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Old 08-12-2016, 03:55 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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I just paid $574 to renew my 1985 van...

It missed smog NOx by 1 point... so $250 was for the new converter... the $234 for California State and the rest for test and retest...

Did I say I just paid $574 to renew my 31 year old van... I drive it 3k miles annually as it is my rolling tool box for property repair...
I can't believe that CA doesn't exempt older vehicles from smog testing. Just another reason why I'd never live in that state.
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Old 08-12-2016, 07:25 PM
 
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It is getting to be a bit much...

I've owned it 26 years and at the time it was bought the cut off for smog inspection was 25 years old... then it was 30 and now frozen at 1976 and newer.

I own a 1976 Triumph Spitfire with dual carbs and the smog techs are clueless... really.

I think a much better system would be 1996 and newer because these have OBDII and leave the carburetors for the collectors.
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Old 08-15-2016, 03:22 PM
 
Location: Living on the Coast in Oxnard CA
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How do you answer this question? We would need to base the question on the same car in all 50 states. We have a 2011 Honda Accord and the amount would be different on two different 2011 Honda Accords, based on what two different people paid for the car. Age of the car in California is also a factor. Asking what others pay will not let anyone know what they may pay. We could get a guess but still that is not set in stone.
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Old 08-15-2016, 04:06 PM
 
Location: We_tside PNW (Columbia Gorge) / CO / SA TX / Thailand
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$40 annually for registration in WA (no safety req.; every-other yr for emissions, most counties have no emission tests)
$42 for life of vehicle if you qualify for collector car. No inspections required.

MT has provisions for lifetime registration. It is no sales tax state, and many attorneys specialize in creating a MT vehicle ownersip LLC for out of state people.

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Old 08-16-2016, 09:45 AM
 
Location: Living on the Coast in Oxnard CA
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$40 annually for registration in WA (no safety req.; every-other yr for emissions, most counties have no emission tests)
$42 for life of vehicle if you qualify for collector car. No inspections required.

MT has provisions for lifetime registration. It is no sales tax state, and many attorneys specialize in creating a MT vehicle ownersip LLC for out of state people.
So I can take my 2011 Honda Accord and register it in Washington and it will only be $40 a year?
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Old 08-16-2016, 10:53 AM
 
Location: We_tside PNW (Columbia Gorge) / CO / SA TX / Thailand
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So I can take my 2011 Honda Accord and register it in Washington and it will only be $40 a year?
Renewal is $30 + misc fees, so ~$40
WA State Licensing (DOL) Official Site: Renewal and registration fee information

Initial registration will require title transfer fees
(There are rules regarding how many cars you can move / transfer to WA). IIRC you can bring 2 per resident, w/o triggering WA sales tax. You need to have owned and registered them in another state for at least 60 days.

For registration only... MT is a better choice.
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Old 08-16-2016, 01:10 PM
 
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I have been looking into it as friends with collector cars have moved to Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho and Montana.

I do have one of my cars with California plates in Washington... drove it up several years ago.

Was not expecting the adverse affects of a damp Western Washington climate.

My friends in Bend Oregon say it is ideal climate wise for their cars... low humidity.

Some of my California vehicles would be a one time 10 cents on the dollar to license compared to my home state.

It really does put things into prospective.
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Old 09-26-2016, 01:10 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Nebraska is an expensive state for car ownership. If you buy a new car, you will pay 5.5% sales tax, plus a registration tax based on the value of the vehicle, then some other fees for titling and registration.

If you buy a new car that's $20,000, taxes and fees will be around $1500. Yikes!

After the first registration, the state charges a registration tax based on the original value of the vehicle. You'd pay around $300 to renew the registration on the $20,000 vehicle. Luckily the amount decreases every year.
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