Yeah You can complain about the RMV, but at least they let you register
*YOUR* truck, I have no form 97, and no title, so I am out of luck for the
moment <G>. But at least my truck runs and stops <G>.
Too much work, not enough time for truck fun..
Hank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron" <rojoha@mediaone.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 2:53 PM
Subject: [MV] Where there's a will...
> Today, after over 2 hours at the ***** Registry of Motor Vehicles, I
have
> a legally registered M35A2. Ok, it's registered as an Antique, 32 year
old,
> 14 passenger, 2 door, 23,000 lb GVWR passenger car, but I showed them
> pictures and the TM 43 Tacom Data sheets, and that's the only category
> they could get it to fit into.
> We also had a go around with a Trooper who was "POSITIVE" I could only
> drive my "car" on Sundays, regardless of what the Application for Antique
> Motor Vehicle Plates said ( Saturday, Sundays, Holidays, Exhibitions,
Club
> Activities, Parades,to and from repair shops and other 'Functions of
Public
> Interest' ). I asked how I was to get it inspected since there are no
> inspection stations open on Sundays? He said I'd have to find one and do
it
> by next Sunday(?????). I remembered what our esteemed law enforcement
types
> on the list said and stood with hat in hand, ear to ear grin, punctuated
> with an occasional perplexed, vacant hang dog look at my shuffling feet
when
> they said "No". It's gonna take months to get rid of the furrows on my
brow.
> (Maybe I could smear Bondo on my forehead!)
> The VIN wouldn't fit in their computer, so they started from the right
> and counted their spaces versus my Vin and chopped accordingly. The Branch
> Manager had a family member who bought a vehicle from DRMO a couple of
years
> back, so Form 97 in someone else's name other than mine, with a date of
> issue 1 month LATER than the out of state notarized bill of sale only
caused
> shaking heads. We also have a state law that you have to pay the sales
tax
> within 10 days of purchase regardless of if you register or not or face a
> $500.00 fine plus a surcharge. She decided that since the Form 97 was
issued
> last week, the gentleman who sold it to me didn't own it when he sold it
> even on the day he took my money and paid DRMS and then gave me a bill of
> sale meant I was OK.
> Manufacturer could only be Kaiser or Jeep, but not both. After 2
calls
> to HQ to 2 different departments, Manager said it was because the US
Govt.
> doesn't have a clue about what they are doing and to process the paperwork
> and let the "Title Dept." figure it out.
> When asked about people riding in back on the "Troop" seats we got
> opinions from 2 Troopers and 3 depts. at HQ again that 1) Must have
> seatbelts, 2) don't need seatbelts, 3) Adults don't need seatbelts, but
kids
> do, 3a)neither do kids, 4) it didn't have seatbelts when manufactured, so
> don't need them now, 5) it's an antique so people can't be carried in
back
> EVER, 6) It's an antique so current regs don't apply to passenger carrying
> in a non-commercial instance 7) ok to have people in back in parades
only,
> 8) ok to have people in back on any day that plate is valid for operation
> regardless of age or seatbelts being present, 9) side facing seats aren't
> covered by seatbelts, 10) up to officer at time of stop. They then handed
me
> my plates and drool covered forms and I exited, stage right.
> All I can say is that Oklahoma City would never have happened if
McVeigh
> had lived in my state and tried to register a car. They would have shot
him
> at the counter when he went ballistic at the old "SALES TAX" window, never
> mind the applications window. See, back a few years ago, they would
process
> how much you owed for sales tax and you would pay it first, then go to
> another line and get your paper work rejected after a 2 hour wait because
> you mixed upper and lower case letters or used a blue pen in the black pen
> only area or...., Well you get the picture. That's why the gun laws in
this
> state are aimed at law abiding citizens. CRIMINALS DON'T REGISTER THEIR
> CARS, They steal ones that are already registered!!!!!
>
> A punch drunk but happy( not gleeful yet) M35A2 owner
>
>
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