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  • shalafi@lemmy.worldtoxkcd@lemmy.worldxkcd #3167: Car Size
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    3 days ago

    Texas used to, maybe still does. You made me try to look it up and couldn’t find a simple source. Plenty of states use MRSP or some measure of the vehicle’s value.

    Back in the day (Tulsa, OK) my friend had a 2-ton dump truck with antique tags (over 25-yo), paid $20. Meanwhile, someone buying a super-light Corvette was paying $650. (early 90s money)

    I say go on weight, maybe some factoring of value. Registration fees are paying for roads, if your monster vehicle is doing more damage, you pay more.



  • shalafi@lemmy.worldtoxkcd@lemmy.worldxkcd #3167: Car Size
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    3 days ago

    Fucking with a coworker back in the day who drove a monster SUV with zero need. I don’t noramlly make judgement on that but I knew the family well. Her husband had a nice truck and their one kid was adult and moved out.

    “I drive it because it’s safer.”

    “So you’re happy to kill someone in a tiny car like mine, as long as you’re OK?”

    <stares motherfuckerly>

    “Aren’t you Christian? What do you figure Jesus would say about that?”

    “Get out of my office Shalafi.”

    🤷🏻