New methods of taxing fuel efficient cars

[68Charger]

Colorado Springs isn't exactly "the stix" ... we were taken out of the AIR program several years ago (which was great because I had a 1970 Porsche 914 I could NEVER get to pass emissions ... what with a pair of 40mm Weber IDFs, headers w/Supertrapp and somewhat aggressive cam).

I never said COS was... But they DID have emissions testing for years, including when I moved out to the stix... Where they never had testing.

[sniper7]

I would really like to not have to worry about emissions.

[theGinsue]

Colorado Springs isn't exactly "the stix" ... we were taken out of the AIR program several years ago (which was great because I had a 1970 Porsche 914 I could NEVER get to pass emissions ... what with a pair of 40mm Weber IDFs, headers w/Supertrapp and somewhat aggressive cam).

I never said COS was... But they DID have emissions testing for years, including when I moved out to the stix... Where they never had testing.

Parts of El Paso County (including COS) still have emissions testing for diesel vehicles. I have to get it done regularly for my '05 F250.

[Irving]

If the government taxed funerals as heavily as they taxed gasoline, there would have been a safety tax on vehicles with airbags 30 years ago.

[YammyMonkey]

As for the license plate fees, when I bought a 2014 Ram, the registration was $600-something. I used the plates from my old vehicle (sometimes not an option) but even if I had to buy new plates it wouldn't be $1500-2000 unless you're spending close to $100k on the vehicle.

[Great-Kazoo]

Colorado Springs isn't exactly "the stix" ... we were taken out of the AIR program several years ago (which was great because I had a 1970 Porsche 914 I could NEVER get to pass emissions ... what with a pair of 40mm Weber IDFs, headers w/Supertrapp and somewhat aggressive cam).

Likewise up here. I use to tell people the only reason they moved here was to avoid emissions testing, Not the quality of life. NOW we're stuck with this clean air testing, that has not made any difference.

[68Charger]

As for the license plate fees, when I bought a 2014 Ram, the registration was $600-something. I used the plates from my old vehicle (sometimes not an option) but even if I had to buy new plates it wouldn't be $1500-2000 unless you're spending close to $100k on the vehicle.

A friend at work insisted he spent well over $1000 on plates for his F150...
I see they now have calculators on county sites, before it was a complete mystery/surprise. (below are from El Paso County calculator)
a 2015 with an MSRP of $62k would be:
Estimate = $1,219.70

Taxable Value (85% of MSRP) = $52,700.00
multiplied by Year of Vehicle Rate = .021
plus the estimated cost by Type of Vehicle = $113.00
ESTIMATED TOTAL = $1,219.70

my 2007 I just bought will be $278, (there is a different tax rate for age of vehicle):

To manually calculate an estimate of fees multiply the taxable value listed on the title or using the calculation listed above with the appropriate factor. If the vehicle year is the current or next year's model multiply the taxable value by .021, if the vehicle is in its second year of service, multiply the taxable value by .015. For vehicles in the third year of service multiply by .012 and in the fourth year of service .009. If the vehicle is five to nine years old multiply by .0045. In the tenth year of service the passenger and light truck vehicles reach a minimum of a $3.00 ownership tax.

Estimate = $278.30

Taxable Value (85% of MSRP) = $36,732.75
multiplied by Year of Vehicle Rate = .0045
plus the estimated cost by Type of Vehicle = $113.00
ESTIMATED TOTAL = $278.30

Just for grins... a 2015+ with a taxable value of $66,300: (nope, don't have to have $100K truck to go over $1500 in registration)
Estimate = $1,505.30

Taxable Value (85% of MSRP) = $66,300.00
multiplied by Year of Vehicle Rate = .021
plus the estimated cost by Type of Vehicle = $113.00
ESTIMATED TOTAL = $1,505.30


The point is, they discourage me from buying a new vehicle by raising taxes on it. I'll stay around the 10+ year old range so I get the flat $3 tax.
This doesn't even include sales tax, which I won't pay by buying my auto parts online and having them shipped. (Yes, I'll buy more auto parts for my older vehicles, but since I saved thousands in sales tax buying a used truck rather than a new one I can more afford to do that)

So once again Colorado misses out on the tax, they'll get the $1200 or so I'll be paying in sales tax for the truck I bought, but if I need to buy spendy parts for it (like EFI Live & exhaust), I'm more likely to buy them out-of-state if I save money that way.

[fj605]

Back to the OP, how's it work when you're out of state? Oregon going to tax you for driving in another state?

[mightiestmouse]

Back to the OP, how's it work when you're out of state? Oregon going to tax you for driving in another state?

I'm no longer an Oregon resident and only drive family cars when visiting. Just over 3 weeks in Omaha now after leaving Denver and found out real quick that property taxes are crazy here (about 4k on a 200k home). I'm convinced that all states will get their money one way or another even if you believe the state works more towards your interests.


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