Car Registration $

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this is why I plan on RV'ing the school bus I bought, plate it around 40k
then flatbed it with a 5th wheel and possibly a drop axle, get a trailer together with the axles at the very back and a real long deck so I can keep the trailer axle below the 10k cutoff...

Projects for the future.
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You'll get pulled over more in that abortion than you would if you just towed **** on a reasonably good looking trailer with your IDI while doing your best to look agricultural. :lmao:
 
jeepyj said:
They were hassling me over my CJ7 years ago. The cost is different depending on if it has the back seat in it or not. No back seat = commercial / truck tags. What is the payload capacity? What's it weigh? Etc. :idea: **** it. It has a seat in in now! Problem solved. [edit] it didn't really have a seat in it, you just tell them it does and it's fine.

The mud truck cost a **** ton because the previous owner registered it for 10000 lbs. Nope, it's not a one-ton anymore, 6500 pounds = cheaper.

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Must have been years ago... I have been using car plates on my trucks for maybe 15 years. Standard cabs with no back seat... DMV actually suggested using car plates..the truck plates are a few bucks cheaper....lol
 
Ontario, Canada.....They are talking about dropping the $120 sticker fee. It's an election year. They will suck it out of us some other way. Gas is about $5.80 for a US gallon right now.
 
Registration is by weight in RI. Normally ranges between $30/year for passenger car under 4k up to $80/year for a 8k truck. Plus a $15/year DOT surcharge plus some other $1.50/year surcharge that nobody understands.

On top of the registration fee there is the local property tax which is based on value and varies by town. Some towns are down around $10/mill while others have been as high as $60/mill. Most are in the $30/mill range. Do the math on a brand new $50k vehicle. The three pieces of junk that I have registered were assessed $350 in property tax last year.
 
Poriggity said:
They are called "historic vehicle" tags around here. I have my 83 s10 that sees maybe 300 miles a year. I jist paid $31 for historic plates, never have to pay registration again, or have it safety inspected. Next year I will be able to turn this into a historic vehicle too 🤣🤣🤣

Edit: historic tags on a vehicle here limit you to 1000 miles per year, but they have no way of checking your odometer and its on the honor system. But the s10 and zj don't see many road miles.
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You are supposed to keep a mileage log book in the vehicle and document every time you drive it to track the mileage.
Don’t know if they will ever ask for it but that is the rule.
 
skyhiranger said:
You are supposed to keep a mileage log book in the vehicle and document every time you drive it to track the mileage.
Don’t know if they will ever ask for it but that is the rule.
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Go government!!!
 
skyhiranger said:
You are supposed to keep a mileage log book in the vehicle and document every time you drive it to track the mileage.
Don’t know if they will ever ask for it but that is the rule.
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Yeah I know.. I specifically asked and they told me I was supposed to keep track but no one ever asks.
 
DWT said:
They all **** you equally just in different ways.
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NY goes off of GVWR (plus your county's sales tax when you first register it) IIRC.
The stupid part is that they charge $107 per year for a 9999 GVWR trailer that sees 1000-2000 miles a year, or a truck that sees 10,000 miles per year.
Really tempted to register 9999 GVWR trailer in Main once I finish rebuilding it, $95 for a 5 years or $175 for 10 years is a lot better than $107/year.


Aaron Z
 
Florida here: Car and truck tags are ~$40/year for a standard, non-personalized, non-special edition (we have a whole variety of specialized tags for everything from state universities to animal lovers, a portion of the cost from each tag goes to those groups). It goes up slightly based on size/weight of vehicle. Boat registration, depending on size of boat, are ~$40/yr for a small 14-17' boat. Trailer tags also vary by weight. Boat trailers are ~ $35, my 16' car hauler was around $65 and my 20' gooseneck cattle trailer was around $75.

For my F250, F150, Expedition and TJ, 14' boat & trailer, 16' boat & trailer, 16' car hauler, 20' gooseneck I am right around $650/year. Three of the vehicles have personalized/specialized tags, the rest are normal.

FL does get a one-time premium for any new registrations where you are adding a new tag and that is ~ $500-600 as I recall from about 6 years ago (last time I added a car to the fleet). Otherwise there is a nominal fee (like $50 or so if you are just transferring a tag from one vehicle to another.
 
Rv
Utility trailer
3 cars
1 motorcycle

I'm around 3200 a year....goes down with vehicle age:homer:


At least property taxes are low:shaking:

AND NV does not yet charge sales tax when you buy private party:laughing:
 
My f150 was like 140 and my sebring was like 190... for permanents.
 
bgaidan said:
It's almost worth dropping the weighted tags way down and just risking the ticket the few times a year that I actually tow heavy.
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yeah, I'm a fan of the 9k tag price point. so its still a weighted tag, and doesn't arouse the suspicion of having the regular car tag , and I can try to play dumb and tell the cop the DMV lady told me I needed to cover truck plus tongue weight. as long as you dont get overweight tickets more frequently than every 2 years, it should be a breakeven at worst.
 
$105 for the '76 F250
$115 for my '06 F150 (registered in another county to avoid bull**** RTA tax)
About $120 for my KDX200, it's dual registered so I get to renew both an ORV tag and a license plate every year.
Woman's '14 Fusion was $178 this year, it's registered here so she's paying the extra tax.
 
Is TN actually only $39?
 
Truckedup said:
wow, so NY the tax em state has lower registration cost than some other states?
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Illinois was way the hell cheaper than NC registration with their stupid ass property tax in there. Meanwhile Illinois gas tax automatically increases based on the CPI.:homer:
 
giles45shop said:
Florida here: Car and truck tags are ~$40/year for a standard, non-personalized, non-special edition (we have a whole variety of specialized tags for everything from state universities to animal lovers, a portion of the cost from each tag goes to those groups). It goes up slightly based on size/weight of vehicle. Boat registration, depending on size of boat, are ~$40/yr for a small 14-17' boat. Trailer tags also vary by weight. Boat trailers are ~ $35, my 16' car hauler was around $65 and my 20' gooseneck cattle trailer was around $75.

For my F250, F150, Expedition and TJ, 14' boat & trailer, 16' boat & trailer, 16' car hauler, 20' gooseneck I am right around $650/year. Three of the vehicles have personalized/specialized tags, the rest are normal.

FL does get a one-time premium for any new registrations where you are adding a new tag and that is ~ $500-600 as I recall from about 6 years ago (last time I added a car to the fleet). Otherwise there is a nominal fee (like $50 or so if you are just transferring a tag from one vehicle to another.
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Yup. Florida baby. $32 a year, and you are able to pay for several years. I think my boat and trailer were like $75 when I first bought them. Little tiny boat and trailer, but cheap just the same.

When I lived in CO and bought my '15 Ram 2500 the first year registration was almost 2k. My 16ft enclosed cargo trailer was right at $175/ year the first year and came down to about $125 subsequent years. Colorado REALLY likes to **** you on registration. A few years ago they had a ballot vote to increase registration taxes and it failed. In good lock-step tax for the sake of tax the dumbass **** solid blue state government didn't like that, so they instated "processing" fees to all vehicle registrations. You could now go and register a $100 car to the tune of about $250 no matter what.

One of the hundreds of reasons I left that state last year. I love Colorado, but **** the CO government.
 
aczlan said:
NY goes off of GVWR (plus your county's sales tax when you first register it) IIRC.
The stupid part is that they charge $107 per year for a 9999 GVWR trailer that sees 1000-2000 miles a year, or a truck that sees 10,000 miles per year.
Really tempted to register 9999 GVWR trailer in Main once I finish rebuilding it, $95 for a 5 years or $175 for 10 years is a lot better than $107/year.


Aaron Z
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my brother did the Maine ten year thing on his m100.
super easy.
 
Vermont

$109/year for a 16 Ram
$76/year for an 04 Honda Civic

$100 for 5 years for trailer in Maine
 
$151/year in Illinois for cars and trucks. big mess a couple years back when flat weight trailers went up $100/year across the board. the under 3000lb (boat) trailer went from $18/year to $118/year. They finally cut those back to $36 after a bunch of complaints and non-renewal of plates. Still at the +$100 more a year for all of the other weights though. $206/year for my 10K plated car hauler that sees the road maybe twice a month.
 
rockota said:
after taxes, fees... each of my vehicles is about $80/year.

TN is full, though... full.
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I’m moving there with plans to spread my ny politics.
 
WA State is effing ******ed, especially since I live in the RTA zone where we get penalized and have to pay for mass transit bull****. I've stopped buying tabs, period. I've got two trucks, 3 trailers, CTSV, three jeeps, etc. all w/ WELL expired licenses and I'm not renewing. My wifes car and my sons rig I pay for, her 2020 Sequoia is nearly a grand for tabs.
 
Poke said:
I’m moving there with plans to spread my ny politics.
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Depends on what type of NY politics... There's the progressive City types... and the other is the rural types that might make Tenn billies blush..
 
Poriggity said:
Yeah I know.. I specifically asked and they told me I was supposed to keep track but no one ever asks.
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Good to know. I’ll probably do historic on my Ranger next year.
Was going to do it on my samurai a few years ago but haven’t gotten around to it. Let the plates expire and just parked it for now.
 
Not all states are the same, when it comes to registration. So what one person pays in one state may not have any relevance to what someone else pays in another state.
For example, in MO you have a flat registration fee you pay every year (or every 2 years). Then you pay property tax on the vehicle separately at the end of the year, based on a percentage of the vehicles current value.
In other states the property tax is rolled into the registration fee (or maybe they just have a higher registration fee in lieu of property tax). But whatever, it is comparing apples to elephants when all states don't do it the same way.

In MO the first time you register a vehicle, you pay ~10% sales tax on the purchase price of the vehicle. Plus ***le fee...~$15. Plus registration/plate fee.

In MO for a regular car/SUV registration it is ~$50 for 2 years. But the cost is based on what they call "taxable horsepower", so the cost can range from ~$50 for "under 12 taxable horsepower to ~$115 for "over 72 taxable horsepower" for a 2 year registration.
You also have to get a vehicle safety inspection every 2 years at a cost of $12.
Pickups are based on what weight license you get. Two year 24K plates are $215ish and go down from there, depending on plate weight (18K, 12K, 6K,) and whether or not they are "local" (only operated within 50 miles of the address on the registration) or "beyond local" (unlimited operating range), with 6K local being ~$45 for a 2 year registration.
Trailer plates are about $58 for a permanent plate (good for the life of the trailer with no renewals needed). There are also 1 year and 3 year registration options at lower costs than a permanent. Basically a permanent plate will pay for itself if you keep the trailer 6+ years, compared to doing 1 year or 3 year renewals.
 
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