DMV renewal fees

[moneymaker]

Just paid the renewal fees for my 13 year old Mazda Miata MX-5. It was $264, that’s crazy for such an old vehicle. My wife has been tempting me to leave CA and move to Texas, it’s starting to be more tempting. Just for comparison my 2005 F150 was $300 last time to renew, wonder what it will be next, if it is higher then I may be outta CA.

[moneymaker]

Wish the DMV provided me a history of fees paid like most private companies.

[spdrun]

Isn’t CA registration valid for two years? $11 per month to register a car doesn’t seem expensive at all.

[NeetaT]

Democrats: High taxes / High fees / Big government

Republicans: Low taxes / Low fees / Small government

There’s your answer!

[NeetaT]

…..and Sacramento sits around and wonders why people struggle to make ends meet.

[Coronita]

First off, great choice of car.

Oh, come on now. You are complaining about $264 a YEAR?

Going to dinner at a restaurant these days for 2 is like $60-70 on the low side.

If it makes you feel better
NA Miata is $120.
ND Miata RF is $385.
’11 BMW X5 is $214
’00 Audi is $142
’12 BMW 550 is $252

Plus all off them have a bi-annual smog, which is kinda funny since it’s all just OBD2 CEL check, except the 94 which is still a sniff test.

So clearly the solution is, get either a NA miata or ND, and then it dollar costs averages down to your current registration costs.

At least you’re probably stock. I’m heavily modified, though everything I do is CARB legal.

[Coronita]

Seriously, if financially, people would be better off elsewhere, then leave. Sheesh….

It’s like some of the software engineers I know making $250k+/year before bonus and stock compensations where they wouldn’t be able to make that anywhere else in the U.S., but then complaining about how expensive gas prices is in CA versus say Alabama and how they want to leave CA, lol.

[spdrun]

NeetaT: the problem isn’t high taxes — the problem is that Americans don’t get much back for their taxes compared to other developed countries. Shit infrastructure, shit public transport, shit education in many areas, shit healthcare unless you can afford very expensive private insurance.

California also pays more to DC than it gets back. Yeah, state vs Federal taxes, but if the money were kept in the state vs being squandered in Afghanistan, Iraq, and God knows where else, it would improve the situation.

And frankly, both parties have been guilty of being pro mass incarceration and pro perpetual war. The only hope may be the radical wing that’s starting to develop in the Democratic Party that supports spending money on actually useful things (see above), not welfare for defense contractors and private prison holding companies.

[spdrun]

flu: the thing is, gas prices are expensive in coastal CA, but at least you’re not dropping $200 to $300 per month in HVAC bills in most years.

[Coronita]

[quote=NeetaT]Democrats: High taxes / High fees / Big government

Republicans: Low taxes / Low fees / Small government

There’s your answer![/quote]

and you conveniently keep ignoring my comment… aren’t your 2018 taxes much more than 2017 because of the SALT deduction cap , which was instituted by the GOP? Why do you coveniently lie to yourself and deny this?

[FlyerInHi]

FYI, auto insurance in Nevada is for some reason double California. Not sure about Texas.

[moneymaker]

Ok so I checked Texas and you have to have a safety inspection done every year in addition to the registration renewal and smog. Just found out virtually every state requires mandatory insurance as well as smog. Registration is yearly not every other year like smog. Damn what happened to the old days when there wasn’t a charge for every frickin thing!
If I didn’t have 6 vehicles I probably would not care, so yeah maybe I should part with some of them!
1 truck
1 SUV
1 sedan
1 sports car
1 RV
1 motorcycle
Rarely drive the SUV or truck, but when you need a truck nothing else will do, of course they are both 4×4.

[scaredyclassic]

i paid zero dollars to register my ebike.

yes its bern a brisk ride lately. but zero dollars! no gas! bosch motor so beautiful!

[Coronita]

[quote=moneymaker]Ok so I checked Texas and you have to have a safety inspection done every year in addition to the registration renewal and smog. Just found out virtually every state requires mandatory insurance as well as smog. Registration is yearly not every other year like smog. Damn what happened to the old days when there wasn’t a charge for every frickin thing!
If I didn’t have 6 vehicles I probably would not care, so yeah maybe I should part with some of them!
1 truck
1 SUV
1 sedan
1 sports car
1 RV
1 motorcycle
Rarely drive the SUV or truck, but when you need a truck nothing else will do, of course they are both 4×4.[/quote]

You didn’t hear it from me, If you want to save the hassle from doing a biannual smog, register your cars in one of the few zip codes that don’t require biannual smog. Some of them are in Riverside county. If your car is for race/off-road only, elect PNO. But then you’ll need to trailer it to events.

[Anonymous]

[quote=flu][quote=NeetaT]Democrats: High taxes / High fees / Big government

Republicans: Low taxes / Low fees / Small government

There’s your answer![/quote]

and you conveniently keep ignoring my comment… aren’t your 2018 taxes much more than 2017 because of the SALT deduction cap , which was instituted by the GOP? Why do you coveniently lie to yourself and deny this?[/quote]

You seem to be the one in denial or confused. The SALT cap should motivate taxpayers in high-tax blue states to reign in taxation and spending by their state and local governments to the extent taxpayers don’t agree with state and local government policies. Short-term: higher total taxation. Long-term: lower total taxation and/or greater accountability/transparency of state and local governments.

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