[V8] Reg. Fees

[William Gutierrez]

It threatened to triple until Gray Davis was recalled and Scwartznegger was 
elected and repealed the law.  Now, that would have sucked!!!

Cheers.

Bill

>From: "Coleman, David" <David.Coleman at blackrock.com>
>To: <v8 at audifans.com>
>Subject: RE: [V8] Reg. Fees
>Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 09:26:30 -0500
>
>$500 for a registration?   What in tarnation is going on over there??   :-]
>
>Check out Delaware:
>Price of car:  Tax = 2% of book value (new or used)
>Procedure:  Drive to DMV over lunch, pull up to bay, hit the brakes on cue, 
>show reg. and ins. cards.   Pull forward to second bay.  Work all lights, 
>have gas cap tested, check tint darkness, hook up sniffer.   Pull forward 
>to drive up window.  Pay $45 for any car under 5k lbs.  (or $90 for two 
>years,  4 years if new car) Get one single license plate sticker that 
>covers both registration and inspection.   Return to work 10 mins. early.
>
>Reason enough to stay in DE!
>
>-DaveC.
>
>
> > Wow.  In MI, the annual license fee is pegged to the original
> > retail price
> > of the vehicle, regardless of its age until it reaches the
> > "antique" status
> > and is used only for occasional pleasure trips.  At that
> > point, you can get
> > an antique car license that costs $25 and is good for life.
> >
> > At 03:24 AM 3/5/2004 +0000, William Gutierrez wrote:
> > >All good points Mike, but here in California, the difference
> > in annual
> > >registration fees and insurance costs between a new car and
> > our old V8s more
> > >than justifies putting money in the old dog, even if we risk
> > losing in the
> > >event of an accident.  On my V8 for example, I pay reg. fees
> > of $60, whereas
> > >on my 2001 Yukon I pay over $500.  It add$ up!
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