Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 07:42:34 -0700
Reply-To: Mike Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Mike Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Registering in Oregon?
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Could be, but I Googled "Brendan Slavin" + bend +oregon and came up with
nuthin'.
It's odd to me that the name, "Brendan Slavin," has a familiar ring to it
but I can't say why. Googling "brendan site:vanagon.com" only brought
three hits and they were from Brendan Moran, Brendan Irwin, and Brendan
Coffey.
So where did I hear about this guy?
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
On 5/24/2008 7:25 PM Scott Foss - Shazam wrote:
> YES THANK YOU Jake !
> I had a 'B' in mind, but knew it wasn't 'Ben."
>
> Jake de Villiers wrote:
>> I believe that's Brendan Slavin?
>>
>> On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Scott Foss - Shazam
>> <scottdaniel@turbovans.com <mailto:scottdaniel@turbovans.com>> wrote:
>>
>> No Sir...........
>> i will tell you EXACTLY the skinny on going to the DMV with your CA
>> registered van.
>> first there are NO SMOG CHECKS in Oregon anywhere, except in the
>> Portland area and the Rogue Valley ( medford- ashland ) where i am.
>>
>> They will VIN check it, so drive it to the DMV.
>> go in, tell them you now live in oregon- when i did this just
>> yesterday
>> with my old mercedes with Wa plates- they said
>> 'do you live in oregon?"
>> do you have an Oregon drivers's license?"
>> 'is the car here now?"
>> i answered yes to all 3 questions -they said fill out this form, wait
>> for your number to be called.
>> so they might want you to get an Or driver's license first.
>>
>> but other than looking at the VIN on the car - they don't care.
>> they don't care if it was a diesel and now it's a Suabur gasoline
>> engine or whatever.
>> They simply are not interested in it smog wise in anyway.
>> there WAS a deal in Oregon where campers cost more, like double to
>> register,
>> I beleieve that went out Jan 1 of this year.
>> They also do two years at a time.
>> Yesterday, on my 38 year old Mercedes, to transfer the title to Oregon
>> registration........you know waht i mena, and get plaes and tags
>> for two
>> years...........cost $ 120.00.
>> Bring proof of insurance of course on the vehicle.
>>
>> There are no safety inspections.
>> I 'was' told by the allways difficult Ashland DMV ( never go there)
>> .....i had this parts van or something i thought i might want an
>> orgeon
>> title for ( was Wa) ............they said 'has to be running, has to
>> have all equip liight lights working' etc.........
>> of course i am like .................what , it's a parts van. And it
>> still has Wa plates on it, and i let the reregistration lapse.
>> But of the several out of state cars i've taken to the DMV to title in
>> oregon...............
>> THE ONLY thing they have ever done is look at the two VIN tags, I
>> could
>> have a Stinger Missile mounted on the roof and i don't think they'd
>> notice. I've had a non VW gasoline engine in a diesel van ( the 5th
>> digit of the VIN tells which type of engine the van left the factory
>> with , B = gas, G = diesel, very logical - in geman perhaps ! )
>> ...............but i've had that weird combo, and due to the age
>> of the
>> van.......
>> they never said boo about engine or whatever. That particular van
>> had a
>> Wa title that said 'gas- passenger' but when i got my Oregon
>> title...........their system flagged as a diesel by the VIN - and the
>> Oregon title said 'diesel'.
>>
>> but you won't have any of that.
>> and if it's like Medford is, their soul ( sole ? ) interest in
>> the van
>> will be to check the VIN , both of them. ( there's a 3rd hidden
>> one too ) .
>> It could be different in Bend, but i doubt it.
>>
>> But I've been to the Medford DMV about 8 times in 5 years or so,
>> always
>> smooth.
>> it's like the old days.......
>> you just go in, say i want to title this car in Oregon to me, they say
>> 'fill out this form', ' give us your money.'
>> they give you the plates and year and month tags, , and YD-
>> you're done.
>> there is a nice Crater Lake license plate, it's an extra $ 20.
>> and one
>> time only fee, and that money goes to Crate Lake they say, and i did
>> that on one of my vans.
>> There are also salmon license plates or whatever.
>> yesterday the guy asked me 'do you just want the pine tree ones? "
>> .................i said'just the basic ones, yes '
>> ...........those are
>> the standard plates, but look into their Crater Lake plate- that will
>> make you look like a clued-in Native !!
>>
>> you asked, there you go. More than you wanted !!
>> scott
>> www.turbovans.com <http://www.turbovans.com>
>> Rogue Valley - Medford-Ashland, Southern Oregon.,
>> Vanagon engine conversion specialist, vanagon restoration and
>> 'saving '
>> vanagons etc.
>>
>> BTW,
>> There's this fancy coffee shop down town, in Bend, in the cool part -
>> Italian flavor type place- not a starbucks.
>> I haven't been there, but the owner is a vanagon guy.
>> Can't think of his name right now. He and his wife and i 3 kids were
>> stuck on this side of the Cascades a few months ago, with a
>> vanagon that
>> could only go 20 mph, working together at me shop we fixed it -
>> water in
>> the fuel, and got them home.
>> So ask in that coffee shop, and you'll have a vanagon friend perhaps !
>> 84 Vanagon passenger model I believe. Real nice people too !
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike Elliott wrote:
>>
>> As I posted earlier, Mrs Squirrel and I are moving to Oregon
>> (Bend) from
>> California. The endless seas of pink stucco houses, mini-malls,
>> pollution,
>> heat, and people everywhere around here in SoCal have finally
>> gotten to
>> me. I know this is not necessarily a Good Thing in the minds
>> of many
>> Oregonians, but there it is. Bend has had more than its fair
>> share of
>> Californication, but we'll do what we can to fit in: we're
>> bringing our
>> little home businesses there to contribute to the local
>> economy, and
>> we'll
>> be friendly.
>>
>> First thing we'll do is register with the Oregon DMV and swap
>> out our
>> Cali
>> plates for Oregon ones, if for no other reason than to avoid a
>> stoning
>> from riled-up passersby. Of course I expect we'll need to pass
>> emissions
>> (and safety?) requirements -- anyone care to comment on that
>> vis a vis
>> California standards?
>>
>> --
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>> KG6RCR
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jake
>> 1984 Vanagon GL
>> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>> Crescent Beach, BC
>> www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com>
>> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
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