Sad part about Wa state laws.....they get sales tax from you even it you paid sales tax in another state.....
I purchased our two '01 WR250f in Hawaii....think it was 3.2% tax there and paid it....
when we move here to Wa, and I went to get off road permits ($12 a year)...but the lady there said there is a "first time use fee" or something like that....I asked what it was....$10...$50....what???....she said it the sales tax difference from what you already paid, vs what you WOULD have paid if you purchased the bikes in Wa to begin with I asked how the state gets away with charging sales tax on something that was purchased out of state and taxes paid...she said it wasnt a tax, but a first time use fee, based on sales tax rates....aint that special
.....basically, I owed the Peoples Republik of Wa and Gov Locke an additional 5% sales tax, on the purchase price on the bike I already paid for in full and paid Hawaii Sales tax of 3 some odd %.
Isnt that just wonderful????????....
So even if I save $3-500 on a bike getting it out of state, by the time I get it here....then register it....I pay the full sales tax for Wa state anywho....(8.6 I think here in Olympia).....then I potentially loose a connection with the local dealer that might and has in the past squared me away on issues or broke parts that werent warrantied, etc but he covered cause I got the bike there......so its a wash....
and easier to just get it local at times.
even if I get it for say...$5500 OTD....I will end up paying....$473 in taxes ($5973 OTD with taxes paid) just to get an offroad permit for the first year....after that...its 12....
HR
. Tonight in my dreams 
I will be asking some serious 
