The idea of it has potential car shoppers like Morales thinking this might be the future of car buying or at least a fun way to do it."I think so. I'm tempted to come out and buy one just to put the coin in the slot," Morales said.Carvana vending machines have been around since 2012. The Kansas City vending machine is the 18th one nationwide.