My car registration went from $180 in 2019 to $490 in 2025.


Same car. Same engine.
Same dent on the bumper I never fixed.
$490 a year just to legally drive something I already own and already paid taxes on when I bought it.
So let me get this straight.
I paid sales tax when I bought it.
I pay registration every year to keep it.
I pay insurance every month to drive it.
I pay gas tax every time I fill it up.
One car. Four separate taxes.
And the roads it drives on still have potholes that’ll cost me $800 in suspension damage.
You never actually own a car in America.
You just become responsible for every government fee attached to it.
Forever.
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