License Plates

[Butch627]

I usually buy 10 year or older cars, trucks and trailers. I am considering buying something only a few years old. Are the license plates based on purchase price or the age of the vehicle?

 

[jkaetz]

I usually buy 10 year or older cars, trucks and trailers. I am considering buying something only a few years old. Are the license plates based on purchase price or the age of the vehicle?

Age. Sales tax is price.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Prepare for some sticker shock.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Age matters, but so does type of vehicle. I paid more for a Lincoln Towncar that was several years older than my wife's Jeep, for example. You get a big drop off once the vehicle is 3 years old, too.

 

[williamsburg]

You can always estimate your plates here.

https://secure.in.gov/BMV/mybmv/QuickQuote/QuickQuoteHome.aspx

But as mentioned above. Plates for newer vehicles are outrageous in Indiana.
When I lived in Tennessee all vehicles were the same whether new or 10 years old. ~$70 a year.

 

[Butch627]

this would be a 2014 subaru, outback, can you find it on the bmv website? Any guesses on what it might cost?

 

[Cameramonkey]

this would be a 2014 subaru, outback, can you find it on the bmv website? Any guesses on what it might cost?

Follow williamsburg's link. It will estimate the plate cost once you plug in the data.

 

[IndyTom]

Shocking is what they were before the 1/2 off kicked in. Now they're just absurd.

 

[Butch627]

You can always estimate your plates here.

https://secure.in.gov/BMV/mybmv/QuickQuote/QuickQuoteHome.aspx

But as mentioned above. Plates for newer vehicles are outrageous in Indiana.
When I lived in Tennessee all vehicles were the same whether new or 10 years old. ~$70 a year.

Thanks, it looks like it will be around 175 bucks, not as bad as I feared. I bought a year old trailer a few years ago and I think I got smacked a lot harder for that one