CA - Registration Price Shock, Commerical?

[SANZC02]

Does the X registration get slightly cheaper every yr?

It does, there is a schedule on the CA DMV site that will show the depreciation every year. I think it is around year 15 it stays flat.

There is also a link on the DMV site that shows estimated registration fee. I ran through for the R1S based on 77k purchase in orange county and it was 803

Edit:
Here is the registration estimator for CA

Here is the VLF depreciation schedule, just look for the line with your purchase price. This talks about the fee and how it drops.

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[manitou202]

Colorado has insane vehicle registration fees as well. I'm expecting my R1S to run about $1500.

My Taycan was $3800.

 

[moosetags]

Colorado has insane vehicle registration fees as well. I'm expecting my R1S to run about $1500.

My Taycan was $3800.

Are these fees every year or just the first year?

Brian

 

[ironpig]

Constantly reminded why I’m so grateful to not live in California.

The over 300 days of sunshine, ocean, mountains, variety of food, variety of people and cultures constantly remind me why it’s worth the stupid extra fees to live here.

 

[emoore]

Are these fees every year or just the first year?

Brian

There are steps but for the first 4 years it's near that. I've lived in two of the most taxed states (Illinois and California) and Colorado is by far the worst for registration.

 

[ironpig]

Are these fees every year or just the first year?

Brian

Goes down a little bit each year. I estimated my first year New Vehicle Fee in LA County will be about $850.

 

[urundai]

Does the X registration get slightly cheaper every yr?

Yes. It does go down. After 4 years, I am below $1000 finally.

 

[Virtio]

In Oregon it's not too bad. First, there's no state sales tax. The title is $192 and the registration is $632 for 4 years plus a one time plate manufacturing fee of $24.50.

 

[Careychastain]

At least your not paying $6+ a gallon for gas

 

[RVXIAN]

Are these fees every year or just the first year?

Brian

In Colorado its generally 2% of MSRP for registration for the first two years then it becomes 1.85% taxable value and decreases as the car ages. My Tesla was about 1200 when originally bought it. Im estimating about 1,600 for registration ?

 

[Scoiatael]

The over 300 days of sunshine, ocean, mountains, variety of food, variety of people and cultures constantly remind me why it’s worth the stupid extra fees to live here.

I'd prefer to trade in 50 of those sunny days for some more rain.

 

[ironpig]

I'd prefer to trade in 50 of those sunny days for some more rain.

Yeah me too, especially since it almost hit 100 in some parts of SoCal today...

 

[Cavalryscout18]

Registration and plates showed up today. California Registration was $1055 ? What?

And why does it say vehicle use is commercial? Is that normal for the weight class? I certainly didn't register or purchase the truck as a business.

CA DMV shipped the plates to Rivian and then they mailed them to me. I guess that's normal. I feel like I've had to pickup plates at dealers before on special orders.

All trucks in CA are considered commercial. Bought a tundra a few months back and it registered as commercial. Then checked other friends and family with trucks and all are commercial as well. It’s default.

 

[Cavalryscout18]

That would not force R1T to be commercial, that is unladen weight, R1T is around 7100 pounds. The GVWR is 8532 so that does not trigger it either.

Clearly they made a mistake when they submitted the registration.

Not a mistake. As other have said, all trucks in CA are considered commercial because you technically can carry things in the bed for commercial purposes. I bought a tundra a few months back and it got a commercial plate.

 

[Cavalryscout18]

The over 300 days of sunshine, ocean, mountains, variety of food, variety of people and cultures constantly remind me why it’s worth the stupid extra fees to live here.

Haha. It’s not an accident CA is the most populous state in the US. I agree it’s expensive but people keep piling in even with all of those extra fees.

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