the system of selling the car titled according to the date of sale rather than otherwise, regardless of how long it had been in his inventory. Thisseems strange to me that he could have legally done this but....
In one way this even makes the most sense given the primary purpose of the 'year' so far as the State is concerned: assessing value for the purposes of taxation. It minimizes the age and thus maximizes the taxes. So no, I'm not surprised that it is legal! Follow the money. -- Jim