Bill Miller wrote:
>Speaking of the wonderful DMV - when I went to transfer the title on my
>spitfire, they REFUSED to put spitfire as the model name. (Even though the
>PO's title that I was transferring said Spitfire). So I own a Triumph.
>Just a Triumph. No longer a Triumph Spitfire, just a plain old Triumph.
>This is because the COMPUTER tells them what the model is based on the VIN.
>And, of course, the computer didn't know and said there was not enough
>digits for a model name. Hey wait, maybe I can sell it as an Italia or
>something. The title doesn't specify WHICH Triumph I own!
My Triumph has never been identified as anything other than simply
"Triumph" and the letters "CN" here in the state of Oregon. (and the
commission number, of course) That fact has never bothered me for any
reason, though.
But one time I was pulled over and ticketed for speeding in the TR6, but
later on I discovered that the officer had written on the citation "Triumph
Spitfire."
It occured to me that some people might use that as an opportunity to
somehow fight the citation. But, I was indeed speeding and so I paid up
and took my lumps.
Pete Chadwell
1973 TR6 (Spitfire?)
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