11-03-2009, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Rick Weber
Hey Scott Xlr8or,
Yes we DO have good taste...LOL. I wish the weather here in NY was as nice as yours. Sweet looking car Scott!
Just a quick note about the reg. issue in NY. No scam...mine is registered as a 1965 Ford. Went to DMV and registered it smoothly...I think they were more interested in getting the NY sales tax...YOUCH!
Also, as mentioned here in the thread, mine is a Roush 427R which, if memory serves, is a bored out 351, not a true big block. I don't know if that would make any difference to the powers that be in Belgium or whether they base their fees on the existing displacement.
Rick
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Road tax here is based on displacement, not on the weight of the engine or something 
In holland, I believe they use net vehicle weight.
In the UK, there are (were) only 2 rates: over and under 1.3L engines, IIRC.
The only "good" thing is that we have oldtimer registration, for cars over 25 years old... So for Rick's 427, that would be about 200$ a year instead of 5000$
And even at our silly gas prices, I could run a whole year for 4800$ worth of gas  (currently, about 8.00 - 8.50$ a gallon)
Most common cars here are 1.9 or 2.0 turbodiesels (about 550$ a year for tax), diesel is also quite a bit cheaper (5.70$ a gallon), and most of them get 40MPG
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