You know it's going to be bad when, as you walk into Dept of Motor Vehicles, you see people walking out with pained expressions and a tube of KY Jelly in their hand that came with their license...
How do you build an elephant.... Order a mouse built under government contract. Just saying... On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 9:14 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > That same sort of thing happened in OK as well - thanks to our very blue > legislature . . . The DMV just follows the law, passed by the idiots that > were elected. > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 10:29 PM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com > > > wrote: > > > I just purchased an 86 SDL and wanted it to have vintage plates. > > Washington allows the use of period correct plates or you get the > collector > > plates they issue. Their plates are $65, to use your own vintage plate > is > > $35. > > > > That said, the DMV has jacked up all the fees to register your car. > > > > I purchased the R107 and it was tagged as normal car. Pay the 10% tax, > > get some more fees paid and it was on the road like a normal car. I got > > some vintage plates and paid $35 at renewal one year and never have to > pay > > or get inspected again. That was a few years ago. > > > > The w126 turned into a prison rape. I had an affidavit from the seller > > (federal prosecutor) as to sales price. When I went in to register that > > car, the dame at the counter disregarded the thing, decided the car was > > valued at the magnificent price the state deemed it to be, then charged > me > > a full year as a standard car, with all fees that entailed, purchase of a > > new set of plates (which I did not need), and then the fees to use my own > > vintage plates, along with tax on the actual price I paid. That was > > around $200. > > > > > > clay > > > > 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap > > 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green > > 1986 SDL - Polei > > > > retired models- > > 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery > > 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran > > 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV > > POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 21, 2016, at 8:13 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > What a freaking ripoff. I used to pay $16/Yr for a license plate for a > > 240D. Then in the 90s they doubled it to 32. Now it is $51! In some > > states,an antique plate is one 50 to 75 fee then free after that . > > > > > > What do your states charge for license for a 123 or other car over 25 > > years old? I am sure IL and NE states are worse. I am sure our state > > looked at what IL charges and upped the price to be closer to the biggest > > ripoff state not on a coast, IL. > > > > > > They have a antique plate, but it can only be used driving to or from a > > show, so it is worthless unless you have a model T. WI used to be really > > good for "collector" plates, but the Madison commies ruined that. > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > -- > OK Don > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
