Seems to me that CA should not have charged you sales tax since you're not a CA resident, but considering it's CA...... So have you figured out if the $433 is right or wrong. Either way, seems crazy. Guess I should be extra happy that ours is so inexpensive. With a new car/truck, you pay the sales tax at the dealer, then at the License Branch you only pay the yearly, ours is $24 for my car and another $24 for the truck. Yearly renewal, doesn't matter about the value. Guess this is just another example of our tax dollars at work.