Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 12:06:11 -0700
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Registering in Oregon?
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Its because I mis-remembered the spelling of his name!
Try 'Brendan Slevin'. He's got an '85 GL or something called Tortorro and a
cafe at http://www.bellatazza.com/
My apologies - my memory has started having these tiny glitches ......
On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 7:42 AM, Mike Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
wrote:
> 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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--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
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