Vehicle license plate fees.

DRAG-ULA

DRAG-ULA

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I'm curious what everyone pays for their tabs. I have a 2002 Yukon XL, and the tabs are $235 this year. I'm just flipping the plate off my 61 Caddy over to it, so this year I'm dodging that bullet, but that cost just seems excessive for a 16 year old vehicle. Am I alone on this? You'd think they would pro-rate it after 10 years or something...
 
Pretty sure they upped it to pay for our roads, supposedly. I paid $138 for the Fiesta this year.
 
Tin said:
Pretty sure they upped it to pay for our roads, supposedly. I paid $138 for the Fiesta this year.
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Yes they did, and they base it on vehicle value "when new", so even if you're driving a 20 year old pile, you can have a high registration fee.
 
dave89iroc said:
goes off original MSRP, my 2000 silverado is like $95, 2002 Town and Country is $165
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This is correct. We live in a state that literally robs you at the SOS, and does it regularly. They tax the living shit out of us to 'pay for the roads,' but the roads are perpetual shit. I'd like to see some accountability.....for once. You can't tell me you did a good job on these roads when you're fixing the same exact shit, year after year. I also have a problem with how the funds for these road commissions is already earmarked ahead of time. Maybe we could actually shop around until there's a company willing to stand behind their work? Most things these days come with some sort of guarantee, so why the hell not the people that 'fix' the roads?

I drove a 1987 BMW 325is for a few years, and I paid $1,900 for it. New tabs were $135/yr. Thieving fucks. They're also intent on raising the gas tax in this state......to help 'fix the roads...' Fuck 'em all.
 
If our roads we're shit I wouldn't be complaining. I'd guess the MSRP on my Yukon would be 40k ish.
 
I think it was $184 for my 2003 Yukon this year. IIRC, the sticker on that thing was like $46k new.
 
DRAG-ULA said:
I'm curious what everyone pays for their tabs. I have a 2002 Yukon XL, and the tabs are $235 this year. I'm just flipping the plate off my 61 Caddy over to it, so this year I'm dodging that bullet, but that cost just seems excessive for a 16 year old vehicle. Am I alone on this? You'd think they would pro-rate it after 10 years or something...
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My 2007 Expedition was $193 including the cost of a college plate. I don't know how your Yukon 5 years older is more expensive than my basically fully loaded Limited Expedition. I think the window sticker I saw for it was like $52k.

I also get annoyed with how much we pay in taxes for roads, especially since Farmington Hills likes to screw their residents over and make the homeowners pay out of their pocket for the PUBLIC (with a elementary school in the neighborhood) neighborhood roads.
 
CruisnCobra said:
My 2007 Expedition was $193 including the cost of a college plate. I don't know how your Yukon 5 years older is more expensive than my basically fully loaded Limited Expedition. I think the window sticker I saw for it was like $52k.
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Because they stop deprecating the cost after like 5 years.

I also get annoyed with how much we pay in taxes for roads, especially since Farmington Hills likes to screw their residents over and make the homeowners pay out of their pocket for the PUBLIC (with a elementary school in the neighborhood) neighborhood roads.
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One of the reasons I moved out. I saw some news articles that my old road was one of those.
 
My car is an 88, I think it is $140 or so...
I complained about this on here a few years ago, I was told it goes by original purchase value of the car.

I also thought they bumped up gas prices even though it was voted down to cover the road repairs...???
 
ShadowRuleZ said:
Because they stop deprecating the cost after like 5 years.



One of the reasons I moved out. I saw some news articles that my old road was one of those.
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I would just have assumed that his older Yukon probably would have had a lower initial MSRP than my newer Expedition.

What HOA/ neighborhood were you in? I think there has been about 3-4 subdivisions get this treatment. Briar Hills (which I am in) were/ are charged $9,380. Hollywood/ Westhill I think was around the same amount. Independence Commons got really fucked and were charged almost $20,000
 
CruisnCobra said:
My 2007 Expedition was $193 including the cost of a college plate. I don't know how your Yukon 5 years older is more expensive than my basically fully loaded Limited Expedition. I think the window sticker I saw for it was like $52k.
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I don't know what the sticker was on my truck, but it has every available option. If it wasn't in such great shape I would've gotten rid of it by now.

Also, I just paid the 8 dollar transfer fee today at the SOS. Guess it was worth me insuring my 61 Caddy for a month and renewing the plate. Saved me 200 bucks. Happy birthday to me!!
 
CruisnCobra said:
What HOA/ neighborhood were you in? I think there has been about 3-4 subdivisions get this treatment. Briar Hills (which I am in) were/ are charged $9,380. Hollywood/ Westhill I think was around the same amount. Independence Commons got really fucked and were charged almost $20,000
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Flanders.
 
DRAG-ULA said:
I don't know what the sticker was on my truck, but it has every available option. If it wasn't in such great shape I would've gotten rid of it by now.

Also, I just paid the 8 dollar transfer fee today at the SOS. Guess it was worth me insuring my 61 Caddy for a month and renewing the plate. Saved me 200 bucks. Happy birthday to me!!
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Hmmm - good to know. I am thinking about picking up another (used) DD and hanging onto my Yukon for a few months before selling it. May be worth it to swap the plate off my Camaro since it's in storage anyway, and then let it expire in Feb.
 
buy a older hoopty like a 82 citation title it and plate it for nothing and traansfer plate to newer car repeat yearly
 
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