New California registration prices

Just got mine in the mail today, 2018 Off Road $480

 

Gonna have to make my wife a surrogate in order to pay for these ridiculous prices.

 

Just paid mine for this month, $437 for 2015

 

2013 TRD OR. 2019 - 2020 was $395.

 

Yikes. I just bought another taco and haven’t registered yet. Y’all are scaring me.

My 99 was $144

 

It's not just Tacos, California imposed a weight fee now which is something like an extra $100 for vehicles weighing over a certain criteria.

 

I received my plates and registration paper last week or so and the initial registration was $534. I'm assuming somewhere in the $450+ range for next year. I know my Sienna (which doesn't have the weight fee), was around $450 last year and this year is $335. So I am hoping for something similar for the Taco.

 

When I was doing paperwork at the dealer, the weight fee was $214.

 

Whaaaaa. Since when?
I’ve owned my 99 for 3-4 years? Registration has always been around $145....

 

400 and change in NorCal

 

1st - 3rd Gens for me has always been $80 additional for weight fee. In my last two trucks, I actually had the weight fee taken off by having a shell though you have to go through the hassle of having DMV inspect it. According to DMV's description, the shell have to be permanently attached. Though I read that if CHP catches you without the shell, there's a fine additional to all the fees owed. I never take off the shell once it's on there.

Also note that commercial plate numbers differ from personal plate numbers.

 

And this is one of the many reasons I will never live in california. I just renewed my alabama tags and it was $24 and change. Granted, I have a 2003.

 

2005 4runner cost me $198.

 

Ahhhh I have commercial plates.

 

In CA if you buy a truck, instant commercial plates and fees. It's a money maker. How many people do you know that have a truck and uses it commercially for business?

 

Well I work for a courier company so I’m probably the outlier but almost everyone I know uses their truck for business. But a lot of my friends are couriers.

Try parking in downtown sf without commercial plates.

 

I have changed my registration to avoid the dumbass weight fee. Saved $480. Yes the shell should stay on, but okay to remove to repair. No citation if bed empty.

 

Get your favorite lube ready

 

I wonder if that would depend at the officer's discretion though