I'm looking at trading the box in on a tC but I dont know which the best method is. Should I just drive out to Nevada (avoid sales tax) and trade it in or should I sell it privately?

 

Well using a little common sense and some google I answered my own question but I figure I'll post up just incase anyone is curious. If you purchase a car outside of california it has to meet the california standards and 80% of most new cars that aren't sold in california dont meet these standards. Quoting ARB.com. On top of that if your car does meet these standards and you purchase the car for example in Nevada and dont pay sales tax then you will have to pay sales tax on the value of the car when registering it in California. Making it pointless to buy a car out of state.