Just gotta rant for a second. 

 

Clearly the DMV has some screwed up logic. I just got the renewal notice for my motorcycle. The same day... my girlfriend got the registration renewal for her car. My 800cc Suzuki, which requires very little DMV manpower (no motorcycle inspection, so only the paperwork portion)... is $65 to renew this year.

 

My girlfriend's Passat.... the renewal is only $24!

 

What. The. F*%K.

 

Rant off.

 

Now back to your regularly scheduled program...

Just to throw some gas on the fire. DMV fees are not based on the amount of service they have to provide. Who knows where that money goes now. At one point in time it was based on the use and abuse you would put on the roads. The bigger the vehicle the more it costs. You should see what it costs for a commercial vehicle and the big trucks. At one point in time the money was used to fund road repair. I don't think anybody knows now.

Maybe it's based on potential for public liability and political acceptability. So,

 

1) Prius = $10

2) Passat = $24

3) Hummer = $48

4) Your motorcycle = $65

5) Combined DL/FID renewal = $450

I'm sure it's based on the size of the demographic and the DMV's ability to politically ignore their complaints.

As a dealer we are required to process customers dmv work and charge the correct amount. It is illegal for us to charge any amount other than the actual DMV fees. However, DMV themselves cannot provide us with a pricing schedule to charge the correct amount. So we have to check every transaction and actually cut back a check to any customer who was overcharged. These checks are typically a couple of dollars at most, some even less than one dollar. It is a huge expense to us in terms of time and manpower to do this. Those who are undercharged we absorb the difference rather than annoy our customer by trying to collect it. No, there is no logic at DMV.

The DMV (now the MVC) is a huge cash cow for the state. Don't look for logic in anything run by the state. Instead, expect declining service and increased fees.

Yup. I totally flipped when my motorcycle registration came in last month. They must be hurting cause mines not due until August.

I vaguely recall that they changed it a few years back and they charge different rates on new(ish) vehicles versus old(er) once.  Perhaps her car is older and your cycle is newer????

Just wait until you try to register a new trailer that must be taken somewhere to get inspected first but cannot be legally taken there because it's not registered

Just gotta rant for a second. 

 

Clearly the DMV has some screwed up logic. I just got the renewal notice for my motorcycle. The same day... my girlfriend got the registration renewal for her car. My 800cc Suzuki, which requires very little DMV manpower (no motorcycle inspection, so only the paperwork portion)... is $65 to renew this year.

 

My girlfriend's Passat.... the renewal is only $24!

 

What. The. F*%K.

 

Rant off.

 

Now back to your regularly scheduled program...

 

 

 

If it will make you feel any better, I too received my registration renewal and for my 02 Jetta wagon I'm being charged $46.50 which is almost double to your Girlfriend's Passat.....and the Passat is the model above my piddling Jetta.

I can only deduce that I will have to pay more because it's a newer model or a wagon....go figure.

Clearly the DMV uses no logic

 

 

Not to defend DMV, but DMV wouldn't be doing this if the NJ state legislature hadn't passed a law, and a NJ governor hadn't signed it.

 

(And BTW, what's with the paper registrations? Maybe, just maybe car registrations to save the state a couple of bucks every year-- but boat registrations????)

Not to defend DMV, but DMV wouldn't be doing this if the NJ state legislature hadn't passed a law, and a NJ governor hadn't signed it.

 

(And BTW, what's with the paper registrations? Maybe, just maybe car registrations to save the state a couple of bucks every year-- but boat registrations????)

 

Also in defense of the MVC, they laughed at the legislature when the State inquired into the viability of incorporating FPID data on Driver Licenses.

 

I don't mind the paper registrations, it's the lack of perforation that kills me!

for cars, the price is relative to the age of the vehicle. No idea why a motorcycle is $65 though.