John/All,
John's comment about "don't ask, don't tell may be the best way to
go...please read on and let me know if you all have any other comments...
Thanks for the suggestion...Unfortunately California will not issue
registration without the car first being smog tested. So that would seem to
rule out John's suggestion...I've gotten conflicting answers from Triple A
(who should know since they do so much for drivers in CA, including
registration services). One office said I have to smog the car since there
is still one year left on testing (cars 25 years or older are exempt from
smog tests), another office said in 1999, only cars 1975 and newer are
smogged. Guess I'll have to go straight to the horse's mouth for the real
poop!
Anyone else? Do I just take the chance and drive the car home with title
and bill of sale and say the hell with any other state and hope I don't get
stopped? Do I run the risk of having the car impounded by any states who
are nasty about driving "unregistered vehicles"? States on my route home
are:
Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri,
Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona (route may vary and include Kentucky,
Tennessee and Arkansas)
If anyone reading this has information about the states listed, I'd
appreciate hearing from you. California would only ticket the car and make
me show proof of registration by a certain date of face additional fines...
Thanks!
Kevin
-----Original Message-----
From: John T. Blair <jblair@exis.net>
To: Bricklin@autox.team.net <Bricklin@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, April 01, 1999 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: Another vehicle registration puzzle...
>At 10:41 PM 3/31/99 -0800, you wrote:
>
>>Here is another registration puzzle involving potentially three states.
My
>>hope is that some of you folks who seem to be seriously into auto
collecting
>>and restoration may have faced similar issues and are willing to
>>share...Here are the basic facts:
>>
>>1> I'm a California resident that has bought a car in New Jersey. I'm
>>fairly certain that it is not currently registered and may not have been
for
>>a few years.
>>2> Having it shipped to Tanner in VA for restoration (estimated
restoration
>>completion time July-Sept.).....
>
>
>Kevin, have you heard of the President's "Don't ask, Don't tell" policy??
>
>First off, I would demand the title and a bill of sale at the time of
>purchase of the car in NJ. If the car needs restoration, you should
>not have paid that much for it.
>
>Next. Go streight to the DMV in CA. and register the car. You should
>not have to purchase the tags at that time. I know this is the way it
>works in VA. When I purchased 887, it had a NY title. I sat on it for
>about 5 years before I registered it. I only registered it so I could
>get insurance on it while it is being restored (by me - again, no one
>has to know WHO is doing the work). I pay $25 per yr to insure a car
>that can't be driven. A real deal I think!!
>
>Now when you are ready to get the car from Terry, take your reg. back to
>the CA. DMV and get the tags. Carry the tags on the plane with you, put
>them on, and drive the car back to CA.
>
>Now everything is pretty legal, and you have NOT lied about anything.
>
>Too much knowledge can be a terriable thing. I usually play it real
>stupid when it comes to these things. I only do this once every 10
>years or so. DMV does it several thousand times a day. I figure it is
>their job. Let them do it.
>
>John
>
>
>John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
>Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
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