Time to renew registration, $$$ ouch!

[Desert_Captain]

Just got the bill to renew the registration on my 06 F-150, $175 ouch! Seems high for a 7 year old truck but guess I just forgot the amount from last year. Got me to thinking, since most of the registration is based upon the value just how much are folks pay for these gorgeous new trucks that roll off the showroom floor at 40, 50 or even $60,000?

We only paid $10K for our (used), 08 TT so it isn't too bad but the new trailers, especially the big dollar fivers must be a serious hit and then there are the Motor Coaches, wow! What do they hit you for a $250K Class A? I guess if you have to ask you cannot afford it, certainly true in my case. No wonder some folks don't mind forking out $40 or $50 a night for RV parks. After the cost of insurance and registration that seems almost reasonable. :S

[PUCampin]

If my entire extended family did not live in Southern California, I would have moved. Have had coworkers that had no ties leave. EVRYTHING is expensive here.

Sales Tax - 7.25% base, 9% in LA county where I live, some cities as high as 10%

Property taxes - Prop 13 helps, but since the properties are so expensive property tax is also high. My 1200ft track home on 7000ft land in the desert suburbs of LA cost me $454k in 06 and $5600 in property tax. It is now worth about $260k and even though the assessor reduce the tax, it is STILL $3800

Oh, our legislature is right now trying to ammend prop 13 so only a 55% majority is needed to raise property taxes instead of 66.67% They claim the 66.67% is too high to pass anything. BS! My community has twice passed school bonds (which I voted for) with over the required 66.67% because enough people felt they would benefit. The 66.67% requirement is supposed to be a check to keep stuff from getting rammed through.

Income taxes - 9.3% on anyone with anything approching middle class income and over 13% for high earners.

Auto Registration - partially based on value. 07 Expy $285, 01 Focus $95, TT $110

Insurance - 100/300 limits full coverage on the Expy, liability only on the Focus, liability on the TT. Both DW and I are premier drivers, I had 1 ticket 10 years ago, DW none, no claims, average milage driven, multi policy discount etc. $1650 per year (and I consider that cheap for CA)

Gas - currently around $4.05 with $0.382 of that state gas tax, which is SUPPOSED to be fixing our roads.

Electricity rates - SCE has a 5 tier system starting around $0.13 per KWh for baseline building to over $0.30 per KWh for tier 5. Baseline is set rediculously low, if you run the AC at all you are in tier 5. To keep my 1200ft home at 78 degrees in the summer costs me over $500 a month.

Yea, my roots are here, my family is here, but there is definately a tarnish on the golden state and I completly understan the exodus.

This thread has actually been interesting to see what stuff that you don't always think about costs in other places 🙂

[larry_barnhart]

We ordered our alpenlite's tabs online in February as we do each winter. T
his time we noticed a $5.00 add on for RV disposal.

chevman

[ericsmith32]

Going to find out how bad Kansas is next week, sales tax is what is going to kill us this time. Doesn't look too bad in comparison to some of the posts!

[Cummins12V98]

Minnie_Collector wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:

Minnie_Collector wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:

License it in South Dakota and save a ton of money. Real easy.

I don't feel like you save a "ton of money" in SD any longer. I just received my tag renewal for my Class A 2007 and it was $318 (last year was $268). It was $48 for my 12' enclosed trailer.

Not cheap any more!!! Florida is definitely less expensive for full-timers.

You have to compare insurance rates also.

Oh sorry, I thought this thread was about vehicle registration fees.:S

If you would like insurance info -- well, it was only $92 more to insure my rig in FL than SD and the tags decreased by $245. So I will gladly pay that additional $92 in insurance to save that extra $245 that I paid to the state of SD. $153 will pay for quite afew "brewskis" siting at my campsite. :B

So I say to compare Insurance rates also and I get slammed for doing that then you quote insurance rates......WOW!

[marspec]

Any truck over 10,000 GVW in West Virginia is supposed to carry B tags which are priced according to your stated weight. For my 25,000 truck/fiver combo it's $170 yearly.

[Minnie_Collecto]

Cummins12V98 wrote:

Minnie_Collector wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:

License it in South Dakota and save a ton of money. Real easy.

I don't feel like you save a "ton of money" in SD any longer. I just received my tag renewal for my Class A 2007 and it was $318 (last year was $268). It was $48 for my 12' enclosed trailer.

Not cheap any more!!! Florida is definitely less expensive for full-timers.

You have to compare insurance rates also.

Oh sorry, I thought this thread was about vehicle registration fees.:S

If you would like insurance info -- well, it was only $92 more to insure my rig in FL than SD and the tags decreased by $245. So I will gladly pay that additional $92 in insurance to save that extra $245 that I paid to the state of SD. $153 will pay for quite afew "brewskis" siting at my campsite. :B

[silvercorvette]

minnow wrote:

silvercorvette wrote:
SC is a lot less expensive than NY (I moved from NY 7 years ago). In NY I had to pay 8.5 % sales tax on any vehicles (cars trucks & RVs) SC has a maximum sales tax of $300 on all vehicles. Also if your RV meets certain requirements (Toilet, kitchen etc it is taxed as a second home at a lower rate. Everything is cheaper here

That's music to my ears as we recently purchased a home there and will be moving there within a year.

Fuel is about $1.00 less per gallon, I am paying 1/5 the property taxes as NY for a house almost triple the size. The land here is one and 1/2 acres in NY my house was on 1/3 an acre.

One thing I hated in NY was saving and returning the soda to get my 5 cents back, in SC there is no deposit and the roads are not littered with empty bottles.

The gun laws here are less restrictive

I could never afford this house in NY



I added an extra two car garage for a total of 4 cars

[minnow]

silvercorvette wrote:
SC is a lot less expensive than NY (I moved from NY 7 years ago). In NY I had to pay 8.5 % sales tax on any vehicles (cars trucks & RVs) SC has a maximum sales tax of $300 on all vehicles. Also if your RV meets certain requirements (Toilet, kitchen etc it is taxed as a second home at a lower rate. Everything is cheaper here

That's music to my ears as we recently purchased a home there and will be moving there within a year.

[silvercorvette]

SC is a lot less expensive than NY (I moved from NY 7 years ago). In NY I had to pay 8.5 % sales tax on any vehicles (cars trucks & RVs) SC has a maximum sales tax of $300 on all vehicles. Also if your RV meets certain requirements (Toilet, kitchen etc it is taxed as a second home at a lower rate. Everything is cheaper here

[stetwood]

In Wisconsin, trailer style RVs are $15, the Dually TV is $105 irregardless of age, and autos are $75.

[Stefonius]

BigBoy11 wrote:
Just paid $36 for renewal registration for my 2011 Expedition and $60 for a 5 year renewal of my 2012 Kodiak travel trailer. We do have to get a yearly safety inspection which varies from inspection station to inspection station but averages around $25. That applies to autos and RV's, TT's, etc. But, we get gigged elsewhere as PA has plenty of taxes, just not on vehicles.

PA also registers trucks by GVWR. My car costs just $36/yr, but Truckasaurus costs $200/yr, and that's only because I reported it as having an 11k GVWR. It's actually 15k, which would cost $288/yr. The fiver would be $27/yr, but we opted for a permanent registration for a one time fee of $135.00.

[minnow]

Dutch_12078 wrote:

Bill1374 wrote:
Hush Dutch, don't mention any additional fees in NY cause Albany never saw a fee they didn't like. Truck, dually is 60 a year plus another 60 for my special plates. Trailer is now $220 a year. Don't even want to think about the 7% sales tax paid at purchase.
Just bought a 14 foot fishing boat, 7% sales tax and another $72 for registration, title fee and surcharge. Nobody knows what the surcharge is supposed to be for.

Bill

The special plate fee is your choice of course, but looking at what some other states charge, even with that, we're getting off pretty easy. As I recall, the boat reg surcharge pays for various boating safety programs, including the materials for the boating safety course that children under 18 are required to take to operate a boat, and is also highly recommended for adult operators.

We may be "getting off pretty easy" on vehicle registration fees as compared to some other states but lets look at the overall tax burden. In SC, you are charged registration fees on the value of the vehicle, RV, truck etc. Each county sets that rate so it can vary. However property taxes are much lower than here in NY. We have a home down there valued at $180000 and the yearly prop. tax is $760. Compared to our home here which we pay over $4000 a year. Also sales tax on a new vehicle is capped at $300. Compare that to 8% or more on the sales price here in NY. A $25,000 car would cost you $2000 just in sales tax. So you have to look at the overall picture.

[pitch]

Big brother is going to get you one way or another. I am in NY very high property taxes, but lower auto registrations.
We have investigated moving,but looking at the grand total all but a few states (no insult to those that live in them and love them) that you couldn't pay me to live in total cost of living is pretty close. If you aren't being gouged on one aspect they are sticking it to you on another

[lakeside013104]

April 5th I picked up a new 5er and paid $2500 sales tax. April 29th I registered the new 5er and the TV and paid $2200.00 excise tax. That is a total of $4700.00 taxes paid in the month of April. Ouch, can you feel my pain?

Lakeside

[Veebyes]

At home a car like a Honda CRV is $1800 a year & gas to feed it is $9gal.