“and the perpetual excise tax of $600 or more, per year’
My registration is about $42 a year. For my car in Maine it would start at about $700 and be about $170 in year six.
We don’t have an income tax either!
You wouldn't even drive your car but half the year in Maine.
Otherwise, you'd kill yourself in the snow and black ice, and the salt would eat it in a few years, not to mention destroying all your vaunted and vulnerable electronics connections.
I'm sure the same would be true for many states in the "snow belt".