Actually a lot of what I'm seeing here makes me think the New England states are pretty civilized. When I bought my '83 240D I paid upfront, they sent me the title, I got plates, took the bus to NJ and drove the car back to MA, very simple.
All this fluff about needing to see the car to prove the VIN got taken care of 7 days later when I got the car inspected. The inspection stations here are quite un-corrupt. Even back when I had a bought and paid for inspection station there were things I couldn't have done, rule #1 was that paperwork had to be in order... -Curt Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 22:07:37 -0500 From: Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Very Aggravating Message-ID: <a06240803cba6adf5cb28@[192.168.1.51]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" >NJ is very strict... I've been "involved" in a few situations that didn't >go well a few years ago... luckily it was never me directly. In one case, >the car was impounded because we couldn't provide proof of insurance (but >we did have insurance, just no proof). Other times resulted in lots of >tickets, but no impound. In NJ, the key is insurance. If you don't have >it, you're in trouble. > >Most state police cars now drive around with the license plate scanning >technology. So you use an expired plate or one from another car, they >catch you just by driving by. I suppose if you use a valid plate from a >very similar car, you can get away with it. > >But I don't take any chances now. In state, I always arrange to buy cars >during the week so I can goto the local DMV and register it with insurance >before driving. Or I just take the title and come back for the car a few >days later after I register it. Out of state is still difficult. NJ is >another state that will offer non-residents 30 day temp tags (with proof >of insurance), but nothing for people in state. > >Jaime Guess I am lucky. The one time i got a car from east of the Appalachians, It didn't run so I had no choice but to pay to have it hauled . Seems beat to avoid buying cars from East of the Appalachians, as whacko state laws originate there or Kalyfornya I still liked my old system, with old cars that had the serial number plate screwed on: I swapped the plates and TYP plate, (before VIN) and never told the insco. Same car.....just changed color... _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
