Alan Smithee

I would assume so. Here in CA we have to pay sales tax on the full purchase amount regardless of whether it is new or used, and we can't offset the value of a trade-in to lower the tax basis, either.

fluid15

That stinks. So if I understand this correctly, if someone finds a car through a Private Sale but engages a Dealer to add CPO, the cost of doing this would be ~ $2000-2500 for the CPO + Sales Tax on the value of the car ($50k for this example). Overall that's more than a $6k adder to get the CPO for residents of Az since we wouldn't pay sales tax if completing the sale with only the individual. I recently checked with our DMW for the rules of purchasing out of state at a Dealer and was told that the Dealer probably wouldn't charge tax (since the car is leaving their state), but when I brought the car here to AZ, it would get the tax added at the time of registration.

cgng30

I have a 2005 997 c2, with 7800 miles in mint condition

Carl Muckenhirn

and.....

bitterazn

There hasn't been any bodywork besides sealing the rock chip in the windshield. Anybody have any idea how much it would cost to fix this?

bitterazn

Sorry, I should rephrase that: I"ve been following retail cars for sale pretty closely. I keep a spreadsheet of every '05 997 that hits AutoTrader and the Porsche web-site.

tagheuer

The car was sold last week for 52k. Thanks for the interest.

bitterazn

Thanks James. I'll use that as a reference point as I continue my search!