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Buying out of state demo

BenchOrnery9790 | 2026-03-13 04:35 | 21 views

Has anyone been successful buying a demo out of state and getting it registered in your state of residence? I’m based in California, looking to pick up a demo and seeing the specs I want in neighboring states, but not here. I called an Arizona Tesla to ask if it would be possible to pick up a demo they have on the ground, obtain a “drive out” 90 day permit and register in California. They’re saying this is not possible. From what I can tell from the Arizona DOV website, this 90-day non resident drive out permit is designed exactly for this purpose, allowing out of state residents to purchase a vehicle in AZ and then bringing it back to register in their state of residence.

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Lexy-RED 2026-03-13 05:47

Can you check with CA DMV ?

BenchOrnery9790 2026-03-13 13:33

There doesn’t seem to be an issue with ca dmv. Tesla just said that cars need to be registered in the state that they are picked up in. Just not sure if this is truly the case or if the sales associate I spoke with just doesn’t know. I’ve seen other posts saying it’s been done before. The issue is I don’t know who else I can ask beyond the sales associate I was assigned

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