Um actually you`ll find that when you go pick up your plates to register it they will deduct the left over amount from your rego fees. So your not really paying $140 for 2 months.
unless the rules have changed of that $140 only $20 is for one years storage fee, the rest is just the annual fee on the plates you would have had to pay anyway. But yes amongst other things....they do suck
cause they are charging stupid amounts of money for plates now and also charging annual fees for premium plates when you didnt have to before.