[Decolliber]

Have been thinking of buying a car out of state (Conn.) and driving it home to Iowa. The Conn. DMV website says that to do this I have to get transit plates/registration, pay sales tax and do a bunch of paperwork. I assume that means I do not have to pay sales tax again when I get back to Iowa. But if I stay home and just pay to have the car shipped home, I do not have to pay Conn. sales tax (or transit registartion) but only pay Iowa sales tax when I register and retitle the car. If my understanding is correct, this could be a big disincentive to drive a car home from out of state (depending on the difference in sales taxes, and one's aversion to filling out forms) instead of just shipping it. Am I missing something here? I keep seeing stories of Pelicans who buy cars out of state and drive them home, so it must not be that much of a hassle ...