Quote Originally Posted by sic_semper_tyrannis View Post
I bought a used car from a dealership six states away. The price was so much better than anything I could find in Colorado that it was cheaper to fly out there and drive the car home and still end up with a couple thousand bucks saved over what the same car would have cost locally. At the time of sale the dealership collected the 2.9% CO state sales tax, which they remitted directly to the JeffCo DMV. That was the only tax I paid at the time of sale. I then had to get an emissions test and VIN verification here before going to the DMV with the dealership paperwork to register it. The check I had to write to JeffCo at the registration appointment was f'n brutal. They collected all the remaining county/city/bullshit sales taxes (another ~4.6% on top of the 2.9% the out of state dealership had already collected) in addition to the normal annual registration and title/tag/whatever fees. Man I walked out of that DMV shaking I was so pissed. But from a paperwork/process standpoint it was pretty simple.
Your tax situation is kind of what I am expecting. I figure even if the out of state dealer collects the state tax that I?ll still have to eat the city, county, etc. after the fact.

My main reason for even considering the out of state purchase is simply paint color on the make and model we are looking for. We are getting down to the end of the production run for the 2024 year models and the four dealers in the state swear up and down that the one color we want is unobtainable. Not only do I think I found one, but it is actually marked down $4K off MSRP. Around here, even if I just bought a gray or black one I?m probably getting gouged for full MSRP at a minimum.

I?m also considering trying a brokerage service instead of doing all of the legwork myself.