John,
I sympathize with your tax situation. Americans like to complain about their tax burden (doesn't everybody?) but really I think we have it easy, compared to what I hear about other industrialized nations.
However, it varies from state to state. When I lived in Virginia, I paid about US$1500 a year to register my car that was onlyworth about $2000. (!?!!) Here in Texas, it costs about $75 to register my D. And I thought Texas had more roads! Go figure. I also had to pay sales tax when I bought it, but that was a moderate 7% orso. I'm very fortunate, since the D really hasn't been any more expensive than any other car I've had. If people knew how dirt cheap these cars were, they wouldn't be so dirt cheap!
Gus Schlachter
Austin, TX
VIN #4695
-----Original Message-----
From: John Dore
Subject: [DML] Re: dmc in t.o.
Chris,
I think we pay even more tax on imported cars here in Ireland. I
recently inquired how much tax would have to be paid on a Delorean that
I (in theory) bought for US$12,000, which is about 8500 Irish pounds.
Believe it or not, it would cost a further 8000 irish pounds before it
could be registered, effectively doubling the price of the car from
$12,000 to about $23,500. Of course this does not include shipping
charges, or the annual tax you pay in Ireland called "road tax" which
for a D would be about $1000 per year.
Even so, we have a few DeLoreans on the road in Ireland.I suppose some
people will do anything to get a DeLorean!
Best Wishes,
John Dore, Ireland.
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