Questions For 3rd Gen Tacoma Owners in California

I own a 2017 Tacoma TRD Off-Road.

I may be moving back to CA where the main advantage is that I wont be paying rent.

How much was your registration fee? I hear there will be an extra set of fees next year in addition to what you paid this year.

How much is your insurance?

Help appreciated. Thinking long and hard about this move, there are advantages and disadvantages, my truck being one of them depending on the state.

 

My reg is about $375
Insurance is ~$80/month

P.s, you better bring some off roster 5.7's at least if you're coming back to this hell hole.

 

I am in the same ball park as this ^^^^^

 

When I left, my insurance was $1250 for a 2008 Acess Cab 2wd. My registration was $220 a year.

My insurance here is $385 for 6 months on a brand new TRD Off-Road. Paid $125 for the first initial registration because it was new and there were a few other fees like new plates etc. Next year should should be ~$70.

I have no speeding tickets, no DUI's, the only insurance claim(comprehensive at that) was a windshield replacement. I am also above 25.

What are those?

 

That must have been back in the 70's
Can't even get renters insurance that low here lol

 

Typo, this shit hit enter b4 I was done.

 

Bring a couple and sell 1 to me

 

You guys suck, I get quoted before I correct the stupid typos jk . I'm on my mobile.

 

The extra fee is a commercial vehicle fee. It’s added to your registration for the privilege of driving a midsize truck instead of a Suburban EXT or whatever it is.

You “might” be able to avoid this fee but you need to meet certain requirements to do so, some have success and others don’t. Not sure how to be in the cool kid club, but seems like it really depends on your local DMV office and their trained monkeys.

There’s more info on TW for that topic.. just search “commercial fee,” or similar.

 

I am on my phone also, lol

 

The FN Herstal Five Seven, even the more recent MK-2 is on the roster btw. Just no happy sticks for you, just the neutered ones.

 

Here he needs to add a shell to the back end that cannot be removed. I believe this is the only way to eliminate commercial status.

 

Be careful. If you’ve had it less than a year you’ll have to pay sales tax difference.

When I moved here my registration was over 2k.

 

Roughly the same.

 

Hidden tax in CA. If you register a out of state vehicle in CA, and that vehicle is less than a year old, you will be charged a sales tax as if you purchased vehicle in CA.
Say you purchased vehicle in state “A” and paid $1,000 in sales tax. Had you purchased same said vehicle in CA and the sales tax is $2,000, you would need to pay the additional tax.
When I moved to CA from TX, my vehicle was less than a year old and ended paying an additional $1,200 in tax.

 

Plus running water and a toilet per my DMV.

 

I got so screwed with that tax. If I would have waited 2-3 weeks to register I wouldn’t have had to pay that.

 

This state will suck you dry

 

In.