Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 12:17:09 -0700
Reply-To: JD Foster <jidd@JIDDWARE.COM>
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From: JD Foster <jidd@JIDDWARE.COM>
Subject: Re: Calif: Buying out of state
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I believe that most mfgrs anymore simply build and sell a 50-state certified
vehicle these days, but I have had to deal with that in the past. However,
I'm not so concerned with that. The Westy is relatively low mileage and
appears to be running well. What concerns me is having PLATES and/or
temporary REGISTRATION a) for my bro-in-law to drive from PA to VA and b)
for me when I pick it up in November and drive from VA to CA. Pennsylvania
is different from California in that when somebody sells a vehicle, the
SELLER keeps the license plates. I've got time to get things worked out
between now and November for me to drive it to California, but I'm having
trouble figuring out how to get it down to Virginia this Friday without
license plates. PA typically issues a 30 day temporary registration, but
they told me they wouldn't do so because I'm not the one picking it up.
JD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Tipton" <uther@DRAGONHOME.ORG>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: Calif: Buying out of state
> > Have you invesigated the smog issue? A friend brought his '80 Westy to
> > California from Montana intending to sell it here. Not having been
> > manufactured for sale in California the vehicle is lacking emissions
> > equipment required by the CA DMV. Estimates to bring the thing up to
code
> > were around $1200 - $1500 - and that's with no gurantee that it would
pass
> > the actual emissions test even then. He'll be driving it back to Montana
to
> > sell it there most likely... unless any listers are interested...
>
> Wow! Things must have changed. When I moved to Berkeley from Columbia
> Mo. I brought my cars with me. Neither had been manufactured for sale
> in California. This was around 20 years ago and the cars were a 10 year
> old Volvo that I purchased in Norway and a one year old Toyota Land
Cruiser
> from Mo. At that time there was a maximum amount you had to spend (I
think
> it was around $150) and they let the car be licensed even if it didn't
pass.
>
> People move to California all the time and I can't believe that all have
to
> buy new cars or spend thousands of dollars on their current cars. There
> must be some sort of way around this.
>
> Ron
>
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