I don't give two craps if it loses value or stays on par with a standard with a shaker motor. In somewhere early-ish in the LE run. I hope everyone and their mother gets a chance to buy one that wants one, that millions of parts are chucked away in a warehouse to fix it up when it breaks down eventually, and that all the butthurt whiners that have come out of the woodwork over this do a faceplant onto a big piece of rebar.

Eh...just found this courtesy of Dr. Google... http://www.boe.ca.gov/taxprograms/usetax/

California's sales tax generally applies to the sale of merchandise, including vehicles, in the state. California's use tax applies to the use, storage, or other consumption of those same kinds of items in the state. Generally, if sales tax would apply when you buy physical merchandise in California, use tax applies when you make a similar purchase without tax from a business located outside the state. For example, you would owe use tax when:

You purchase something from a mail order catalog, the Internet, an online auction, television shopping network, etc. located outside California and you don't pay tax to that retailer.
You withdraw taxable merchandise from your business's resale inventory and use it for your personal or business use.
You purchase vehicles, vessels, mobile homes, and aircraft from sellers who do not hold seller's permits.