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

[Steven Stegmann <steve.stegmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In Maryland you have to get a safety inspection and
pay the sales tax on the current value of the vehicle.
 Turns out to be cheaper than the Missouri property
taxes on a new vehicle.  Later, on a schedule, you'll
have to get smogged.  I'm not moving all of my
vehicles here just the two newest ones.

STeve
--- Ryan Moore <baradium@domain.elided> wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 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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