Date:         Mon, 7 Aug 2000 01:00:18 EDT
Reply-To:     VintagePkr@aol.com
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Keith Olsen <VintagePkr@aol.com>
Subject:      Re: Dumb question NO... Outrage yes!!
Comments: To: bm30@uswest.net
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In a message dated 8/6/00 9:17:54 PM, bm30@uswest.net writes:

<< Yes. In the city of Minneapolis as part of the urban cleanup they can, and

do, tag and tow "inoperable" ( those under repair for more then a week) and

abandoned vehicles. You can work on your own cars as long as you keep them

in a garage. My single car garage was built in 1923, T Model Fords were

smaller then Vanagons, so it doesn't fit inside. And I went out of town

before I could finish. >>

They tried to pull that on a friend of mine (in NY) who had a tag-less
splitty in his driveway that his neighbors didn't like the looks of.  When he
got hassled by the local authorities, he got it registered as a "farm"
vehicle and was issued these limited use "farm" plates and since it was now
legally (and cheaply) tagged, his problems were over.
Different states have different laws and this was a few years ago... but the
point is loopholes can be found!   ie: carcover maybe?
keith

BTW,  how much does it have to move on a daily basis to prove to the
authorities that it is being used?  1 inch? 1 foot? one end of the driveway
to the other?  do they feel the engine to see if it's warm?  can people in
your town go on vacation for more than a week with out having to hire a "car
mover" like people in NYC would hire a dog walker???  The more I think about
this, the more outrageous and police-state-like it sounds!!!!
keith
87 vanagon
85 diesel golf
79 loaf
93 saturn (wife's car)
(and they all live in my driveway!)