infate

iTrader: (5)

Everything was smooth sailing, when I discovered this F. It has a clean carfax and autocheck, super clean interior and exterior, until I tried to calculate my registration fees.

There is a bunch of nonsense vehicle registration fees that I see when I calculated it.



Current Registration: 43.00
Current California Highway Patrol: 24.00
Current Vehicle License Fee: 209.00
Current County Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies Fee: 1.00
Current Smog Abatement Fee: 2.00
Current Fingerprint ID Fee: 1.00
Current Smog High Polluter Repair Fee: 4.00
Original Smog Abatement: 24.00
Alt Fuel/Tech Smog Fee: 32.00
Current Auto Theft and/or DUI Crime Deterrence Program: 1.00
Current Abandoned Vehicle Fee: 1.00
Current Air Quality Management District: 6.00
Current County Transportation Projects Fee: 10.00
Alt Fuel/Tech Reg Fee: 12.00
1st Prior Year Registration: 43.00
1st Prior Year California Highway Patrol: 24.00
1st Prior Year Vehicle License Fee: 299.00
1st Prior Year County Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies Fee: 1.00
1st Prior Year Smog Abatement Fee: 2.00
1st Prior Year Fingerprint ID Fee: 1.00
1st Prior Year Smog High Polluter Repair Fee: 4.00
1st Prior Year Auto Theft and/or DUI Crime Deterrence Program: 1.00
1st Prior Year Abandoned Vehicle: 1.00
1st Prior Year Air Quality Management Dist: 6.00
1st Prior Year County Transportation Projects Fee: 10.00
2nd Prior Year Registration: 43.00
2nd Prior Year California Highway Patrol: 24.00
2nd Prior Year Vehicle License Fee: 342.00
2nd Prior Year County Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies Fee: 1.00
2nd Prior Year Smog Abatement Fee: 2.00
2nd Prior Year Fingerprint ID Fee: 1.00
2nd Prior Year Smog High Polluter Repair Fee: 4.00
2nd Prior Year Auto Theft and/or DUI Crime Deterrence Program: 1.00
2nd Prior Year Abandoned Vehicle: 1.00
2nd Prior Year Air Quality Management Dist: 6.00
2nd Prior Year County Transportation Projects Fee: 10.00
3rd Prior Year Registration Fee: 43.00
3rd Prior Year California Highway Patrol: 23.00
3rd Prior Year Vehicle License Fee: 384.00
3rd Prior Year County Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies Fee: 1.00
3rd Prior Year Smog Abatement Fee: 2.00
3rd Prior Year Fingerprint ID Fee: 1.00
3PY Smog High Polluter Repair Fee: 4.00
3rd Prior Year Auto Theft and/or DUI Crime Deterrence Program: 1.00
3rd Prior Year Abandoned Vehicle: 1.00
3rd Prior Year Air Quality Management Dist: 6.00
3rd Prior Year County Transportation Projects Fee: 10.00
Transfer: 15.00
Use/Sales Tax: 2,800.00
CHP Penalty: 180.00
1st Prior Year Registration Penalty: 30.00
1st Prior Year Vehicle License Fee Penalty: 179.00
2nd Prior Year Registration Penalty: 50.00
2nd Prior Year Vehicle License Fee Penalty: 274.00
3rd Prior Year Registration Penalty: 100.00
3rd Prior Year Vehicle License Fee Penalty: 614.00

Total Registration Fees: $3,115.00

Total Use/Sales Tax: $2,800.00

Grand Total Registration Fees: $5,915.00




I tried going on the vehicle registration fee calculator on the DMV website and I see that I need to pay $3000 worth of registration from 2013 to 2016 because it was "an abandoned vehicle". The car's owner is located in Nevada right now with a clean Nevada title since 2013, no accidents, super clean besides a few on the bumper. I shouldn't be charged for all this non-sense abandoned vehicle fee right?

Should I even buy this car or should I wait for a better one since it was "abandoned"? God, this feels so bad. What should I even do? I already bought my plane ticket to pick up the car tomorrow, no refunds too.

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soloist3

Good god, that's rough, I had to pay $1100 total in taxes and registration fees when I bought my IS350, I was mortified. I NEVER buy from dealers but I couldn't find a low mileage clean 350 being sold by a private party (private = no tax in AZ). $6k is crazy, that is almost a 3rd of what I spent on my 350, really does seem to add up/make sense as you itemized it, glad I don't live in California.

I8ABMR

Id say something is wrong with your calculations. I don't know what but that number looks erroneous . 95% of what is listed looks odd

If those numbers are legit move on to another car

infate

iTrader: (5)

California DMV thinks the vehicle is still registered and haven't paid its dues, but it has a clean title in the state of Nevada. Carmax transferred the car from CA to NV, so I'm guessing carmax screwed up and did not do their proper paperwork, so now the DMV thinks the car has been abandoned since none of its registration fees are paid.

k20trick

iTrader: (3)

You paid for the car already? I would make sure the Seller is going to take responsibility if that much fees are due.

I thought I paid a lot when my registration was slightly over $500. Cali has one of the highest tax rates on everything.

idoke1

iTrader: (5)

^^Yup. These fees in cali just keeps going up and it seems almost every year, they add new fees to the registration.

k20trick

iTrader: (3)

Was this a private party or dealer sale?

regardless is the seller taking responsibility of the situation with the registration?

idoke dont want to scare you or be negative here but if the car was abandoned where hast it been for the last 3 years? If it was abandoned how does it show any records of it at all?

Edit carmax has that 5 days buyback gaurantee or something like that and since its coming from carmax they should take care of the fees for you. I would inspect the car really good since it has that history maybe purchase a ppi.

tas02

iTrader: (2)

What a load of *@#%!!. 3300 in fees because it wasn't registered for the last 3 yrs, thats bs, should be responsibility of the previous owner(s).

Walk (no, run) away from that deal.

infate

iTrader: (5)

I did not pay for the car yet. I was planning to fly to Nevada tomorrow to buy it and drive it back to California. It is sold by a private owner who bought it from CarMax when it has 3k miles on the clock. Carmax did not do their proper paper work when they sold the vehicle so the CA DMV system thinks its an abandoned.

Thought I could buy this car, but nope. Too many discrepancies, too much weight on me if I purchase a vehicle without knowing the outcome. I could buy a 2014 with that kind of registration fee!

Tokenblkgy

Why don't you guys contact the carmax that he purchased the ISF from originally and ask them to straighten the mistake out?

isfdude

iTrader: (11)

But why does the new owner have to cover what the old owner didn't??

DBrian

An alternative to walking away from the deal is to send your data to the seller and ask them to drop the sales price by ~ $3000
I don't know how some of you can live in CA. Most of the cars I've owned in TX, my annual registration has been less than $100.

chris07is

iTrader: (10)

Tell me about it, its so expensive here its freaking crazy. I guess you pay for the weather...

k20trick

iTrader: (3)

What happend to the ticket you bought are you going to see the car anyways since you said the ticket is not refundable?

Lucky you, unfortunately Cali is that easy on fees Anytime I buy anything tax is always factored into the equation.

knshro13

iTrader: (4)

When you buy an out of state vehicle and register it in CA, do you pay CA sales tax too when registering the vehicle?