Are cars cheaper in NJ?
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Conventional wisdom says it's cheaper to buy a car in New Jersey than New York — but conventional wisdom may be wrong. ... But you don't pay the tax in the state where you buy the car; you pay the tax where you register it. So New Jersey's cheaper sales tax is not going to help you pay less, the dealers said.