iw84u, congrats on your purchase, we've been waiting for you:
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Welcome to to Lotus Community.
Randy Chase is correct - if you take delivery from a dealer at their retail location in CA, you have to pay CA sales tax, but you won't have to pay NC sales tax. If you get it shipped, you don't pay CA sales tax, you'll just pay the NC sales tax. Wierd.
FYI, I had considered purchasing the exact car you bought and at the time Fresno Lotus was going to include the stock wheels and stock coilovers (car currently has stiffer coilovers on it) Hopefully you'll be able to score them too.
HTH,
Larez2