Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 19:25:32 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Foss - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Foss - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Registering in Oregon?
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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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