So apparently I owe $300 to the state of NJ

[Reverend_Smitty]

I bought a car this past summer from a family member and he gave me a deal on it. I got it for $2000. Well I get a letter in the mail from the department of taxation telling me I owe $300 dollars in taxes because apparently my car is worth $5,500. There is no way in HELL that a 1996 Nissan Maxima with 150,000 miles is worth that much money. Not to mention who is the state to say how much a private citizen can sell his or her car for, a car that sales tax has been paid on it twice before I bought it. This is bullshit! :mad:

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. I think you're right! Check Kelly Blue Book

http://www.kellybluebook.com

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. I know!

They quoted the high retail price from the N.A.D.A. website. 1)I bought it from a private party and 2)It was far from perfect condition. They have no way of knowing what condition the car was in, for all they know the car could of needed a new engine or something and thats why I paid what I did. Utter bullshit on the state's part

[Floogeldy]

3. Call them and find out what you need to do to protest.

[Reverend_Smitty]

4. I'm going to do it tomorrow or Monday...

there's no way I'm going down without a fight

[Throd]

5. Tell them that the crank journals need to be replaced

What? Like they're gonna send someone over to your house to verify this.

[Reverend_Smitty]

6. They can't prove my car isn't a beater...

why should I pay full book value (futhermore what idiot EVER pays full book value) for a car that clearly had flaws

[Throd]

7. Exactly!

I know confronting them with logic might make their heads explode like a Jiffy-Pop popper, but a car that old could be rife with problems. What if the previous owners never changed the oil?