The F350 is the smallest vehicle where they charge by weight. Unfortunately they don't check for how much you use it, so for the 6 times a year I use mine I'm paying $.10/mile - while someone else who uses it for hauling as a job is paying $.01/mile.
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eager_eagle@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoin reality most (all?) states in the US don’t charge more for vehicle registration, and even when they do, the thresholds are really high. So a F-150 weighing over 5000 lbs may pay the same as a Honda Civic weighing half of that.
bluGill@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s your state. Just looked and registration fees and tags are all over the place.
bluGill@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
True, but as a general rule until you get to the F350 class or higher states don't charge that extra tax.
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Texas used to, maybe still does. You made me try to look it up and couldn’t find a simple source. Plenty of states use MRSP or some measure of the vehicle’s value.
Back in the day (Tulsa, OK) my friend had a 2-ton dump truck with antique tags (over 25-yo), paid $20. Meanwhile, someone buying a super-light Corvette was paying $650. (early 90s money)
I say go on weight, maybe some factoring of value. Registration fees are paying for roads, if your monster vehicle is doing more damage, you pay more.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Fuel taxes are paying for roads.
Hawke@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Subsidies are paying for roads.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah my state taxes you based on MSRP too. $25 per $1000 of value, 10% of MSRP value after 5 years.
So if your MSRP was 50K, it’s $125 forever.