It's the government. they do what they want, if they get sued, it's still your tax dollars at work! awesome!
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What really ticks me off is we have the worse roads in the country. While Colorado charges exorbitant registration fess they do nothing to fix the shit hole roads we drive on. I have driven through most of the states and its always smooth driving or at least you see actual road repairs being performed. But not here...
The fee for license plates is out of control now. A little over a year ago I bought a new 2011 Kia Optima for around $32k. I had a 2007 A4 that I had JUST renewed the tags on to the tune of almost $300. I figured I would get the majority of that back since I had only done this three weeks prior (plus the month or so to get title work to the DMV to be able to pay for new plates). This wasn't the case. I got a whopping $110 back for my $300 registration I had paid for about a month prior. On top of that the plates for the new car were over $800! Needless to say, I won't be buying a new car for quite some time. Sorry all those who rely on the car industry. I'm sure that helps the economy. /sarcasm
How problematic would it be to register a car out of state?
It's pretty simple but to say it's frowned upon is an understatement. When I moved here in the 90's I kept my motorcycle registered at my mom's house in Nebraska. This meant I had Nebraska plates on my bike but it also meant that I paid about $50/mo for insurance where the same thing here would have been over $300/mo. Of course Colorado realized how much revenue they were losing to this tactic over a decade ago and they now have a law that if you move here or live here and don't register your vehicle here you can get a citation that costs $1,000. So, you can due it but it's pretty risky now. Who knows, that fine may have even gone up by now.