How much was your DMV Renewal cost?
 

I just paid $508 to renew the registration on my 370z. Ouch!

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Under 80 bucks a year.

In VA registration with my custom plates ran me around $150 for 2 years. But I pay personal property tax on the car that starts at about $1,000 the first year and then drops ever so slightly in the following years. I will likely pay around $750-850 this year in PPT.

So why did I pay so much to renew my registration? Fill me in on the loop holes.

Texas = cheap

I paid $370

It varies from state to state.

Does my age have anything to do with it? I also have a clean driving record. No accidents, tickets, etc. What's up with DMV?

Nope, it is based on the car and state only.
Cali is a huge pain for low MPG cars and sports car.

Read your DMV bill. It should break down the fees.

I never received a bill from DMV. I paid for the fee online at their website. Where can I get the break down fees?

EDIT: Nevermind, I found it.

Transaction Date: June 14, 2011
Type of Calculation: Registration Renewal

Vehicle License Number: ****
Vehicle Identification Number: ****

Type of Vehicle: Automobile
Model Year: 2010
Make of Vehicle: NISS
Motive Power: Gas

County: Sacramento

Registration Period: Jun 08, 2011 - Jun 08, 2012

Current Registration: 31.00
Current California Highway Patrol: 23.00
Current Vehicle License Fee: 330.00
Current County Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies Fee: 1.00
Current Smog Abatement Fee: 2.00
Current Fingerprint ID Fee: 1.00
Current Smog High Polluter Repair Fee: 4.00
Environmental License Plate Renewal: 38.00
Original Smog Abatement: 6.00
Alt Fuel/Tech Smog Fee: 8.00
Current Auto Theft and/or DUI Crime Deterrence Program: 1.00
Current Abandoned Vehicle Fee: 1.00
Current Air Quality Management District: 6.00
Alt Fuel/Tech Reg Fee: 3.00
Current Registration Penalty: 10.00
CHP Penalty: 10.00
Current Vehicle License Fee Penalty: 33.00

Grand Total Registration Fees: $508.00

On the website I assume.

need some input from local Norcal owners.

$432 here. Bay area. On may 19 the tax rose from .65 to 1.15 based on price of car in ca. Increased tax goes away in 2013

thats about right. my 2010 purchased new cost me over 500 for registration. the registration fees vary by state. for california at least, the governator raised our registration something like 20% before he left office in an attempt to cut the budget deficit.

my Z cost 500+, and my 2006 corolla cost me something like ~250. its ridiculous! i have friends who register their cars in other states to avoid paying the steep costs in california. (their cars were purchased out of state, and their parents still live out of state)

Tongman, that's normal.... it varies state to state. Want to hear something retarded? Cali I can see justification for that cost... but IOWA? Here in Iowa, the damn yearly registration is almost as much as Cali's.... I think ours was in the 400's if I remember correctly. Don't worry, I bitch about it every year but get no where... lol.

Did you notice that $53 of the $508 was penalties (late registration, I'd assume)?

Missouri - $88 for two years which includes my retired military plates (NO CHARGE)

^ wow... for being border states, I wish I had your rates man :(

$120

$438 here in California. They sent the renewal 4 months early, presumably for the broke state to get a little extra income.

The renewal fee falls off quickly. In a few years it will be under half of what it is now.

Yeah, I got mine VERY early. It was not due until 4-20-11 and I got it in late January. Mine was $492.00.

You are correct. Unfortunate for me, I bought a house in march and when I changed my address with DMV back in march to my new address, i still had to change my vehicle registration address too, which I failed to do. One would assume that changing their address would apply to their vehicles too, but nope. So I never received the renewal bill. I just realized that I need to renew my registration this month on the 8th. Paid today. But the new sticker is being shipped to my previous address. Now im currently sitting in a long *** line at the dmv. I hate DMV.

alot of the fees vary by county too, for example i was only charged an additional $20 for a smog abatement fee while my actual license renewal fee was about $212 and thats registering in Riverside county here in socal.

Just got back from the DMV. My asian persuation got the $53 late fee waived. Still sucks though. The most ever I've spend on a sticker. I hope it adds 100whp like Type-R stickers do.

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:iagree: The Republic of VA...

I paid about $460. The price does go down every year though so dont worry about it too much

I paid more for my prelude back when I lived in LA over a decade ago. Things were much worse before CA revised their fees. You'd be paying more like $1000 back then (no joke)

Thats Cali for you and I have four vehicles!!!:ugh2:

$58 in Florida, bitches!

Should cost me between $40-$50 here in NJ. I think my old truck cost about $90

Eww... That sucks. Sure glad I'm in Texas.

I paid just under 500.00 here in Vegas. This is such a big rip off. Why do you have to pay more to drive a nice new car than a old beat up one? Both cars are able to drive on the same roads. Then my wifes new Altima was due the next month, almost 500.00 for that one too!

21.50!

TN ftw!

79.00 here in texas.
depends on the state. i once lived in oklahoma and they go by the cost of the
car.higher the car the higher the tags. guess they figure if you can afford to
buy a 40,000 car what's another 500.00 for tags. which is a rip off..

Steve. Was the 1000 After the tax relief or you dont qualify?

And yet another reason I LOVE Texas! I can't imagine paying that much. I'll pay about $69/year for registration and $40/year for my personalized plates. (Grandfathered in on my vanity plates FTW!)

With my vanity plate and the 2 tix that I kinda just ignored :rolleyes: along with all the other BS fees Califvckyou charges...

$1,018. :tup:

+1 :tup:

Norcal owner here.

I paid $404. not sure why your registration costs more. Probly yours a nissmo.