Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 19:09:59 -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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I believe that's Brendan Slavin?
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Scott Foss - Shazam <
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
> 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://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
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