In the United States, you have to pay taxes when buying a car.

Taking Texas as an example, there is a state tax of 6.25%, a city/region tax of 4.85%, and a county/county tax of 0.9%, for a total consumption tax of 12%.

Plus a title (certificate of ownership) fee of about $10, and registration and license fees of about $75.

Before registration, an emissions test is also required and costs $25.

The latest Ford F350 in 2000 has a maximum retail price of US$96,300.

That is to say, in Texas, buying a Ford F350 with top trim, taxes and various expenses, costs about US$108,000.

108,000 U.S. dollars, according to the exchange rate in 2000, is about 900,000 yuan.

At this price, even in the United States, it is a relatively expensive car.

Not counting second-hand cars, the best-selling models in the United States are actually economical models.

That is to say, the price of the car is generally between 30,000 and 40,000 US dollars, with a cap of US$50,000.

In the United States, the Ford F-Series has always been selling very well for cars at this price.

The F150, which sells for about $50,000, has always been the best-selling new car at this price.

Two F350s, totaling less than 220,000 US dollars.

It’s different from domestic.

Domestic new car license plates must be obtained from the local traffic control bureau.

After paying the fees and taxes, and completing the formalities, it will take a week to half a month to get the official license.

Before the official license plate arrives, you will be given a temporary license plate.

It doesn’t take that long in the United States. As long as the procedures are completed, the cards can be issued on the same day.

The reason is because here in the United States, there are larger car dealers, even second-hand car dealers.

These businessmen can give you the cards themselves.

After getting the license, they will go to the local relevant departments to register.

That is to say, register the license first and then go through the formalities.

So after the payment was made, the two F350s were registered on the same day.

10.2-liter V-type 8-cylinder diesel engine, 6-speed automatic transmission, six meters long, two meters wide and two meters high.

These are two huge gas giants, and their fuel consumption per 100 kilometers is estimated to be more than 20 liters or more.

Fortunately, Texas is one of the most famous oil-producing areas in the United States, and it is also one of the places with the cheapest oil prices in the federal territory.

Now in 2000, a gallon of gasoline costs $1.90 in most places in Texas.

1 US gallon is approximately 3.78 liters.

At this time, $1.9 can buy 3.78 liters of gasoline in Texas.

Diesel is cheaper at less than $1.60, $1.55 a gallon to be exact.

This is one of the reasons why Texans particularly like diesel vehicles and large-displacement pickup trucks.

Compared to New York and Los Angeles, fuel prices here are almost half as much.

After getting the vehicle certificates and filling up the two brand new f350s.

It was already around 2:30 in the afternoon.

Abel directly told Edward the address of his farm. Edward, a local, knew this place.

So let him drive and take the lead.

After driving on the main road for about ten minutes, we started to enter the trail.

At this time, there is no good and spacious road to walk on.

There are only some small roads and even some unpaved roads.

In addition to several interstate highways, there are also several major intrastate thoroughfares.

In other parts of Texas, road conditions are poor.

This is also why Texans like pickup trucks and off-road vehicles.

Because of this kind of road conditions, the chance of a car breaking down is obviously much higher than these two types of cars.

There was a slight bump, but before 3:30, two F350s drove into the boundary of Smith Farm.

Having said that, because the surname Smith is very popular.

If you look for it on a map of the United States, there are not a thousand farms with this name in the entire Union, but at least a few hundred.

There may be dozens or even hundreds of farms with this name in Texas.

Fortunately, the Abel family's Smith farm is the largest Smith farm in Tarrant County.

Alexander Smith is quite famous in the local area, so this farm is also called "First Smith" by the locals.

Only the bodyguard and driver Edward, a local, knew the address of this farm.

Otherwise, a stranger came to Tarrant County and said he wanted to go to the Smith Farm.

Then this person may be taken to one of the several Smith farms in Tarrant County.

After driving for another ten minutes, Abel in the passenger seat could already see his home through the windshield.

It was built on a wilderness and stood among the green grasslands.

The overall building is red, because the main material of the construction is red bricks, and it is a beautiful building complex with wooden white roofs.

The reason why the word "a piece" is used is because behind his house is the farm's workplace.

It includes a large area of ​​buildings including warehouses, workshops, machine repair rooms, farmers' dormitories, garages, kennels, cowsheds, sheep pens, etc.

They are all built together and look like a large village.

The appearance of two strange and beautiful Ford F350 also attracted the attention and vigilance of people here.

In addition to Abel's parents, there are about 50 full-time farmers working here.

More than twenty of these professional farmers live on the farm most of the time.

Others commute by car.

When he was still about 500 meters away from his home, there were two people riding horses in front of the left side of the house, followed by more than a dozen dogs.

"Slow down," Abel said.

The two F350s immediately slowed down.

500 meters away, charge on horseback and arrive in no time.

"Hey! Guys, this is private property. No visitors are allowed without permission. Have you made a reservation?"

The two people riding horses are both dressed as cowboys.

Both of them were carrying rifles on their backs, and pistols bulging around their waists.

The man in front was about forty years old, wearing a cowboy hat and a very common cowboy outfit in Texas. He shouted loudly from a distance of more than thirty meters.

A younger man at the back had already taken off the spear from his back, but he didn't aim it, he just held it in his hand.

Everyone has a gun, the scenery is beautiful, and it's still Texas...

This situation is normal.

The United States has castle laws, and Texas has strong folk customs.

Edward, a local bodyguard and driver, knew exactly what to do in this situation.

So he turned to look at the boss next to the passenger seat.

Abel nodded, then opened the car window and stretched out his free hand.

This is when Texas drivers are out in the wilderness or in strangers' territory.

When I met a man on horseback and carrying a gun, he gestured to me that my hand was empty and I didn't have a gun.

Don't shoot randomly.

After a few seconds, he stuck out his head and shouted loudly to the two riding cowboys who stopped about twenty meters away from them:

"Hey, little John, don't be nervous, it's me, I'm back."

Hearing his voice and seeing his appearance, the two cowboys on horseback were stunned.

Then the cowboy named Little John suddenly had a big smile on his face.

"Oh, it's Abel who's back. Oh, you're finally back. Alexander and Emily have been talking about it all day long, and you're finally willing to come back! Hahahaha~"

While laughing, the cowboy who was very wary just now immediately said to another young cowboy next to him:

"Go tell our bosses that their son is back."

The latter should be riding a horse and taking most of the dogs with him, galloping away behind him.

Little John, with a smile on his face, happily rode to the window of Abel's car.

"Oh, f350? The latest model? What a beautiful car!!"
Chapter completed!