vehicle colorado idaho
Buying a car for temporary use outside of my home state?
<p>Strange scenario here: I live in Idaho, and would like to be in Colorado for a few weeks. Cars are cheaper in Colorado than Idaho (assume this is true).</p>
<p>I'd like to fly to Colorado, buy a car, use it there for a few weeks, and drive it back to Idaho. I don't have any immediate intent to sell the car on returning to Idaho.</p>
<p>Everything I can find about buying a car out of state assumes you're buying the car and immediately going back to your home state. This isn't what I want to do. I want to use the car in Colorado for a while first.</p>
<p>I'm happy to pay registration/tax/title/etc. fees in Idaho, but if I have to make a roundtrip just to visit the DMV once, that'd be kinda silly and I might as well buy the car before leaving.</p>
<p>I keep coming up short on finding out how to pull this off. I'd much appreciate any pointers ya'll have!</p>

<p>Colorado law applies to Colorado citizens and requires licensing a car bought from a dealer within 60 days <a href="https://dmv.colorado.gov/registration-requirements" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Colorado DMV</a>. Idaho law applies to Idaho residents and requires registering it in 30 days.  <a href="https://itd.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DMV_Vehicle-Titles.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Idaho DMV</a>.</p>
<p>So it looks like only the Idaho one would apply, and even if Colorado's would too, they would give you even more time.  So fly to Colorado,  buy a car from a dealer, have fun for a few weeks, then drive home and get it registered before 30 days is up and you should be all good.</p>
