We’re appointment only as well, so I don’t think they’re enforcing the 30 day rule.
Your points are all quite valid - it’s a matter of blending in and not drawing attention to your car. I’ve done the “use a current plate” thing tons of times over 30 years and never had an issue. The only time I did was in southern VA with a 1970 280S I picked up in Roanoke. I drove across to I-95, my FL plate propped up in the back window as the car didn’t have a plate on it, so I had no hardware. I stopped in a McD’s in some little burg on the way, and Barney Fife and friends decided to accost me in the parking lot because my plate had fallen down onto the parcel shelf. I found out later that the route I was on was common route for people moving drugs up from FL into VA and surrounds. -D > On Feb 28, 2021, at 7:54 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > On 2021-02-27 20:43, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > >> In a state you reside in, that may be well and good. Driving a car >> 1,700 miles with fictitious plates will get the car impounded. A >> number of years ago I attempted to drive a 1992 300D home from >> Maryland with no plates. The cop said if I had fictitious plates it >> would've been a mess. I probably should've checked into a temporary >> tag, but I don't think one was available. > > My three interstate purchases, I fraudulently placed a current plate > belonging to another car on my new purchase. Drove a 300SD home from Florida, > a 2.3-16 home from Chicago, and a E320 home from Boston that way. > > In Michigan, I have three days from date of purchase to title and register > the car. There are two problems with that: > > 1. Doing it legally (no plate) generates probable cause to believe you are > doing it illegally and might cause you to get pulled over and subjected to > undue scrutiny. > > 2. The Secretary of State (DMV) is open by appointment only. If you want an > appointment in February to buy that new plate within 3 days of purchase, you > better have made that appointment in November (True story: a friend has an > appointment for her 16 year old to apply for his license tomorrow. When she > made the appointment in November, the first available time slots were in mid > February). I suppose there are workarounds, like mailing in your title > application and hopefully the cops would be lenient about the 3 day limit and > the fact that you don't have your car's papers because you mailed them to the > SOS. > > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
