[drj]

My CA DMV registration was $505. Since everything was purchased in CA, I had already shelled out almost $6k in sales tax so that was not an issue. There is a fee calculator on the DMV site that is spot-on to what they actually charged me. I think for a lot of people it really isn't the registration fee so much as the sales tax that they charge on everything -- even labor since it is considered "value-added."