If you look up Vehicle tax, there is a state that charges vehicle tax for 14 years starting from the year the car was made. So if you are a smart car shopper you purchase a car that is 14 years or older. That way the vehicle tax has already been paid. Also the vehicle tax depends on how much you purchase the car for. This is a separate tax from the sales tax. Depending on the city you live in they also charge a wheel tax on top of it all. So its quite the slap to the tax payers when the roads are all crap but the money sucked out of the consumer. One big joke.