That's pretty crazy your having a hard time selling this CTR with such low miles that even a new car would probably have after a few test drives. I think you have the lowest priced CTR as of date and if your not getting your asking price, all those eBay guys asking for more are definitely not going to get anything over 36k-37k for their used pre-owned CTR's unless someone is very desperate and can't wait.
Yeah this car would sell in a heartbeat out here in SoCal. Plus another advantage is the sales tax would be a lot less buying through a private party sale because our sales tax is calculated at 10%.
No, you still have to pay sales tax on a private party sale.
I know but it's a lot less when it's a cash deal through a private party sale because the deal is between the seller and buyer and whatever price is reported on the title of certificate is the price reported to the dmv to pay state sales tax. That is the best advantage of buying through a private party sale and it's nobody's business other than what the seller and buyer agreed on.
Hah! Texas doesn't allow that. On private party car sales (or any car sales for that matter) you have to pay sales taxes on the vehicle's black book value minus whatever conditioning or mechanical issues there might be. Conversely, we only pay 6.25% sales tax on vehicles.
Here is a clear example of what I am talking about. I would totally buy this one but not for 42k. There are plenty of dealerships in California selling them brand new for around 42k and I rather take the dealership route to purchase a new one if I was going to pay that much. It says on the add it was purchased out of state so they must have got a good deal on that car.
I'm not saying that you couldn't in other states, sorry about that. You used to be able to state whatever you wanted for a private party sale here but the Texas comptroller office caught onto that and changed the tax rules.
