Wait a minute! If you have a vehicle you haven't registered in a few years you have to pay a penalty just to register it again! And a ridiculous huge penalty! That makes no sense. You buy a vehicle and now have to pay a ridiculous penalty for something someone else did? WTF! Whether a vehicle is currently plated or 10 years expired you go down to the BMV, pay your $70 bucks, and walk out with new plates here. That makes no sense. I will never understand California....