Modified cars can't be historic? Goddamnit!

[justlikeyours]

from my knowledge its not hard here in mich

[birdmanbmw87]

in az they dont care either im getting my 87 325is historic plates so no more emissions

[markt51]

PA is the same way. But my Corvair has antique tags :P

Im surprised your still alive after driving a corvair......

[Cletonius]

in az they dont care either im getting my 87 325is historic plates so no more emissions

I tried to do historic in IL and was denied because of mileage. I asked about driving in winter which was apparently a red flag.

Regardless, I pay $120/yearly for my vanity tag. IL is emissions exempt for anything older than 1994.

[slammin.e28]

Im surprised your still alive after driving a corvair......

Ralph Nader, I presume?

I tried to do historic in IL and was denied because of mileage. I asked about driving in winter which was apparently a red flag.
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Regardless, I pay $120/yearly for my vanity tag. IL is emissions exempt for anything older than 1994.

$120/year for vanity?

...and I bitch about the $49/year I have to pay.

[Cletonius]

Ralph Nader, I presume?



$120/year for vanity?

...and I bitch about the $49/year I have to pay.

Well, $119.

If I wanted to swap out my plates for a less offensive/awesome one I'd have to pay an additional $29 for replacement ones. Vanity tags are only $20 more than regular ones anyways.

[JasonC]

Im surprised your still alive after driving a corvair......

It's actually the most dependable car I have ever owned! And handles pretty well to! :D

[ohthejosh]

But then it's not up to mfg specs 'cause I'm pretty sure the car came off the line with the odometer working. No historic for you.

How would they know it doesn't work? Unless you take an inspector or whoever if anybody checks your car out for a test drive.

2,000-5,000 miles a year you say? But my car has never left my garage ;)

[slammin.e28]

Well, $119.

If I wanted to swap out my plates for a less offensive/awesome one I'd have to pay an additional $29 for replacement ones. Vanity tags are only $20 more than regular ones anyways.

$20 more? Ours are $10. I think we've got the cheapest vehicle registration in the country, if not, we have the cheapest vanity tags, and the most, for that matter (read somewhere a while back so take that with a grain of salt).

I still bitch. I think regular tags are $39 yearly, or bi-yearly it's like $69, and tri-yearly it's like $100, but IDK, I never do more than a year at a time...if I remember to register. They quit mailing us reminders.

[mikeedler]

How is that abuse?

Condition should not matter. You are helping the enviroment by driving a vehicle that was made 20 years ago vs driving a new vehicle and all of the emissions that go into building it.

Historic should be just that, historic. Who cares what condition it is in.

I have to disagree with that thought.

It is a HISTORIC plate, and not an "old thing" plate. It's like keeping piece of history for others to see, kinda like a landmark- it shouldn't be rundown. It has nothing to do with the environment in that way either.
People could discuss it for many hours, but in the end, the people with crappy cars in crappy condition with those plates are probably 90% just trying to get over on taxes/registration and insurance. Which is all good until there is an accident and your car with a broken odometer has the same mileage as it did when you took out that policy a few years back.

[Cletonius]

$20 more? Ours are $10. I think we've got the cheapest vehicle registration in the country, if not, we have the cheapest vanity tags, and the most, for that matter (read somewhere a while back so take that with a grain of salt).

I still bitch. I think regular tags are $39 yearly, or bi-yearly it's like $69, and tri-yearly it's like $100, but IDK, I never do more than a year at a time...if I remember to register. They quit mailing us reminders.

I would love to pay that in tags. I got lucky the first year I had the car. Bought it in Indiana and registered it there. They had a deal going so I got like 18 months of reg for $50. Next time it came due it was $110, so I posted my legendary thread and got my current tags.

Indiana mails a giant envelope to reregister, Illinois used to as well. This year we got a little 3x5 postcard. The fee went up but the mailer went down. And the DMV doesn't take visa. Wtf?

[agent]

$49/year I have to pay.

Same here for standard plates, plus the $10 emissions test fee. Add $35 for vanity; also add $35 and up for specialty (depending on which of the 100+ you choose).

[agent]

It is a HISTORIC plate, and not an "old thing" plate.

...in the end, the people with crappy cars in crappy condition with those plates are probably 90% just trying to get over on taxes/registration and insurance.

Well put - that's certainly true around here.

[frag]

^You say that again when you want fries with that.

i spit my drink out when read that. thanks for getting my keyboard soaked.

[slammin.e28]

I would love to pay that in tags. I got lucky the first year I had the car. Bought it in Indiana and registered it there. They had a deal going so I got like 18 months of reg for $50. Next time it came due it was $110, so I posted my legendary thread and got my current tags.

Indiana mails a giant envelope to reregister, Illinois used to as well. This year we got a little 3x5 postcard. The fee went up but the mailer went down. And the DMV doesn't take visa. Wtf?

Oh wow, lol. They charge us $1 if we go into the DMV to renew, but then they tack a processing fee on the online transaction. Tomato, tomahto. If I have to go to the DMV, I'll do them while I'm there, but when I'm anticipating a court date I'll do them online. Usually I drive until I get pulled over since I don't agree with vehicle registration, or at least paying for it.