The PAIN of TTL

Hello all,

I love buying new vehicles and I am grateful that I can afford to do so. My first new car was 2002 4Runner Sport Edition - bought for my newly married wife but she only drove it for 2 months or so because it is rough and big and she likes her 1995 Maxima better. Since then I have bought 3 more Toyotas and 4 Lexus. So 8 cars in 14 years...I need to STOP.

New cars, new smells, and new joys are great but these feeling immediately stopped the day I walk into my DMV office. As of this morning I am $3000 poorer...I know we all need to pay sales tax but man these stuffs HURT.... Beside the sales tax, the state of NE happily charge me $750 for Vehicle Tax. WTF is this? Also, there are many many other fees like registration fee, Plate fee, wheel tax....

Also, my Lexus is 2 years old and to get the new plate sticker (they call it Annual Plate Renewal) they charge me $824.50, Huh? I paid over $4000 to registered this SUV in 2014, in 2015 renewal it was over $1000. I'll be on the hook again next year for the truck...arrggggg I'm so stupid....I should have bought a bicycle and ride to work in the snow (no, this is stupid-er)...

/vent.

 

When I saw TTL the first thought in my mind was Transistor-Transistor Logic. When I bought my 2008 last year I paid over $2000 to the People's Republic of California (PRC).

 

yep...the higher the price tag on the showroom..the more $$ in the state pockets. People often forget about it b/c so pumped about the new car.

 

if you itemize, you can write off all the car related taxes on your tax return.

 

Maybe buy fewer new cars and start investing in mods????

 

#firstworldproblems