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Possible relief for small boat trailer owners.

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Yanker - good luck with that. Chances are that as climate change becomes more apparent states will jack up license costs on gas guzzlers to discourage their use.
 
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Rambler said:
Yanker - good luck with that. Chances are that as climate change becomes more apparent states will jack up license costs on gas guzzlers to discourage their use.
That's not what they want to do, they want to force you to install a GPS transmitter and charge you by the mile.

Also, it has been a source of puzzlement for me for years that backward Republican Michigan bases it registration fee on the age-adjusted value of the vehicle, and progressive Democratic Illinois just slaps a regressive flat fee, be it Escort or Bentley.
 
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Rambler- Yeah, I know, wishful thinking on my part. Another thing that really irks me, is all the vehicles I see around that are plated incorrectly and get away with paying lesser fees. If the state would enforce the law, they could collect even more money. But again, wishful thinking on my part perhaps.

Unfortunately not everyone can drive a Subaru or Prius to get things done. I have a Focus I use for a commuter/runabout... but I can't haul 4 x 12 sheets of drywall or 2 yards of topsoil or 16' 2 x10s etc. in that- so the F250 comes in to play. But I guess it's ok to make the working class pay though eh? Also my truck is 20 years old and has less than 50,000 miles on it... so not like I'm really tearing up the roads in my opinion.

I won't even get in to the climate issue, because it'll more than likely turn political as per usual. And I don't want Man Bear Pig to come a knocking on my door. :lol:

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Grain makes good points. Charging by the mile or by age-adjusted vehicle value make much more sense. But I'm not holding my breath for IL to implement anything like that.

And yeah, small cars are great but not for everything. When GM Ford, etc. bring out their fully electric pickups it'll be a game changer - in spite of their cost.
 
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Lucky: Fat chance. Wanna lower your property taxes? Change zip codes. We left Oak Park last Summer (almost a year already- really?) for North Riverside. Our property taxes dropped by over 50%. Vehicle insurance went down too. 3/4 of the house but so what? Kids are grown & on their own. Better locarion too - 1/2 block from Salt Creek. All good. :D

PS, 3 blocks from my daughter & granddaughters. Even better.
 
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Back to Grain's points. It's entirely possible that age-related license costs will be implemented in reverse. To encourage people to buy electrics licenses for older vehicles will cost more.

You heard it here 1st.
 
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Salt: yep, there are issues with electric vehicles. But for short-haul or limited-use (like yanker) they make sense. I'm not saying gas is going away - at least not for several years - but electric technology will improve consistently and will be the norm sooner than we know. Ford & GM aren't putting their eggs in the electric basket for shits & giggles.
 
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Going green is a huge money industry. Always follow the money. In my prior career I worked for a large global brand and of course we took the initiative to "go green." I always thought it was a politically correct initiative and something to attract young progressive customers to our brand. Anyways, we spent millions of dollars on cleaning products that did not clean anything and different dispensers that saved minimal waste. A few years later our branch went broke and got shut down. I had already left but felt bad for my friends still with the company. That was just one of several bad decisions made in a few year time span.
 
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I laugh when I see people referring to electric vehicles and electric everything as green. They don't directly pollute but the energy still needs to be generated by power plants. Just wait 10-20 years, we will have no clue what to do with all the battery waste. The ground will be polluted from lithium mining. I wonder what then.
 
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Luckydawg13 said:
Well thinking like that then my property taxes should be lower seeing as my kids are no longer in school right :idea: maybe I can just remove a bathroom :mrgreen:
Taking out a toilet takes 30 minutes. Jabba saved what, $40-50k per each?

matt_ski said:
I laugh when I see people referring to electric vehicles and electric everything as green. They don't directly pollute but the energy still needs to be generated by power plants. Just wait 10-20 years, we will have no clue what to do with all the battery waste. The ground will be polluted from lithium mining. I wonder what then.
AOC did promise us the end of the world in about that time span :) However, I think they'll sort out lithium recycling.
 
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