One of those "I'm Gonna get a can of gas and a match..." problems

[Dimitri Storm]

Dunno my guy gets em here and there....and fixes the good ones up to resell. Ive gotten 2 vehicles from him and outt of all the cars i've owned his seemed to be the best. My Ranger has over 175k on the ticker and doesn't leak a drop of oil. It needed new brakes and suspension mounts that was it...runs like a champ....To bad that turkey (and yes I mean the bird) hit took the front grill out..but she'll taste good on the supper table...

 

[adambodkins]

Damn I feel sorry for you paying that much a year. Here in TN we don't have emissions testing or any other testing. We just pay our $28.00 a year and drive. Maybe this is the reason behin all the muffler laying on the side of the road. I dunno.

 

[Dimitri Storm]

Registration is good for 2 years up here. Still sucks. Sad part is in NY you have to pay state tax on any vehicle no matter haow many times it been registered. So if a car has been bought and sold 10 times the state collects tax on the sale each and everytime. Not to mention tire disposal fees.....it ain't easy being green....thats why I cut the damn cats off most of my vehicles....They just have to be in place for inspection purposes...Thank gawd for flex pipe.

Oh and on a side note as I found out when my insurance company didn't send me a renewal notice and my insurance elapsed. The wonderful NY State Troopers have these new rigs on their cars that read plate numbers on the fly and run the number through the DMV instantaneously....and bam...ticket, tags confiscated and towed. Cost me about 1500.00 in fines court fees and towing. Got my self a new insurance company and don't do the auto deduct thing. Worst thing is the cameras on the roof of the cars dont emit any radiation so radar detectors wont pic em up. This setupo cost the state 50k a piece per car....but the dept of homeland security subsidizes it due to our proximity to Montreal....lottsa midle-eastern terrorist commin outta French Quebec I guess.

 

[zonianbrat]

I saw a show on TV about those cameras. Pretty neat technology. They just scan parking lots looking for reasons to tow or give tickets. Bastige's!! And dam at the amount of Salt they must use on the icy roads up there.

 

[Essex4x4]

Woo-Hoo! passed inspection
And here is how bad New York sticks it up your arse in registration costs...

Yes I bring lube with me to the DMV. It still doesn't help with that 80 grit sandpaper condom the state like to bend you over and bang you with....

HAHAHA sorry that is nothing, i just got my notice in the mail this morning i ow $196.00 big ones I love living in California.

 

[Dimitri Storm]

I saw a show on TV about those cameras. Pretty neat technology. They just scan parking lots looking for reasons to tow or give tickets. Bastige's!! And dam at the amount of Salt they must use on the icy roads up there.

Well they gotta pay our trooper a 6 figure salary...how are they gonna do it?....Hmmmm

And we have snow on the ground now....

 

[96eb96]

Well they gotta pay our trooper a 6 figure salary...how are they gonna do it?....Hmmmm

And we have snow on the ground now....

Another great thing we have in upstate NY is rust. The brake lines on my ex took a crap and leaked. They must salt with a vengeance up where you are. At your mileage I bet they are ready to pop any day. Does your county have an extra surcharge for registration? I don't remember mine but yours seems a bit high.

 

[Blee1099]

They use the cameras for auto theft purposes. Those cameras can basically read about 100 license plates and find out if its stolen or suspended in the time it takes a human to do 5 plates. They are really big here in Baltimore city and down south in PG county. Supposedly it has increased the amount of stolen cars recovered dramatically.

 

[Dimitri Storm]

At your mileage I bet they are ready to pop any day. Does your county have an extra surcharge for registration? I don't remember mine but yours seems a bit high.

Yeah we have a surcharge for sumptin or other....I forget which one it is for these...I think it's for the tire disposal. Which you pay for when you get new tires, pay for when you register, and pay for when you buy the vehicle from a dealer.

As far as brake lines go...all new one of the first things I had done to it aside from that whole emissions thing. Along with a liberal amount of under coating.