[DANMACINSD]

I just got my 2006 Honda Odyssey registration today that is due in July. It went up about $100 this year (to $390). I can only imagine what the bimmer will be. Usually it goes down every year.

[Blake]

wtf! CA ftl. that shouldn't cost more than $100 anywhere.

[FStop7]

Registering my M3 is going to cost between $700 and $900, not sure exactly how much. Cali FTL indeed.

[Bimmer Nerd]

Originally Posted by FStop7

Registering my M3 is going to cost between $700 and $900, not sure exactly how much. Cali FTL indeed.

damn that sucks, yea my mom got a 450$ registration for the X5 and my brother got a 405$ for the 328i. thats what happens when a fucking terminator starts running the state.

[nightkhan]

$450ish for my 328i coupe.

ridiculous!!

[Citizen Z]

Thats what you get in a state filled with people who demand Swedish levels of govnerment support. Its not the Gubernator's fault, its your own damn fault for living in California. Life is gonna take it's pound of flesh for giving you all that nice weather somehow.

[Cab5er]

Cost almost $600 for me

[Blake]

that's crazy. you cali guys are paying the state gov't way too much $$$. it's amazing so many people flock there to pay those ridiculous taxes. registration in texas is $71 for any private passenger car or truck. dare i ask how much a california vehicle inspection costs?

[Cab5er]

Originally Posted by Blake

that's crazy. you cali guys are paying the state gov't way too much $$$. it's amazing so many people flock there to pay those ridiculous taxes. registration in texas is $71 for any private passenger car or truck. dare i ask how much a california vehicle inspection costs?

ok you can quit rubbing it in now :finger:

[Blake]

Originally Posted by Cab5er

ok you can quit rubbing it in now :finger:

love the climate and scenery, but i love a fat wallet better

[DANMACINSD]

All that money into registration and I still have 3 trillion potholes on my way to work.

[ianbiz]

In FL its 30 or 35 i think

[EINSER M]

08 reg: 377$
09 reg: 550$

[Blake]

Originally Posted by DANMACINSD

All that money into registration and I still have 3 trillion potholes on my way to work.

but you did buy the governator's new toilet seat though

[wj4]

Hey Dan, long time no talk...how's the car doing?

My registration is not due until next Feb...hopefully it won't be too high.

Speaking of the governor, he showed up at my campus a while back. They closed down the whole lot just for him, made myself and a lot of other students late for class..grr.

[JeepJeep]

I think I remember seeing somewhere that the approval ratings for CA legislature at the moment was VERY low, and the Governator was similar.

Damn liberals running the legislature, and the idiots who voted yes on the several billion dollar railroad.

['Cane]

I have a special tag ('Canes) here in FL and it just cost me $85 to renew.

[Weaselboy]

Originally Posted by Blake

that's crazy. you cali guys are paying the state gov't way too much $$$. it's amazing so many people flock there to pay those ridiculous taxes. registration in texas is $71 for any private passenger car or truck. dare i ask how much a california vehicle inspection costs?

There is no vehicle inspection required in CA, just a smog certification. Surprisingly, nobody has made much effort that I have seen to institute any type of safety inspections in CA.

Just based on all the cars with bald tires I walk past in the parking lots, many vehicles would not pass.

[Spool]

When you guys talking about registration, do you mean the tax of the vehicle value or the registration that you are required to pay to get tags for it? I'm confused as to what exactly the OP is describing...in VA, registration is 90 bucks for 2 years for every car, regardless of make and model....however when you first register it, you have to pay 3.5% of the blue book value they use....then after that they start taxing you on property tax, every 6 months they bill you the same 3.5% of the value again...so registering a new 335i i'd have to pay like 1300 bucks in taxes


fuckers

[darkcloud]

$50 here in Ohio

[lib]

Originally Posted by Spool

When you guys talking about registration, do you mean the tax of the vehicle value or the registration that you are required to pay to get tags for it? I'm confused as to what exactly the OP is describing...in VA, registration is 90 bucks for 2 years for every car, regardless of make and model....however when you first register it, you have to pay 3.5% of the blue book value they use....then after that they start taxing you on property tax, every 6 months they bill you the same 3.5% of the value again...so registering a new 335i i'd have to pay like 1300 bucks in taxes


fuckers

Having not lived in CA this may be incorrect but I believe the annual registration in CA is effectively a combination of the semiannual registration and the biannual vehicle property tax paid in DC. In other places the registration is simply a fixed registration fee for all vehicles and not a tax based on the value of the vehicle.

In TX for example, you pay 6.25% sales tax only when you first purchase the vehicle and after that only ~100/yr for registration & inspection combined.

As of a few years ago OR was even better - no sales or property taxes on the value of the car and as of '06 you were only paying a little over $100 in fees the first year and then somewhere around $60 a year in fees each subsequent year.

Either way, those fees in CA & DC are far beyond what's reasonable for the level of service provided.

[doc1911]

To register my car in NC it is $28.00 and I don't the state highway tax b/c I'm in the military.
No wonder I mover out of CA at age 18. Everytime I go back to visit my parents I wonder how they still live there. The land is great by what an F#&$*D up place to live.