The most amazing thing took place while Santa Cruz was seperated from silicon
valley by mud slides yesterday. I went in and registered the TR3..for $36.
For those of you who wonder whats amazing about this, in 1990 or so California
enacted a law to get more money out of people. (republican govenor for those who
think Democrats are tax & spend junkies). You need to keep a car registered
each year or pay the registration for each previous year it hasn't been
registered, and a penilty for each year. I was expecting to have to pay between
US$400 and $550. I signed a certificate of non operation from Dec 1988 and was
asked to sign a special curcomstances certificate saying the car is a
"historical" car (because its old & not a Chevy I guess).
So if your in California & have a long time unregistered car, you can get it
registered cheaply. I think the key is that it wasn't registered when the bill
was inacted & I told them I was doing a restoration.
Now the car is registered for the road, I guess I have no choice except for
making it road worthy.
TeriAnn Wakeman Large format photographers look at the world
twakeman@apple.com upside down and backwards
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