Date:         Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:51:01 -0700
Reply-To:     Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: california registration laws - how does one deal with expired
              tags?
Comments: To: Florian Speier <groups.florian@GMAIL.COM>
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At  10/13/2006 04:30 PM, Florian Speier wrote:
>Hi group,
>
>I just got a donor car for my subaru conversion here in the bay area. now,
>the tags expired this july, and i was surprised to read on the dmv page that
>even vehicles that are not running need a tag..... and that there are late
>fees that the buyer is responsible for .....
>so, how does everyone deal with this? I just want to take the engine out and
>then get rid of the car, possibly take out some more parts to recoup some
>cash....   does someone know how much this late fee is or does everyone
>ignore these tags?
>
>thanks
>flo

I'm in Washington but I loaded the donor on a trailer and brought it
home, pushed it into the garage to get what I needed, kept it around
for awhile selling parts on craigslist and took the rest to the wrecking yard.
After you strip the engine & wiring harness it's just parts anyway.



Rob
becida@comcast.net

With a '91 Subaru 2.2 in an '87 Vanagon in western Washington.