Anyone regret trading up

Any state impose a gas guzzler tax on the now luxury Pickups/SUVs being sold?

If not, betcha that is coming around the corner...

Durb wrote:

Grit dog wrote:

Bedlam wrote:
Consider yourself lucky that you don't live farther west with a 10.7 percent car tax:

http://q13fox.com/2017/03/31/sales-taxes-in-snohomish-county-will-be-the-highest-in-the-state-and-among-highest-in-the-nation/

No kidding! Another consideration everytime I buy something in this state.
What's worse is when the state taxes you on something you already own just for the privlege of moving here!

Ouch. That is over 5 grand of taxes on a $50,000 truck. I love it when the manufacturer has a factory incentive (rebate) that lowers the price of the truck from the dealer but you still have to pay sales tax on money you never spent.

Oh well, at least you won't have to wait in traffic jams on I5 and I405 once light rail is finished..........LOL

Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

Lol, the only good that stuff is for is my paycheck. I've constructed 2 of the aerial light rail segments and a couple "improvements " on the 405 and traffic s ucks worse now than before.
Seattle area is doomed. WSDOT has screwed the pooch many years ago and now can't dig out of the hole their in. Traffic will NOT get better in this area unless there's a huge economic collapse and half the people here move somewhere else.
Love the mountains and Sound. You can keep the rest of western WA. Bullchit taxes and all.....

Grit dog wrote:

Bedlam wrote:
Consider yourself lucky that you don't live farther west with a 10.7 percent car tax:

http://q13fox.com/2017/03/31/sales-taxes-in-snohomish-county-will-be-the-highest-in-the-state-and-among-highest-in-the-nation/

No kidding! Another consideration everytime I buy something in this state.
What's worse is when the state taxes you on something you already own just for the privlege of moving here!

Ouch. That is over 5 grand of taxes on a $50,000 truck. I love it when the manufacturer has a factory incentive (rebate) that lowers the price of the truck from the dealer but you still have to pay sales tax on money you never spent.

Oh well, at least you won't have to wait in traffic jams on I5 and I405 once light rail is finished..........LOL

Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

2006-2010 and then 2013-2015. In 2007.5 they added the dpf but is easy to remove. From what I've read, 2011 and 2012 are the ones to avoid. I'm not sure what the payment would be or how much taxes you'll be paying, or if you think the tax code is fair.

Durb wrote:


I know it is a little off topic but does NC consider a vehicle to be real property? If so then how about your trailer and/or other toys?

One disadvantage to trading up in the state of WA is 8.5% sales tax bite you take on a new vehicle.

Yes, you pay personal property taxes yearly on all vehicles and RV's. The good news Is(if there is good news), the personal property tax goes down a lttle each year because the value of the vehicle/RV drops. Funny thing though, apparently the gov't seems to think my vehicles are worth more than what they are valued in the real World and thus are taxed at an inflated, unrealistic value. And you can't argue the value nor get a copy of the book they use to acess the values. Pretty crooked in my opinion.

This taxing scheme seems anti-business to me as well. The gov't has provided a significant monetary savings incentive to keep driving older vehicles around. The cost to trade in an older RV/car/truck on a new shiny model will result in a significant tax increase.

I tended to trade more often than most so the big ouch of the trade difference isn't so hard to take. I can't ever regretting a trade up though.

In 2006 the Allison got its 6th gear. Half way through 07 the DPF was added which negatively affected the fuel economy a little but I would buy any Duramax 2006 or newer. Ram '03 - '07.5 is ok but 2014 or newer is best. Ford 2011 or newer.

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I'm sure mine trade up doesn't much count, but here goes. Went from a 2005 F150 XLT Supercab/6.5 ft box with 5.4 Triton to a HD packaged 2014 F150 XLT Supercab/8 ft box with 3.5L Ecoboost.

Outside of the payment, I've been more than satisfied. And going from a 26 gal tank to the 37 gal tank has been wonderful.

Bedlam wrote:
Consider yourself lucky that you don't live farther west with a 10.7 percent car tax:

http://q13fox.com/2017/03/31/sales-taxes-in-snohomish-county-will-be-the-highest-in-the-state-and-among-highest-in-the-nation/

No kidding! Another consideration everytime I buy something in this state.
What's worse is when the state taxes you on something you already own just for the privlege of moving here!

IdaD wrote:
With my credit there's very little interest expense involved in a vehicle loan. Less than I get in interest returns. I woukd rather put that cash into retirement and my kids' college savings accounts than pay cash for a vehicle.

yup, the current situation is that those who have the means to pay cash, are the ones that can get interest rates low enough that paying cash is not always the best thing to do. When we got our 2015 truck interest rate is fixed at 1.5 percent on a 3yr loan and took the gmc rebate rather than 0 percent financing with GMC since it was a better deal. Now I get almost 4 percent tax free dividends on the money I would have used to pay cash. and I could borrow 100 percent of purchase price. go figure. guess what I did.... borrowed. first time in 45 years that I actually borrowed to buy a vehicle.