wildblue 7 #1 January 16, 2003 I just paid $80 for the right to drive my car and motorcycle on the roads here for another year. Just curious what it is in other places.it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #2 January 16, 2003 $64 to renew my drivers lisc. That's for 8 years, and it's a CDL. non commercial are cheaper. $45 a year for one car, regular plates. $60 a year, second car, personalized plates. $75ish a year-pickup truck. My boss pays a little over $470 every three months to register the dump truck I drive for work.It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #3 January 16, 2003 Tax disc for a car over in the UK is about 160 USD, Tax on our gas makes it 4 times as expensive as US gasoline. (about a dollar a litre) You must have insurance and roadworthiness test on the vehicle, about 50 usd for the test, insurance depends on whether its a banger or a ferrari... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #4 January 16, 2003 To renew my licence $18 Car registration $37 Insurance $1000 (every six months) Driving my Honda Civic...PRICELESS!!! __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #5 January 16, 2003 Since the cheapo plates initiative was voted in (Tim Eyman, you're a god!), I'm paying $45 to renew."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #6 January 16, 2003 Oh yeah, I completely forgot about the $20 I paid for "E-Check" too .... talk about a crock-o-shit there....it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrumpySmurf 0 #7 January 16, 2003 Oh don't get me started - $600 this year to register the car in Minn. (based on car value - I much prefer the $80/year flat rate in Wi.) We ain't gonna discuss insurance. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerry81 10 #8 January 16, 2003 I pay around 400$ per year- it includes mandatory insurance, car registration renewal and a small amount for using the roads (insurance is the most expensive part). But my car is in the cheapest insurance class according to engine size/power, so I imagine some people are paying three times as much every year. Oh, and just yesterday I made a 'donation' to the people who take care of parking problems in our city- you know, the guys with the f%ing tow trucks... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jessd 0 #9 January 16, 2003 I wish I only paid $80. Last year I paid excise tax ($230) and car insurance ($980). Not sure what the price will be this year but I do know that I will need to renew my registration this year. I don't even know what that costs - maybe $30 or so. "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #10 January 16, 2003 I dirve illegally and save a bundle!plplI paid 320...but I forget how much of that was taxes! registration was like 45 I think My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cajun 0 #11 January 16, 2003 And you don't even get a cool magazine like with a USPA membership. (Ducks to avoid the new onslaught) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattb 0 #12 January 16, 2003 QuoteOh don't get me started - $600 this year to register the car in Minn. (based on car value - I much prefer the $80/year flat rate in Wi.) We ain't gonna discuss insurance. I thought Jesse The Brain fixed it so people would stop registering there cars over the border? Guess not. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #13 January 16, 2003 Driver's license is like $12 every four years. I drive a 19 year old pile of crap so registration alone isn't bad; about $45 on the "off smog" years. I live in California so every other year I have to get a smog check to renew the registration. That runs around $50 if it passes. Can get insanely expensive if any of the smog equipment is broken; repairs have to be made before they'll pass it - even if it passes the "sniff" test before the repairs are made, it must also pass a "visual" inspection. Shopping new insurance right now. Because my car is so old and such a pile I only carry PL&PD and uninsured motorist. I'm looking at two quotes - one is $213 for six months (that's on my parent's policy figuring four cars and their address), the other is $240 for six months (that's for just my car at my address). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KawiZX900 0 #14 January 16, 2003 2000$ dollars ayear Accelerate hard to get them looking, then slam on the fronts and rollright beside the car, hanging the back wheel at eye level for a few seconds. Guaranteed reaction- Dave Sonsky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n2skdvn 0 #15 January 16, 2003 1000 a year for ins 150 for tag(30$ for personlized plate bonus if you can figure out what is says) 20 renewal (every 4 yrs)if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN my site Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #16 January 16, 2003 Well, if we're counting car insurance too (required here also) .... that runs me about $1,000/yr - $600 for the car, $400 for the bike. Plus, 40 cents/gallon taxit's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #17 January 16, 2003 Quote(30$ for personlized plate bonus if you can figure out what is says) Do I get $30 to get my own personalized plates? I'll guess it's "n2skdvn" What do I win?! BTW - do you pay that extra $30 every year? Or just to get them in the first place. Here, it's $30 (or $35 maybe?) every year - which seems pretty stupid to me - you're not getting new plates every year.it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n2skdvn 0 #18 January 16, 2003 QuoteWhat do I win?! the enjoyment of figuring it out i had the plate then decided to start using it as my screen name and yes i pay the 30$ every yearif my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN my site Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #19 January 16, 2003 Quote 2000$ dollars ayear Is that just for the bike? it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miked10270 0 #20 January 16, 2003 Quote Tax disc for a car over in the UK is about 160 USD, Actually it's £160 per year, NacMAc, youre not buying your tax discs from the photocopy place again are you?There is a small loophole to the road tax in the uK, cars manufactured prior to 1/1/1973 are classed as "Historic", the tax for them is free (but you've still gotta go and get the disc). Quote Tax on our gas makes it 4 times as expensive as US gasoline. (about a dollar a litre) Diesel fuel is about the same, about $1 per liter, BUT... You can make your own from used vegetable oil for about $0.20 per litre, and even after you've paid UK tax it's still only $0.48 per litre You must have insurance and roadworthiness test on the vehicle, about 50 usd for the test, insurance depends on whether its a banger or a ferrari...Yeah... The newer the vehicle, the more stringent the roadworthyness test (mainly 'cos the more systems & things fitted to the vehicle, the more there is to test). I've got 2 landrovers (the original SUV). The newer one costs me about £250 PA to keep on the road, the older one (pre 1974) costs me £105 PA to keep on the road. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GiaKrembs 0 #21 January 16, 2003 CA registration $138 CA insurance $1500 annual Gas approx. 40 per week Raddest ho this side of Jersey #1 - rest in peace brother Beth lost her cherry and I missed it .... you want access to it, but you don't want to break it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,545 #22 January 16, 2003 Car registration is about $60; driver's license is $40 every 4 years (I think -- it's been 3 years). Insurance before I was carrying my son was about $70/month for liability only. Obviously it got a little more expensive with a teenaged boy on it Wendy W. There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,076 #23 January 16, 2003 >Tax on our gas makes it 4 times as expensive as US gasoline. > (about a dollar a litre) Actually about 2.5 times as expensive. We're paying about $1.65 a gallon here. Good article in Home Power this month about how to make biodiesel for 54 cents a gallon (12 cents a liter.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ozthebum 0 #24 January 16, 2003 When I was in South Dakota it was around $25 to regester my 78 Jeep and another 25 a month for insurance. Here in England I pay about $400 a year for my three cars (Rover, VW GTI and an old Mini), for road tax, another $50 a pop for MOT and about 1500 a year in insurance. Oz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CornishChris 5 #25 January 16, 2003 Brace yourselves: My Bike insurance is £1300 a year for a VFR800 = US$2015. Tax = £80 a year. Worth it to me as it goes very very fast and is my only mode of transport (which at this time of year is a little chily). My brothers insurance on his Honda S2000 parked on the street in London is £3000 (US$4650) a year but he is fucking loaded. CJP CJP Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
