[tacticalogic]

How do they handle the fact that the value of cars depends dramatically on mechanical condition? This might make cars in poor condition entirely unsellable in Texas.

It will definitely send some cars that would otherwise be salvagable to the scrap yards. You can't afford to buy the car needing work, pay the sales taxes on it as if the work is already done and then pay the sales taxes all over again when you go to buy the parts to fix it.

[Larry Lucido]

Scrap yard, hell. Dump the car on the governor's lawn and say "Here, it's a gift, YOU sell it and pay the tax."