registration&smog

new to owning a brand new vehicle do i have to pay registrartion every year? or the the dealership pay for it.
i got my tags thru the mail with zero dollars down on the truck.
also when does a brand new vehicle need to be smog, ive heard its 6 years after it begins and then its 2 years after that.
thanks in advance for the info

 

You pay yearly.

 

in my state after brand new purchase you don't have to worry about registration for 4 years. after that every 2 years

 

Dang! That's sweet!

I guess my post should read "I" pay yearly.

 

You mean to tell me some states don't require yearly registration?? What sorcery is this?

Is it super expensive come time to pay it every 4 years? Mine's a couple hundred bucks every year for my '04 Tacoma (stupid California).

Smog is every 2 years for a vehicle over 5 or 6 years old, can't remember which.

 

DEQ and regestration every two years.

 

It gets worse. In CA pickup trucks are considered commercial vehicles and needs to be registered as such--even if you bought it for personal use. That 'commercial' registration costs more than your standard reg. My Tacoma will probably be around $400/year.

 

Wow!!!!!!!

 

Gotta love California, right? But we gotta pay to play. You can't mingle with gang members and breathe in epics amount of nasty air just anywhere. haha.

 

Well, on the plus side we have countless trails and a variety of terrain to wheel our trucks on out here...I do appreciate that much.

 

Born and raised in CA and I love it here. Not planning on leaving. I don't mind so much the "CA tax" but I do not think the funds are going where they should. But that's another thread.

 

Arkansas about $30 a year, Arizona about 20x higher, yep, something like $600 if I remember right it's based on year and GVW, unless something has changed...have not registered a vehicle in AZ for a few years now just because of that.

 

Crap must be nice, Registration every year plus PPT

 

Or dearly..maybe

 

Do you pay personal property tax in our-kansas?

 

Probably the most important piece of information is missing here.

Where do you live/have your vehicle registered?

 

Remember, there are two ways around this. Loopholes if you will.

1) If you are entitled to Handicap Plates, the fee is waived.
2) If you put on a shell and never ever ever remove it, you can get normal plates and the fee is waived (you are turning it into an SUV instead of a truck). But if the police ever see your non commercial plates with the shell off... BIG FINE!

Take that into consideration.

Oh and the third option not available to the 3rd Gen... for obvious reasons... if your Truck is over 50 years old you can get Historical Plates that only cost $25 per year no matter what.

 

Yep, but is nothing compared to that ole stand in the line DMV pull out your card thing to pay for registration...very cheap here..so to be fair ya $30 + ppt as well....

Its a trade off so when I am back home driving with AR tags in AZ I take my fair amount of shit..probably to same shit I gave to the snow birds over the years..

 

where do you live?

 

I am now Dual residency, Litchfield Park, AZ and Garfield, AR.... Would rather have an Oahu or Maui second address ....its all about the water and fishing...quiet, no traffic thing....