when I think about this kind of thing too much it makes me upset. I lived in a state where I had to not just register and keep my plates up to date with a yearly sticker (that you have to pay for) but you also had to go through and inspection process that almost always resulted in you needing to repair something that you were not even aware was broken. I get that we need to keep the roads safe and what not but this seems like a really corrupt system. I bought the car, isn't it up to me to determine how "nice" it is? I recall one time that something called a "tie rod" wasn't functioning perfectly and while this is an important part of the vehicles operation, it's not like the thing explodes when it finally does break. Of course this is an extremely expensive and time-consuming thing to replace.