LoL, so true! I'm in CA. My M3 RWD was $41,440 with destination/order/doc fees. Here is what I paid to the state of CA on top of that:
$3885 sales tax
$279 registration
$268 license fee
$7 tire fee
$30 electronic filing fee (so if we print it on paper we don't have to pay this? that's stupid)
But they graciously gave me a $750 "clean fuel" rebate....It still amounts to a significant tax paid to the state for the pleasure of purchasing a car. I'll take lower taxes and no rebates thank you.