I'm from europe so don't understand the american car system. Anyone care to answer some questions? When I watch Pimp My Ride , or something like that, even the real poor college kids have beat up old mustangs. If you wanted one of those in mainland europe (or the european equivalent, like a vintage alpha romeo or something), it'd cost you at least the equivalent of $4000 to buy, then about $2000 to insure for a year, then about $600 road tax and then it'd have to pass a road test which is like $200 minimum, and so on. So like $7500ish for a beat up old thing that barely runs!
My questions are:
What do you need to legally have a car on the road?
- Insurance?
- Road tax?
- Any sort of certification that its road worthy?
Or are these all optional?
Do cars cost less in America?
(In europe, a decent 5 door family car would cost from the equivalent of $35000 for a budget model like a peugot, to $70000 for something like a BMW, without any extras)
