Wyoming B.S. Thread

Ha anyone see the highway mileage tax being proposed? Hahaha wow.

 

I’m screwed

 

Has a bill been submitted? I didnt see anything listed but might have missed it. But i do remember hearing about it and it had a TON of flaws and unanswered questions to it.

There is a gas tax bill that i see (a 9 cent raise).
https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2021/HB0026


The best I saw was a raise on Drivers License fees. Only $5 bucks which isnt bad. BUT its projected to bring in ~$8 million a year. But is going to cost the state $80 million to setup.....



And let me tell you reviewing bills in WY is a hell of a lot quicker than doing it in WA. So many fewer. And yes Im an odd ball who actually goes through a vast majority of potential bills >.>

 

Wy only. And it would apply only to wy residence which is odd. But you cant ask people from out of state to log their miles haha

Nah you're fine

https://wakeupwyo.com/bill-to-impose-road-user-charges-filed-in-wyoming-legislature/

Link is in that article. Lot of missing stuff in it I think.

I doubt it'll pass.

Should just wake up and put an income tax or corporate tax. Corporate one would bring in a lot from the rich folk tax dodging in Jackson alone haha

 

Of course it would be listed yesterday lol. Havent bothered to check in a few days,

 

im too lazy to read that. how do they plan on tracking that for the average citizen?

wy is a big trucking thoroughfare...is all that highway traffic exempt? but i have to pay a road tax when i go to pinedale?

 

Washington has been proposing this every year for like the past decade. It was supposed to replace gas tax here. It's not going to happen

 

You either track it, or pay the max assumed mileage at the end of the year. So it would be on you. You'd pay for the whole year so however many miles you drive you pay the rate, though im no 100% sure what rate you'd pay they didn't seem to specify that super good. But I didn't look in fine detail.

And no out of state people would be applicible by the looks of it. You can't make out of state people track their mileage so doesn't make sense. Which is why I think it's dumb. If you're going to do a road tax, make I80 a toll road. Least you'd get money from the truckers.

Or if you're going to add a tax, add the corporate tax in for fucks sake. Then maybe the income. But this is just dumb.

 

Cheers to 2021. 2020 was a actually a great year for me. Finally landed and started a new permanent job (that I love), bought an amazing new home/property, made a bunch of new friends, and got to spend a lot of time with the pups while teleworking.

Looking forward to the adventures 2021 brings and I am sure I’ll be seeing a few of you at some point.

 

Cheers man!

Glad it was a great year for you guys. It wasn't all bad here either actually. I sure wish I could say the same about the house! Someday..

Hopefully get to see you guys this next year. Not sure what the next year will bring but...bring it on!

 

I sure hope this is true.

 

We will probably drive to clark for an extended weekend to visit my dad. I bet we can link up sometime on that trip. I’ll let you know if we end up driving that way.

I have a lot of leave saved. Set up a trip .

 

They just need to implement a 40% income and capital gains tax in Teton county only, would clear that place out in a hurry

 

Cool. Hope it works well. Have heard mixed reviews on those lil guys in terms if reliability and cost of maintenance.

What's the specs? S model? Stick shift?

Did you trade the 3rd gen?

God that would be glorious

 

I bet it's a fun drive for sure. No payment is awesome.

 

We had a little mini for a couple years, I think it was fine.

 

Awd model @m3bassman ?

Driven one a while ago. Was a fun little squirt!

 

Does the Mini have the N20?

 

Ah okay, same family. Keep up on the oil filter housing gaskets and valve cover/PCV (they're both known to leak pretty commonly) you'll get a smoky turbo especially if that PCV decides to shit the bed. Sometimes the stupid plastic Valve covers crack too and make a huge air leak and it'll just start running like dookie out of nowhere. Same with coilpacks, they're super high failure rate and the Denso and Bosch ones shouldn't be mixed if you buy replacements. Other than that the little N engines are pretty fun, I don't think the single turbo models like that had the awful wastegate rattle or constantly failing high pressure fuel pumps. If it ever refuses to start or start and idle right it probably needs a walnut blasting cause the intake valves build up shit. Should be a fun little rig though, the N engines have good support and are easy enough for a home gamer to work on as long as you have ProTool and an affinity for bloody knuckles.

 

The 4 banger ones are the same design as the sixers. They share a lot of the same upsides (great power potential and support) and unfortunately the same downsides (way over complicated design and extreme planned obsolescence). They don't age gracefully, but you'll have a ton of fun and you'll know when it's time to walk away. Way better than a newer one with a B series or a S series, those are so damn hard to work on and half the codes and documentation can only be read/accessed by the proprietary bimmer computers.