When I registered the Jetta the guy at the DMV noticed it hadn't been registered for 2 years "Oh geez, you're going to have to pay a fine." I'd been expecting it so I asked what it would cost me. "Oh geez" he says, "its fifty bucks." looked at me like it was my left arm he needed...
-Curt ________________________________ From: Gary Hurst via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com>; Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 3:53 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Am I Nutz? GA is the same way. they won't register without payment of all the back taxes On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Exactly. > > CA likes to hold cars hostage if the registration isn't current, no matter > what the reason. > > When I bought my 1962 300SE out of a CA estate, I ended up using a bogus > title service to get it clear of the nearly $2k in back fees CA wanted > before they would release the title. > > Dan > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Jul 24, 2014, at 1:57 PM, Mitch Haley <mi...@mitchellhaley.com> > wrote: > > > > Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > > > >> I hate the flat multi-hole wheels and would much rather have bundts, > but you take the good with the bad. Note that it has California plates. > That's not good, as CA is a total PITA to get registrations and titles from. > > > > I hope it has current CA plates, or somebody might have to pay the back > registration fees before the title will be released. > > > > OTOH, my nephew-in-law drove around on expired CA plates for many years > in multiple states before moving back to CA. When they moved back to CA a > couple of years ago, his VIN didn't show up as having any debts against it. > Apparently it had been too many years for it to still be in the computer. > > > > Mitch. > > _______________________________________ > http://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 > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com <http://www.BuyEUROparts.com>* _______________________________________ http://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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
