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we are 6.35% in CT and 7.75% if the vehicle is over 50k for registration for sales tax. If it is a CT (local) dealership they will not allow you to pay sales tax upfront (some sort of rule). Additionally, each town/city also has an excise use tax where you get a tax bill every year based on a mill rate for just owning your vehicle. The cost of ownership when you purchase high end vehicles here is highway robbery with the additional taxes the state imposes. I lease everything to get the write offs and maximize savings.
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Oh ok, yeah that makes sense. My build's MSRP is coming out to $134,450 pre-discount. Dealer is providing a discount of $8,666 for a purchase price of $125,784. CA sales tax is $9800 and CA registration is $1350, so $11,150 in tax+registration. Ouch.
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And then you have to add in if you’re going to truck it. I think — as discussed in other threads — that if you buy it and drive it back you pay the tax of the state you bought the car in. However, you probably get hit again I would think when you come back to Cali to register it here.
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And then you have to add in if you’re going to truck it. I think — as discussed in other threads — that if you buy it and drive it back you pay the tax of the state you bought the car in. However, you probably get hit again I would think when you come back to Cali to register it here.
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Regardless a discount is a discount so you did well. If you happen to be a AMG Private Lounge Member there is a $500 certificate towards the purchase or lease of any new MBZ in calendar year 2018. So that certificate could defray most of that $600 registration cost.
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I looked around on AMG Private lounge, couldn't seem to find it. Any idea where the link or code is?
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Oddly the language reports that you have to wait 30 days AFTER applying for the coupon, which clearly this thread indicates will happen. So, MBUSA, your marketing delay has already cost you 500 dollars. Was it worth it?
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Wow thanks for sharing the coupon. I am not an AMG Private Lounge member so can’t access it without a VIN number. If my car is scheduled for a December build would there be any way my dealer would have the VIN before then?
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You might be SOL since you have to use the certificate before December 31, 2018 unless you and you dealer consumate the transaction before the car reaches the US. Not sure if that’s possible but worth a try.
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Do you know if this only applies to the US? The coupon I mean?
I am a private lounge member, but when I l click the link it takes me to a page saying "This document has been removed"
Does anyone else have this error?
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”As a valued member of the AMG Private Lounge, Mercedes-Benz USA is pleased to announce the continuation of the $500.00 (Five-Hundred Dollar) owner AMG Appreciation Certificate offer to all US AMG Private Lounge members that meet our eligibility criteria.”
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Oh dayummmm. You know, maybe they are waiting for all of the 43s/53s/63s/65s to get certified before the begin the roll out of the models. Would explain why the SL63, S63 and S65s (not to mention the GLC43s and GLC63s) have all received their certifications but have yet to be released.
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Oh dayummmm. You know, maybe they are waiting for all of the 43s/53s/63s/65s to get certified before the begin the roll out of the models. Would explain why the SL63, S63 and S65s (not to mention the GLC43s and GLC63s) have all received their certifications but have yet to be released.
Let’s hope it’s this week or next and somehow MBUSA decides to release our cars in November...which is what has been kindly implied on these boards for a while now...
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