[macquire]

Uh, the $35 is for a vehicle 10 years or older!

Here is a link to the MN chart. The license fee is basically about 1.3 of the vehicles value PLUS other miscellaneous fees.

https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/dvs/forms-documents/Documents/TaxManual.pdf

I am looking at my purchase documents right now. The 2010 Chevrolet Crew Cab was $445 plus some misc other fees in 2010 when we bought it new. The renewal in 2011 was $360.

The 2011 Cruze we just bought was $379 plus misc other fees.

Our “famed” former Governor, Jesse Ventura, years back went after MN car license fees with a passion and got them cut about in half. As soon as he was out, the Democrats raised them again.

I know a well off guy who just bought a $160,000 Ford GT. He is a Florida resident living in MN for 5 months out of the year. For fun he called MN and ask them how much to license that $150,000 car for a year in MN - the answer was $2,700. It cost him $500 to license it in Florida for a year.....

[muawiyah]

So, tell me, what will it cost to re-register a 10 year old Hyundai Accent?

[John D]

I know a well off guy who just bought a $160,000 Ford GT. He is a Florida resident living in MN for 5 months out of the year. For fun he called MN and ask them how much to license that $150,000 car for a year in MN - the answer was $2,700. It cost him $500 to license it in Florida for a year.....

I have a wonderful idea. If the tax situation is so much better in Florida why not move there. I know, you probably can not get the same job there as you can in MN. There are trade offs for everything. MN is going to have many more expenses dealing with roads in the winter, somebody has to pay for them. Do you not think the people who use the roads pay rather than those who do not?

[muawiyah]

You have a combined vehicle registration and property tax.

You should have said so.

Not every state has that system.

[Lazlo in PA]

That is the most absurd car registration scheme I’ve ever heard of. It wreaks of European Socialism. Here in PA it is $36. From a Rolls Royce to a Vega, it is the same.