Re: Late A4

[steveb@falcon.kla.com (Steven Buchholz)]

> I got a call from my dealer today. He says that Audi delayed the start
> of production on A4's with standard transmission. Therefore my car isn't
> going to be here end of February as planned. This is particularly
> important to me because I am moving to California March 1 and want to
> purchase here in Atlanta where the sales tax is much smaller. The good
> news is that the dealer thinks I can make the official purchase here
> while I have a local address. Then he can get Audi to deliver the car to
> me in Cali. This is actually perfect for me because then I don't have to
> transport it across the country behind a moving truck.
> 
... you may want to look into the CA requirements Karl ... if you purchased
the car within 90 days of moving to CA you may be required to pay the sales 
tax in any case.  You may also have to deal with importing a car with less 
than 7500 miles that is not equipped to meet CA emissions standards ... even 
if you can you would need to pay the CA $300 smog impact TAX^H^H^Hfee.

Make sure you know all the details!  My brother bought a new car in MN and 
drove it to CA.  He had heard from someone at the DMV that this was OK, but 
he didn't have it in writing.  He then went to the DMV to get it registered 
but the car had less than 7500 miles, and the DMV said no way.  He ended up 
having to drive the car back to MN to sell it ... and if anyone else tried 
to drive the car to CA in the future they'd find that the car can NEVER be 
registered in CA!

If you'd like I might be able to help you get info about what you'll need 
to do ... just let me know ...

HTH!
Steve Buchholz
s_buchho@kla.com
San Jose, CA (USA)