I've negotiated a great deal on a Trail Teams in the Bay Area but this is what the dealer has told me:
"I have investigated the relocation of your FJ from here to Oregon and we do have to have a
professional driver or service take the vehicle across the border.
It seems like the simplest way to proceed is for me to get you some shipping quotes to get the vehicle up to Oregon for you. I can provide the prices to you and we can send the contracts to you to be completed."
Have you guys ever heard about anything like this? Why couldn't I drive a brand new vehicle that I have purchased with temporary tags on it? I've done some research and haven't come up with anything. Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks,
Clint
Sounds like some BS to me. Contact the county/state whoever does registration in both states and see what they say.
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I was given the same story by many other people. If you will physically take delivery of the vehicle in the state of California, then you have to pay the local California sales tax. If you are not going to take delivery until it arrives in your state then you don't need to pay tax.
It may be worth it to have it shipped (maybe $200-300 if it is only going from the Bay Area up to Medford). Then you save a huge chunk of change in tax (probably close to $2000).
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I have been in the car business for over 20 years. If you purchase a car in California and plan on driving it you owe the state there sales tax. If the car is shipped out of state you forgo the sales tax and the dealer is required to have a bill of lading from the shipping company. It's not the dealer it's the state that wants there money. If you buy a candy bar and don't plan on eating it untill you leave the state you still pay tax. It's just the law....
Bam Bam and SCNNAME are right. The dealer wasn't pulling my leg. Under California State Law, if I purchase a new vehicle in California, I need to pay the California State Sales Tax in order to operate it on California roads. The sales lady has been honest and upfront with me.
So we agreed on a price of $29K and change. The vehicle is clean, no options. Dealer prep, documents, a driver from her dealership, a rental car for me and my wife (I would have had to rent a car anyway to get me up to Oregon and a one-way rental from Alamo was almost $200) comes to another $400. So for around $29 and a half, I'm out the door. No sales tax and no crappy options I don't want. And when we hit the Oregon border, we swap vehicles, the driver heads back to San Francisco, and me, my wife, and the SE go home to Jacksonville.
So I'm a happy guy! Sent the dealer a deposit off my Visa, contracts will be faxed and signed, an insurance rider faxed to the dealer, and on June 16th when we fly into San Francisco, they'll pick us up at the airport, and off we go.
Good ending?
Thanks for everyone's help regarding this post. You've all been great.
hmmmm interesting i dont know it works in the civilian world anymore but being a member of the military I just buy a vehicle in whatever state and than license it through my home state of ND, skip all that tax stuff! go to you homestate DMV website or call them there are ways to get around it.
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Congrats Clinton! Hopefully it all goes smooth. You'll love the TT in the hills around Jacksonville. I can think of a tons of places to drive. You have to head out and make the drive between Medford and Klamath. That is some fun driving.
I am sure you'll hit the beaches too. I want to take my FJ out to Pistol River and Gold Beach. Hopefully next summer I'll get the chance.
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Thanks Bam Bam, your posts helped a lot. See you around J-ville some time.
And it doesn't matter what my home state DMV says. It only matters what the California DMV says. And they say I'm not driving it on their roads unless I pay their tax. Cut and dried. And I still like California just fine. Great state, just can't afford to live in it.
As a member of an Indian Tribe living on my reservation, I do not pay state sale tax on my vehicles. but in order for that to happen it must be delivered to the reservation. No way around it, have to deliver it and have it signed off that it was delivered. (same thing as you, since the reservation is technically not part of the State of CA)
As a member of an Indian Tribe living on my reservation, I do not pay state sale tax on my vehicles. but in order for that to happen it must be delivered to the reservation. No way around it, have to deliver it and have it signed off that it was delivered. (same thing as you, since the reservation is technically not part of the State of CA)
That's interesting Ed. I had a car dealer telling me about doing that. He said that they'd order in a bunch of a particular vehicle, then the Tribe would buy them, and they'd truck them out to them. Many times they did the whole deal over the phone and never stepped foot into the dealership. Sounds like a good way to go!
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