Mugged by California DMV?
Pardon me if I'm covering plowed ground here, but I couldn't find any threads on this topic... My annual registration renewal is to be $880! I've owned a couple of gas rigs in the past, the last wa...
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toedtoes wrote:msmith1199 wrote:toedtoes wrote:
No you're not being mugged. Everyone is paying similar rates for their RVs - according to value and age. If you don't like paying that much in registration, then you have two options:
1. buy a less expensive and/or older RV;
2. move to another state
I'm guessing you missed my post to the OP about what I pay for registration? I think the OP is getting mugged. Don't know all of his circumstances, but he's paying three times as much as I do for a motorhome with a lower book value than mine.
And how much did you pay for yours versus how much he paid for his? Book value is not what the registration is based on, it's how much you paid for the vehicle - if he's paying too much on registration, then he paid too much for the RV.
And hence the reason for my saying I don't know all of his circumstances. Now I see he bought his motorhome this year. Looks like it was in really good shape. But for him to be paying the registration fee that he reported on here, then he had to have paid close to $120,000 for a 12 year old DP. If that's what he paid then his reg fee is correct. But if he paid much less, then there is some type of mistake here.
I should add, if he did pay $120k for his motorhome and if that's what a 12 year old 32 foot DP is selling for, then my motorhome is for sale as of tomorrow!!!! I could even go put a $20k custom paint job on it to spiff it up and sell for $120k and make out like a bandit.
