$#@!&% ca dmv!!!!!
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Drifting
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From: Bakersfield CA
$#@!&% ca dmv!!!!!
So back on 8-24-2010 I go into my local DMV to pay my registration and do my YOM plates. They wanted $675 JUST for the registration so I came totally unglued 
The girl had a supervisor come over to see what she could do for me. They ended up doing a historical vehicle registration AND my YOM plate for only $124, I couldn't have been happier!
Fast forward to 11-27-2010. I FINALLY get what I thought were my tags from the DMV in the mail, WRONG. It's a letter saying that if I want to keep my YOM plates I must pay $551 or I can pay nothing additional but they will issue me sequentially numbered historical plate
I know it's a government agency but can't these people be held responsible for doing their job and not screwing up! I want to go in and demand that they uphold their original agreement but I know in the end I will just get fisted by the state and this is out of control
Do I have any other options?!
Thanks! Alex
The girl had a supervisor come over to see what she could do for me. They ended up doing a historical vehicle registration AND my YOM plate for only $124, I couldn't have been happier!Fast forward to 11-27-2010. I FINALLY get what I thought were my tags from the DMV in the mail, WRONG. It's a letter saying that if I want to keep my YOM plates I must pay $551 or I can pay nothing additional but they will issue me sequentially numbered historical plate
I know it's a government agency but can't these people be held responsible for doing their job and not screwing up! I want to go in and demand that they uphold their original agreement but I know in the end I will just get fisted by the state and this is out of control
Do I have any other options?!
Thanks! Alex
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So back on 8-24-2010 I go into my local DMV to pay my registration and do my YOM plates. They wanted $675 JUST for the registration so I came totally unglued The girl had a supervisor come over to see what she could do for me. They ended up doing a historical vehicle registration AND my YOM plate for only $124, I couldn't have been happier!
Fast forward to 11-27-2010. I FINALLY get what I thought were my tags from the DMV in the mail, WRONG. It's a letter saying that if I want to keep my YOM plates I must pay $551 or I can pay nothing additional but they will issue me sequentially numbered historical plate
I know it's a government agency but can't these people be held responsible for doing their job and not screwing up! I want to go in and demand that they uphold their original agreement but I know in the end I will just get fisted by the state and this is out of control
Do I have any other options?!
Thanks! Alex
The girl had a supervisor come over to see what she could do for me. They ended up doing a historical vehicle registration AND my YOM plate for only $124, I couldn't have been happier!Fast forward to 11-27-2010. I FINALLY get what I thought were my tags from the DMV in the mail, WRONG. It's a letter saying that if I want to keep my YOM plates I must pay $551 or I can pay nothing additional but they will issue me sequentially numbered historical plate
I know it's a government agency but can't these people be held responsible for doing their job and not screwing up! I want to go in and demand that they uphold their original agreement but I know in the end I will just get fisted by the state and this is out of control
Do I have any other options?!
Thanks! Alex
Go back in and pay the piper what he demands, and consider your self lucky to be able to live here in CA with its beautiful weather, YOM plate program, and all the rest that comes with it. Don't fret over money. Life's too short. Hope this helped.
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Discrepencies about the CA-DMV are all over the place when i comes to getting the YOM plates assigned to your car.
I paid/pay $69.00 for mine 2 years ago and this year were the same.
A friend of mine paid $496.00 for his last year.
We got to talking about why the differences and came to this conclusion.
He paid $36,000.00 for his car 6 years ago. (with sequential plates)
I paid $1150.00 for my car 36 years ago, (i still have my Bill of sale from then).
We determined that they taxes on you purchase is why they (YOM) are different.
The only good thing is we both do not have to have our cars smoged
jack
I paid/pay $69.00 for mine 2 years ago and this year were the same.
A friend of mine paid $496.00 for his last year.
We got to talking about why the differences and came to this conclusion.
He paid $36,000.00 for his car 6 years ago. (with sequential plates)
I paid $1150.00 for my car 36 years ago, (i still have my Bill of sale from then).
We determined that they taxes on you purchase is why they (YOM) are different.
The only good thing is we both do not have to have our cars smoged
jack
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In Louisiana it cost me 20.-25. each to register my 64, 65 and 66 cars with old plates. That's a one time cost, no more yearly license fees and no required yearly inspection fee. If you live in Kalifornia and have any extra money sooner or later the State will take it. 
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I NEVER would have agreed to that if they told me this. The whole reason I have Grundy is so I can actually drive my car. They simply said it would lower the registraion fees. They never mentioned anything about historical plates at the time either, I guess they saw no point when they were doing the YOM plates at the same time. I nor they at the time it now seems, knew these were incompatible.
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I feel your pain. I know it won't make you feel any better but when I bought my Lexus here in MN, I had to pay $551 for the tag. And that was just for an ordinary run-of-the mill license plate that everyone here gets.
Question: Is the YOM CA plate fee a 1-time fee or will you have to pay it every year?
-- Steve
Question: Is the YOM CA plate fee a 1-time fee or will you have to pay it every year?
-- Steve
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Somehow you thought your car could be registered as a CA Historical Vehicle, theoretically so it can be used in parades and little if anything other than that, and also legally wear YOM plates (which is normal registration but with period correct plates), for the cost of historical vehicle registration? Not.
Go back in and pay the piper what he demands, and consider your self lucky to be able to live here in CA with its beautiful weather, YOM plate program, and all the rest that comes with it. Don't fret over money. Life's too short. Hope this helped.
Go back in and pay the piper what he demands, and consider your self lucky to be able to live here in CA with its beautiful weather, YOM plate program, and all the rest that comes with it. Don't fret over money. Life's too short. Hope this helped.
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I feel your pain. I know it won't make you feel any better but when I bought my Lexus here in MN, I had to pay $551 for the tag. And that was just for an ordinary run-of-the mill license plate that everyone here gets.
Question: Is the YOM CA plate fee a 1-time fee or will you have to pay it every year?
-- Steve
Question: Is the YOM CA plate fee a 1-time fee or will you have to pay it every year?
-- Steve
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I started the YOM process with my '54 back in May. Still waiting. They keep sending me those pink pieces of paper with a big white number on it so I can drive the car. The last one I got has a "2" on it for February with a 2011 sticker. I guess we are going for a new world record.
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In Louisiana it cost me 20.-25. each to register my 64, 65 and 66 cars with old plates. That's a one time cost, no more yearly license fees and no required yearly inspection fee. If you live in Kalifornia and have any extra money sooner or later the State will take it. There really are advantages to living back in the bayou. Larry
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Here in Georgia. I had to pay $176 last year.This year they wanted $230...After talking at a few local cruise ins , I found out that I have to "file" for a historical/antique status. Then by a tag. Then get a copy off the DMW to run year of manufactor tags...
I did have to go to the DMV website and copy the pages...Because they "never" heard of anything like that before. Now I pay $28.00 per year.
I did have to go to the DMV website and copy the pages...Because they "never" heard of anything like that before. Now I pay $28.00 per year.
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Here in Georgia. I had to pay $176 last year.This year they wanted $230...After talking at a few local cruise ins , I found out that I have to "file" for a historical/antique status. Then by a tag. Then get a copy off the DMW to run year of manufactor tags...
I did have to go to the DMV website and copy the pages...Because they "never" heard of anything like that before. Now I pay $28.00 per year.
I did have to go to the DMV website and copy the pages...Because they "never" heard of anything like that before. Now I pay $28.00 per year.
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So back on 8-24-2010 I go into my local DMV to pay my registration and do my YOM plates. They wanted $675 JUST for the registration so I came totally unglued The girl had a supervisor come over to see what she could do for me. They ended up doing a historical vehicle registration AND my YOM plate for only $124, I couldn't have been happier!
Fast forward to 11-27-2010. I FINALLY get what I thought were my tags from the DMV in the mail, WRONG. It's a letter saying that if I want to keep my YOM plates I must pay $551 or I can pay nothing additional but they will issue me sequentially numbered historical plate
I know it's a government agency but can't these people be held responsible for doing their job and not screwing up! I want to go in and demand that they uphold their original agreement but I know in the end I will just get fisted by the state and this is out of control
Do I have any other options?!
Thanks! Alex
The girl had a supervisor come over to see what she could do for me. They ended up doing a historical vehicle registration AND my YOM plate for only $124, I couldn't have been happier!Fast forward to 11-27-2010. I FINALLY get what I thought were my tags from the DMV in the mail, WRONG. It's a letter saying that if I want to keep my YOM plates I must pay $551 or I can pay nothing additional but they will issue me sequentially numbered historical plate
I know it's a government agency but can't these people be held responsible for doing their job and not screwing up! I want to go in and demand that they uphold their original agreement but I know in the end I will just get fisted by the state and this is out of control
Do I have any other options?!
Thanks! Alex
My ’67 ran me $33 for registration plus a $16 county tax ($49 total) for 2010 in NV.