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Originally Posted by PMok

It will depend on what dealer you choose in CO, my dealer (Heuberger) did not charge me any CO specific fees or taxes other than their $389 dealer/handling fee. Some of the other dealers apparently do; not sure if you can convince them to not do that if you will not operate the car in CO.

The example I gave before was a Premium BRZ 6MT with agreed price of $600 off of MSRP. MSRP includes destination charge. MSRP on the SWP BRZ Premium 6MT + Pop 1A + spoiler = $27255. Their internet price is $26655, + $389 dealer handling fee. So it's about $211 below MSRP before tax.

Sales Tax depends on what county you live in. For me in Alameda County it was 8.75%. You can choose to pay it up front (include it in financing) or skip it and pay it when you register in CA. If you have cash burning a hole in your pocket then pay it when you register, but when interest rates are so low why not have it financed, and keep more cash in your pocket for mods etc.? My tax amount was $2400. I told the dealer specifically what county I lived in and the tax rate, and so there was no miscalculation there.

Transport to CA will be roughly $650-750. Or you can fly out and drive it back. As others have noted the cost of food, hotels and gas will come out less than $600, but of course you will need 2-3 days to make the drive back.

Registration in CA is separate from sales tax. Think of it as paying for the license/tags annually. That came out to $288. There's no avoiding registration or sales tax so that is about $2700 you will have to pay regardless of whether you bought in CA or CO.

Cost of smog for an out of state car - $45-50.

That's it. For me, with the cost of transport it came out to about MSRP + $600 total cost before taxes/reg. That is still less than most Subaru dealerships are asking in the Bay Area, and I've got my car, not still waiting in line for one.

Thanks a bunch. That really helps in my 'negotiation' with the dealers. At the min, I can say Heuberger did not charge that for a fellow member.