In Cali you can get a good deal if you don't have a trade (no concern over sales tax credit they don't give) and you have a similar sales tax at home and they're is reciprocity. In WA I can buy there and just have them register it in Cali. Our sales tax is just as high and I don't have to pay it twice because we have that reciprocity. Back in Seattle I switch to WA plates which is easy and inexpensive.

Lot of things have to line up though; with a 9ish percent sales tax I want that credit. Gotta look at shipping or take the time to go get it. It can work out sometimes but that said, I agree: They're a pain to deal with all around. So much easier everywhere else I have purchased.

I live in Nevada and bought my car from the dealer in Thousand Oaks CA. I traded in a 2021 GLE450 (bought and registered in Nevada) that was worth about half of price of the S580. They did all of the paper work and had to transport it to me (they paid for that). When I received the car about 4 days later I was allowed to drive it (as long as I had insurance) to the DMV to register and pay the sales tax. The tax rate was about the same in both states, but Nevada lets you reduce the new car price by deducting the trade in. I saved about $5,500 and the DMV needed to scan the VIN barcode anyway so I did need to drive the car there. I was there most of the morning, but everything went smoothly.

That was almost a year ago and I just got a renewal quote for my insurance. Without getting into details I got another quote with the same coverage and it was less then half from my current (very highly rated) company to the company that the AARP deals with. With an expensive car and today's high prices, it pays to price shop!

Im a dealer in NorCal. If I sell at MSRP are you interested?

Already got mine from W.I. Simonson in Santa Monica, paid MSRP.

My problem was they shipped to car to me up in NY, and I registered it at my Florida house. If I was in Florida I could have just drove to the DMV also and registered it but since I was up north I was stuck waiting on them. Once the registration company had the paperwork last week I had the plates 48 hours later. So very quick process once Florida had all the paperwork, it seems the dealer was dragging there feet for one reason or another to get that paperwork over to them. In any event my sales experience was good, I cannot complain about that but in the future I wouldn't be looking to purchase another car from somewhere out of state who doesn't provide temps. In all the years I've been in NY I've never bought a car there and no matter where ive purchased them Ive always had temps or in transit plates to be able to use. Just another thing about CA which doesn't make me happy lol