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Old Sep 11, 2017 | 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by socalmarcus
CA drivers will pay a new vehicle registration fee, ranging from $25 to $175 depending on vehicle value, come January '18.

That would be a bargain!!!
 
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Old Sep 11, 2017 | 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by FunGramps
Alright, pick something else, like paying billions for free anchor baby maternity care to illegal aliens. No, the 14th amendment wasn't created for that purpose. It's best you don't know how your bike registration fees are being distributed.
Good thing you aren't in politics, you really have no clue.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2017 | 06:47 PM
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Don't even get me started on this CA registration BS..
 
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Old Sep 11, 2017 | 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by SCovelli
Don't even get me started on this CA registration BS..
I'll be going back tomorrow to have a discussion with them about this outrageous bill. A friend just did his first renewal and it was $284, and that's more what I was expecting. The extra $400 they are charging me is for what exactly? I don't have any unpaid tickets or anything like that these days.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2017 | 07:11 PM
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You bitch about the high cost of DMV registration fees, yet you probably keep voting for demoncraps every election. Just wait for Newsome; you haven't seen anything yet.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2017 | 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by harley_jeff
You bitch about the high cost of DMV registration fees, yet you probably keep voting for demoncraps every election. Just wait for Newsome; you haven't seen anything yet.
Your nonsensical political ramblings have no bearing on the topic at hand. Move along.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2017 | 12:00 PM
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I pay around $60 a year for my bike. Your CA registration fees are outrageous and how you can't see it is connected to your political choices I don't understand.
 
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Old Sep 13, 2017 | 12:40 PM
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Figured out the issue, HD finance submitted paperwork to the DMV showing my bikes value at $93k. Now after spending the time on the phone with DMV I'm on hold with finance while they figure out what they are going to do to make this right.

Guess they overcharged me a lot on the initial registration as well, so now I'm going to be getting a refund, likely enough to cover this years registration entirely. That is IF they can figure out how to fix it, and do it properly without running me around.

I wonder what kind of BS to cause this to be so out of wack...
 
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Old Sep 13, 2017 | 02:07 PM
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Good luck had to go thru same kind of mistake with wife's MB oh boy took couple months and had to spend couple hundreds of my money to correct their stupidity.
 
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Old Sep 13, 2017 | 02:23 PM
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I paid 165 in August for my 2013 Heritage (San Diego)
 
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