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What will this car actually cost to drive off the lot?

Every line is computed by the same out-the-door engine as the report: the state tax table, the state's doc-fee rule, its title and registration formulas, and real loan amortization. This page does none of the math itself.

Sharpens the sales-tax rate to the county and city where the engine has it.

Leave blank and the engine uses the state's rule.

Enter 0 for a cash purchase.

Fill in the state and the agreed price at minimum. The result shows every line the engine adds between the sale price and the number on the contract — sales tax on the base the state actually taxes, title, registration, the documentation fee the state's rule allows, what is financed, and the monthly payment — with each estimated line marked as estimated.

What this does not answer

It prices the paperwork, not the car. Whether the sale price is fair, which add-ons are worth removing, and what to counter with are the report's questions.

Where this ends

A calculator answers one line. The report answers the deal — price against the market, every fee and add-on classified, the loan, and what to say back.