loder

I live in PA, and am about to buy an RS4 in CA. I want to ship it back. Do I have to register it here in CA, or just when I get back home? Do I need to keep the sellers plate on it?

Anyone that has done something similar, your advice will be appreciated

Bob W.

if you're buying from a dealership, they should be able to take care of it. if you're buying from a private party, it should already have a valid registration...that's good enough to get you home. then register the car in PA when it gets home. definitely insure the car before you ship it back, though.

McGyver

<ul><li><a href="http://www.dmv.state.pa.us/motorVehicleCenter/buying.shtml">http://www.dmv.state.pa.us/motorVehicleCenter/buying.shtml</a</li></ul>

Reggie

The dealer can arrange everything and your finance people will know how to handle things (mine was the credit union)

You pay tax in the state you bought the car.

LWonka

If you buy the car out of state you pay sales tax in the state that you reside. Check and see what it is and you can tell the dealership what the tax is in your state and they'll add it to the contract in leu of their state tax. If they tell you something different they're feeding you a line of bull. The company that you contract to ship your vehicle should do an inspection of the vehicle when they recieve it from the dealership and you do one when you recieve the car to ensure that nothing was damaged in transit.

BluDemon

I bought a few cars out of the state I live and I didn't pay any tax until I went to reregister the vehicle.

When I bought my VW Scirocco from a private owner in FL I left their plate on the car until I could get it tagged in NC. Then I sent it back to them.

John Stahmann

I bought a new GMC Sierra truck in Arizona last July and the dealer titled the truck as an Arizona title even though they knew it would be registered in Utah. It took until December before we could track down the correct title information so that Utah DMV would allow the truck to be registered in Utah. In the mean time I had to go to the DMV every 30 days to get a new temp tag, and then they made me get a safety and emissions inspection because it had been over 60 days since the truck was sold, even though I am first owner and the truck was titled off the MSO. Royal pain in the rear.

The dealer collected sales tax based on the sales tax info I provided them (each county has a different tax rate in Utah) and I had to show the sales agreement Utah DMV when we registered it so they could see how much sales tax had been collected. I could have not paid any sales tax and then just had to pay it when I registered the truck in Utah.

Make sure the CA dealer knows it will be registered in PA and have them title it correctly.

sillyboy

Yup......done it that way before....

schwantz

I bought my RS4 from a dealer in Florida and they took care of obtaining the Pa. registration for me. I had Fl. temp plates until the Pa. registration was processed.

BlindBatForumFailer

If you drive it off the lot- then you pay tax in CA.