Almost every single car dealership in California pre-installs that shit on every single car on the lot. They charge you for it, too. If you don't want it they will flat out refuse the sale. Sometimes they'll agree to remove the charge, but they will still refuse to remove the unit. Why? Because they have contracts with the companies that make these devices and put them in every car so they can hunt you down if you default. They don't care if you're paying cash, they still won't remove them.
You can't buy a new car out of state because California will not register a new car purchases out of state.
One of the thousands of reasons I won’t live in California
You can buy a car out of state, you just have to pay the taxes to California as if you’d purchased it in state.
No. You literally cannot register a car with less than 7,500 miles on it if it doesn't have California smog equipment.
That’s different than not being allowed to register it. You can register it as long as you ensure it meets their smog standards.
You can't buy a new car out of state because California will not register a new car purchases out of state.
Wtf am I reading
You’re reading incorrect information.
If you purchase a car out of state, you have to pay the California taxes as if you had purchased the car in state before they’ll register it. It’s to prevent people going to Oregon, where they have no sales tax, to buy a car, and then driving it back across state lines.
I can't comment on other places, but there's no reason to believe dealerships in other states don't want to track their fleet to make repossession easier on themselves, and maybe to earn some extra cash selling customer location data. The only WTF thing here involving California is that you can't register a new car purchased in another state.
If you've bought a car in the last few years, check your sales contract very carefully for language about GPS tracking. They often sell it to you as something like LoJack to recover your car if it's stolen, but that's just a Trojan horse. Also check behind your dash and take a close look at your ODBII port. The lover to plug in to that to gather vehicle data and power. They have a passthrough plug so it looks like a regular ODBII port unless you examine it closely.
You can't buy a new car out of state because California will not register a new car purchases out of state.
What? Wouldn't it just be a used car then?
You can't register a car with less than 7,500 miles on it in the state unless it has California smog equipment.
So just get a p.o. box in that other state and register it there plus you'll have lower registration what is Arizona 30 bucks to get a car on the road? Correct me if I'm wrong
California tickets for that too.
If they catch you. 5% rule.
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