Similar in Washington state, $39.00 one time fee for the antique license. There is a choice of using a restored plate (only one is required that matches the year of the car), or new plates classifying the car as antique. Insurance for 15 cars costs about $800 per year for full coverage. All of this is contingent upon a mileage limit and inside storage that is enforced through the honor system.
In Illinois, the antique license plates cost $12 for 5 years, the last
time I bought them. I think they are going up this time around, but not by
much. Plates for the every day cars cost $78 a year. Some states have
personal property tax as part of the licence plate fee, but that usually
decreases every year until you just get to the basic license fee. I do
not happen to know what it is in other states. Antique insurance for my 4
cars costs $112 a year. The insurance for my wife's Kia Sorento and my 20
year old pickup costs $485 a year. Other than living where I have the
indoor storage space for everything, that is the cost of maintaining an
antique car for me. Obviously, that doesn't include the direct car costs.
> Hello everyone.
>
> 15 years have passed since I purchased 1958 Imperial.
> I am maintaining the condition that the car can run.
>
> The person who owns a car in Japan must pay an auto tax by the end of
> this mon th.
> I pay an auto tax every year for the car, too.
>
> A tax depends on the engine displacement of the car.
> I must pay 1000 dollars as an auto tax in case of 392 Hemi engine. The
> person who owns the car which passed for 13 years pays 10% of the auto
> tax es for the environmental protection.
> Therefore, the inside of my wallet is always empty.
>
> The people who maintain the car of the big engine are decreasing for
> this tax system in Japan.
> And, the people who maintain an old car are decreasing, too.
>
> How much is a necessary cost in your country to maintain a car?
>
> Yours sincerely .
>
> (I wrote this letter using Translation software.)
>
> Yasushi Shiroi
> '58 Imperial Custom "Pointer"
> BXN01303@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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