Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK:

2005-12-14 Thread Desert Rat
When you guys in WA start having to pay a State Income Tax, we might start listening to the WA DMV sob stories. And then, you trek down the road to Oregon to buy your big ticket items as to not pay any sales tax. You serve cheese with your whine? On 12/13/05, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK:

2005-12-14 Thread redghost
it is the money grubbing democrats who then pass on our hard earned cash to some meth head ho with her crack baby On Tuesday, December 13, 2005, at 01:18 AM, Robert Tara Ludwick wrote: WA state was bad 20 years ago, I can only imagine how bad it is now. I was paying $165 a year for tags on a

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK:

2005-12-14 Thread redghost
What was the deal for Oregoonians? $10 to register the car? And property taxes were killing you, so you voted to underfund the schools? IIRC, no need to actually need to know how to drive down there, just have to show proof of insurance to get a license. On Tuesday, December 13, 2005, at

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK:

2005-12-13 Thread OK Don
You'll also need the bill of sale for the amout to pay the excise tax on in OK when you first register the car. The tag agency here in OK just needs the title, proof of insurance, the vehicle (so they can check the VIN) and, erm, money (for the new tags). -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK:

2005-12-13 Thread Tom Reynolds
I called the Sand Springs tag agency and they told me the registration amount is going to be $44.50 or $45.50, something like that. Excise tax is separate? Thanks, Tom At 07:53 PM 12/12/2005 -0600, you wrote: Content-Disposition: inline You'll also need the bill of sale for the amout to pay the

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK:

2005-12-13 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
yes, its based on the actual purchase price. The catch is they have a min amount which is usually way high. Tom Reynolds wrote: I called the Sand Springs tag agency and they told me the registration amount is going to be $44.50 or $45.50, something like that. Excise tax is separate? Thanks,

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK:

2005-12-13 Thread OK Don
Yup - it sure is. Just paid for both when I registered the '90 300D 2.5 last month. Here's the list from the receipts: Title fee Excise tax Insurance fee Mail fee Notary fee (yes - the tile was notarized before I walked in) Inspection fee Registration fee Waste tire fee Most of these are

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK:

2005-12-13 Thread OK Don
Yup - it sure is. Just paid for both when I registered the '90 300D 2.5 last month. Here's the list from the reciepts: Title fee Excise tax Insurance fee Mail fee notary fee On 12/12/05, Tom Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I called the Sand Springs tag agency and they told me the

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK:

2005-12-13 Thread Tom Reynolds
Well, if I have it on the Bill of Sale that the purchase price is $4000, they'll have to base it on that. Right? Sounds like I have to go to the tag agency tomorrow and ask a couple questions, one for the car I'm buying, and one for the car you're buying. The link you provided, Kaleb, was one

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK:

2005-12-13 Thread Tom Reynolds
What was the purchase price of the vehicle you registered? Do they take plastic? thanks, Tom At 08:13 PM 12/12/2005 -0600, you wrote: Content-Disposition: inline Yup - it sure is. Just paid for both when I registered the '90 300D 2.5 last month. Here's the list from the receipts: Title fee

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK:

2005-12-13 Thread OK Don
$4500, and only Discover, and they charge a fee for using it. A check is the best way -- On 12/12/05, Tom Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What was the purchase price of the vehicle you registered? Do they take plastic? thanks, Tom -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK:

2005-12-13 Thread Tom Reynolds
So, they charged you, what, $118 excise tax on a $4500 purchase price, that's 2.6%. So, for me that should equate to $104.00. I wonder where all that money goes? Doubt it's for new roads, 51st Street is a mess... Best regards, and thanks for the tips, Tom At 08:37 PM 12/12/2005 -0600, you

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK:

2005-12-13 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
No, doesnt matter what your bill of sale says, whatever the amount they determin for minimum is what the charge you on. I always just tell them I paid $500 or $1000, or whatever, that way it for sure hits the lowest amount. You dont have to give them a bill of sale, all they want is the

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK:

2005-12-13 Thread OK Don
Perhaps my mistake was having the bill of sale in hand, lying on the counter, so she read it instead of asking how much I paid -- On 12/12/05, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, doesnt matter what your bill of sale says, whatever the amount they determin for minimum is what the

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK:

2005-12-13 Thread Jim Cathey
Well, if I have it on the Bill of Sale that the purchase price is $4000, they'll have to base it on that. Right? Sounds like I have to go to the Oh, if it were only so. The State needn't choose to treat a BOS as a legal document, and can look up its own Blue Book value and use that, if the

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK:

2005-12-13 Thread redghost
WA sucks $$$ out your wallet. I even had the eBay listing with winning bid price when I went to the DMV. Right there it had $117.50. What'd I get charged? Tax on $1700, because unless it was in the junk yard, a Running 220D is worth at least $1700 here in WA! On Monday, December 12, 2005,

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK:

2005-12-13 Thread Robert Tara Ludwick
WA state was bad 20 years ago, I can only imagine how bad it is now. I was paying $165 a year for tags on a 30 year old pickup and $135 a year for a rusty 35 year old horse trailer. I remember getting pulled over by the local gestapo the second day i was there. He puled me over for out of state

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK:

2005-12-13 Thread Mitch Haley
Tom Reynolds wrote: So, they charged you, what, $118 excise tax on a $4500 purchase price, that's 2.6%. In Michigan, they would have charged me 6% sales tax/use tax. I'll pay as much for the $2300 190E as he paid for the 300D 2.5.

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK:

2005-12-13 Thread Jim Cathey
I get charged? Tax on $1700, because unless it was in the junk yard, a Running 220D is worth at least $1700 here in WA! As I mentioned, one of those State forms, signed, or an independent appraisal will convince them otherwise. And somehow I doubt that if one paid _extra_ because it was a

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK:

2005-12-12 Thread Tom Reynolds
Well boys and girls, yesterday I went to the Georgia Tax Commission's website and looked up the local (Fayette County) tag office location, and sent them the following email: I'm coming in with my daughter on Saturday (December 17) to purchase a 1988 Mercedes-Benz 300E from a resident of Peachtree

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK:

2005-12-12 Thread Harry Watkins
Hey Tom You know how to do it right, good job. 20 x 20 hind sight, I was legal and didn't know it. Have a good round trip. Harry Watkins Newton, MS 86 SDL Silver 85 300D Euro 86 SDL Gold 81 240D manual trans - Original Message - From: Tom Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK

2005-12-11 Thread L . Mark Finch
I suggest checking the Web sites of the Bureaus of Motor Vehicles in both states. You may find some information and even downloadable forms there. A few months ago I bought a car in Florida to register in Indiana. I already knew what the Indiana requirements were -- a title and a bill of

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK

2005-12-11 Thread Hans Neureiter
Bottom line is, as long as you carry insurance on the vehicle (liability, that is), it makes no difference what plates, if any. And it is help full to be able to proof it is not stolen. All states sell you a 30 day permit for a measly 20 bucks (+/-). Keeps all the guesswork and 'he said' out.

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK

2005-12-11 Thread David Brodbeck
Robert Tara Ludwick wrote: If traveling any kind of distance it's best to go to the local DMV and get a drive away permit. It'ss probably cost from $10-20, you'll need proof of insurance . That's what I did when I bought a van in PA and drove it to MI. To handle the proof of insurance, I

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK

2005-12-11 Thread Harry Watkins
Tom I bought a 300 TD in Atlanta today and drove it to Mississippi with no tag and just the paperwork you descrobed. The lady said the tag belonged to them, not the car and they can put it on the next car they buy. I took the chance that it was either okay or the trooper would cut me some

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK

2005-12-11 Thread OK Don
When I bought my last car in Kansas, I drove home with the Kansas tag on it, then mailed the tag back after I got the Oklahoma tag. I had the PO notorize the title, even though there was no Kansas requirement for it, took to the tag agent in OK with the bill of sale, and had no problem at all. You

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK

2005-12-11 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
OK titles have to be notarized. tom savage wrote: Russ Williams wrote: Just to be safe have the Seller get the Ga. Title Notarized when you buy the car (DAMHIK). What he said. When I lived in West Virginia, we brought cars into the state from Mississippi and Missouri and registered

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK

2005-12-11 Thread Sunil Hari
OH titles have to be notarized to give more business to notaries public. I mean, duh. On 12/11/05, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you have an out of state title from a state that does not require titles to be notorized, then you dont have to have it notorized, just FYI. OK

[MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK

2005-12-10 Thread Tom Reynolds
Well, as some of you may know by now, I'm buying Howard Ginsberg's 1988 300E. Howard and the car ('Providence') are in Georgia, and I'm driving down there next weekend with my daughter. Does anyone have 1st hand experience in how GA treats the license plates (tags)? Here's what I've been told

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK

2005-12-10 Thread LT Don
I'd think that as long as you have the old plates (and the registration card) you'd be safe if stopped. Even if the plates stay with the owner, as is the case in Iowa, you could simply mail the plates back to the seller once you register in Oklahoma. On 12/10/05, Tom Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK

2005-12-10 Thread Desert Rat
Different laws apply in different States. FL and Utah to CA, I went down to the local respective DMV's and purchased a trip permit good for two weeks. Proof of insurance was required. Sales tax was collected in FL and then I got credit for it when I registered the car in CA. On 12/10/05, LT Don

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK

2005-12-10 Thread John Ervine
Tom Reynolds wrote: I think what he said is that the plates transfer with the car and not the owner. So, I'd be driving back to Tulsa with GA plates, a Bill of Sale, and a signed over title. Right? Wrong? Georgia allows owners to keep the plates for their cars with the option of

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK

2005-12-10 Thread Mitch Haley
Desert Rat wrote: Different laws apply in different States. Yep. In Michigan, you are allowed three days from date of purchase to obtain a plate. If the car is replacing another, the insurance on the old car will suffice. Unfortunately, the legal thing to do is drive it without plates, which

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK

2005-12-10 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
usually as long as you have a bill of sale you dont really need a plate to transport it back. Your ins will also cover it for 30 days from purchase. Thats how it works in OK and I have done it many times. John Ervine wrote: Tom Reynolds wrote: I think what he said is that the plates

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK

2005-12-10 Thread Gary Hurst
is that the manny tranny one he told me was sold when i enquired about it several years ago?? On 12/10/05, Tom Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, as some of you may know by now, I'm buying Howard Ginsberg's 1988 300E. Howard and the car ('Providence') are in Georgia, and I'm driving

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK

2005-12-10 Thread Tom Reynolds
No, I inquired about that one lately as well, but Howard sold it some time ago, think maybe a few years ago, but a long-ish time, I know I would have been kicking myself if it just would have been sold a few months before I started looking. This one is burgundy/palomino with 162k, a '88 300E.

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK

2005-12-10 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Is that the dude that had the manny tranny car? I know somebody had one for sale for about $500 at one point. Cant remember who though. Gary Hurst wrote: is that the manny tranny one he told me was sold when i enquired about it several years ago?? On 12/10/05, Tom Reynolds [EMAIL

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK

2005-12-10 Thread Gary Hurst
plates no longer legally transfer with car, but the seller will generally still keep the plates on the car On 12/10/05, Tom Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I inquired about that one lately as well, but Howard sold it some time ago, think maybe a few years ago, but a long-ish time, I know

Re: [MBZ] Buying a car in GA and registering it in OK

2005-12-10 Thread Robert Tara Ludwick
If traveling any kind of distance it's best to go to the local DMV and get a drive away permit. It'ss probably cost from $10-20, you'll need proof of insurance . This will keep you out of trouble (if the old tags have an outstanding parking ticket on them or the PO had warrents or the thing