"Jack Yates" wrote to "All" (02 Jan 03  23:12:04)
 --- on the topic of "More bureaucracy"

 JY> After reading Alex and Craig's dissertations WRT emissions tests
 JY> (thank goodness we don't have them here) I got to thinking about
 JY> somethng I ran into today at our tag office.  I went to transfer a tag
 JY> (license plate to you yankees and Canadians) from our dead Omni to a
 JY> newer vehicle we acquired and was told that the state
"preferred" that
 JY> I sell the Omni before transferring. "Why?" I asked. 
"Because down
 JY> the road if you revive the vehicle the state will look at the
 JY> situation and say "that vehicle was taken out of service" and may
 JY> raise a stink about trying to buy a new tag for it."
 JY> Weird.
 JY>
 JY> So now I have to research the law (didn't transfer the tag yet, I've
 JY> got 21 days) and see if there's some kinky law that says that if I
 JY> turn in the tag I can reregister the vehicle someday.  It'll cost me
 JY> an extra 15 bux to buy a new tag but wot d'hel, the state is not going
 JY> to tell me what to do with my stuff.
 JY> Stoopid stuff...

Do they have a temporary storage "tag"...? They have them over here.
You can't drive on a public road with the car is all.

 Mike
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