This is part of why I buy old cars. Also why many people in Indiana register their cars in other states if they have a relative's address they can use.
On Sat, Mar 26, 2022, at 2:27 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > Sounds like Indiana with their goofy excise tax on top of the > registration fee based on the selling price (MSRP) of the car until > it’s 12 years old. I never bought a new car when I lived there, partly > because I couldn’t afford one for most of the time, but even when I > could I wasn’t about to pay their stupid excise tax. > > I just looked and they’ve cut it back to 9 years now, but if you bought > a new car now and it cost $42k or more you’re paying over $500 in > excise taxes. This is all on top of a 7% sales tax when you purchase > the vehicle. > > -D > > > >> On Mar 26, 2022, at 2:44 PM, mitch--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> I remember when Michigan instituted a property tax on car registrations, not >> for the car's value but for its MSRP, beginning with model year 1983. >> >> OK, I'll just drive 1982 and older cars...but that only worked for so long, >> by 1990 I'd given up on it. My 1975 Civic was mostly inoperable, my 1976 >> Subaru and 1977 Saab were total rust buckets, and my 1980 Citation broke a >> shift fork inside the transmission and was too rusty to be worth fixing. >> >> Mitch. >> >> March 26, 2022, 2:58 PM UTC >> By Minyvonne Burke >> >> Washington state plans to ban most non-electric vehicles by 2030, according >> to a newly signed bill by Gov. Jay Inslee. >> >> The bill says that all vehicles of the model year 2030 or later that are >> sold, purchased, or registered in the state must be electric. >> >> "On or before December 31, 2023, the interagency electric vehicle >> coordinating council ... shall complete a scoping plan for achieving the >> 2030 target," it reads. >> >> The bill covers a lot of transportation issues in the state and is a part of >> a larger $16.9 billion transportation package called “Move Ahead >> Washington," which Inslee described as a way to create more efficient >> transportation options. >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________ 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
