Originally Posted by Joshdub (Post 1047360)

That is weird that the dealer wont do a deposit. Everyone I talked to was more than happy to go that route if needed. I wonder why they wont.

Originally Posted by Ven (Post 1047363)

Good luck crystalworks. Solid car looks like.

Tax won't double dip. In theory CA dealer can't charge CA sales tax, you pay taxes at registration in TX. The finance guy will go over this with you when executing paperwork.

Originally Posted by Joshdub (Post 1047378)

I nearly bought a car from cali and would have driven it home to WA. They told me that if the car is driven off of the lot onto public CA roads then you must pay CA sales tax. Then when I registered it at home in WA I would pay the difference (wa is 10%). If it were trucked out of CA, even to the other side of the border, then I did not have to pay CA sales tax.

I don't know how that works for you since your tax is less than CA.

Originally Posted by crystalworks (Post 1047361)

Update: No time to have it checked it out... it's nut up or shut up. Dealer had 2 people go into contract on it and first one to close gets it. Sooooooo... I'm going to be buying my first (and hopefully last) sight unseen vehicle provided I can get them the bank documents first. Fingers crossed. ;)

One question though... he said that if I am driving it home, he HAS to charge Cali sales tax. 7 something %. Texas is 6.25%. When I register it here, I won't have to re-pay taxes correct? He was pretty sure the state could not double dip, but I've never bought an out-of-state vehicle.



I think it's because it's a high volume dealer. They have it priced fairly and just move tons of cars as fast as they can. Not worth it for them to hold a car for a week (even with deposit) if they have a line out the door to buy it already. That's just what I am getting from them anyway. Nice guys so far, and honest it sounds... and I understand that in autos cash talks. So I'm not upset over it.