Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 15:35:27 -0700
Reply-To: Brendan Slevin <totorovan@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Brendan Slevin <totorovan@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Registering in Oregon?
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I s'pose I should chime in here, we've been out camping, it is Brendan
Slevin and I am the roastmaster for Bellatazza, a wholesale/retail micro
roaster here in Central Oregon! And 1984 GL named Totoro! Indeed, check in
at the downtown shop, Bellatazza, and you'll find me or a way to get a hold
of me. Can't wait to meet my second lister!
Brendan
84 GL Totoro
Bend, Oregon
On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Jake de Villiers <
crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>
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