Re: [ihc] About those parking brakes .....

["Ryan Moore" <baradium@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Mac McMuffin" <mac@domain.elided>
To: "Peter Shubin" <pshubin@domain.elided>; <ihc@domain.elided>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 23:15
Subject: RE: [ihc] About those parking brakes .....



> in reference to the Texas vehicle import fees, i don't think it's a tax or
> anything like that, nothing to violate the commerce laws that were
mentioned
> in another post.  it's some kind of processing fee, i forget now exactly
how
> they worded it, but basically it will cost you an extra $150 to register a
> vehicle in Texas if it's not already registered here.  like, an initial
> registration fee or something.  i think they charge the same fee on brand
> new cars for their first-time-ever registration, too. i looked on the
Texas
> Department of Transportation and Tax Board web sites for information about
> these fees, and i couldn't find anything.  when we first came here two
years
> ago, that's what they told me when i contacted them about registering our
> vehicles here.  maybe it's changed since then, as i can't find any
official
> information about it on the relevant sites.
>
> --Mac
>

In GA, the only difference between whether a vehicle was previously
registered in the state and if it wasn't is that a non previously registered
vehicle has to get an "inspection."

To give you an idea of what it entails, the patchwork diesel scout passed in
flying colors.  All they do is look at the VIN plate and check it against
what you say the VIN is.

It cost me just around $20 to register the diesel in GA for its first time.
That's also about what it costs to register the '78 scout too...

-Ryan


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