Date:         Tue, 27 Oct 1998 08:35:36 -0500
Reply-To:     Michael Townsend <townsend@RTP.ERICSSON.SE>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Townsend <townsend@RTP.ERICSSON.SE>
Subject:      Re: '81 Westy SOLD; Tenn. law
Comments: To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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Hi Bob,

That explains my experience.  I live in central North Carolina.  When I got
Vanagon-itis and purchased a plane ticket to western Tennessee (Memphis) to
pay asking price for a van sight unseen from an internet ad, I found out
about Tennessee laws.  There was no inspection, so the previous owners
didn't need brakes because there are no hills there anyway, the muffler was
replaced with a sport tube, and the thing hadn't been tuned in years so it
failed NC emissions by several orders of magnitude.  OK, so here I am many
miles away from home inspecting the oil dripper of my dreams, and the only
title the DPO's have was from Arizona (where the DPO first lived).  They
managed to get Tennessee plates for four years, and never got a Tennessee
title!  Forutnately, the Arizona title had a raised seal, so it looked
official enough for me to take the chance.  I was about ready to toss the
whole deal and return home broke and empty-handed bcause of the potential
disaster if NC D.M.V. didn't like the Arizona title.  That was almost more
worrisome than driving 700 miles in one hot day in a van that hadn't seen an
oil or coolant change in forever.

Michael Townsend
townsend@rtp.ericsson.se



>Sean - When are you Virginians going to take your state back???  Hell,
>in Tennessee, once the money changes hands and the title's signed, we
>just drive it on home!
>
>BOB