Car insurance in VA is less than MD so you may break even with that, even considering the car tax.
We had a car for D3 registered where she is in school, since we were moving to a new state while she was going off to freshman year. I never realized they had a car tax but that explains why it costs $200/year for her registration! It’s on the same bill. I guess I should read the fine print…
Still, our state is in the top 5 for most expensive insurance and her state is in the middle so it’s probably better that way. This is all needlessly complicated. Makes me wish we didn’t have “states rights” for needlessly complicating things like this. Having a 20 different toll systems for US highways makes even less sense!