Ok Ron:
You seem have won the (State or Federal) award for this weeks most
infuriating story dealing with some "Idiot Brainless Official Govt' Pee On
Dumb**** Motor Vehicle Counter Person"
And guess what ?
This award "can" go to the same recipient on more than one occasion per
calendar year.
I noticed several other followup posting trying to help you out of your
cuurent registration troubles.
RON... Please let the list know what state you are in !
As many of us have vehicles (military or otherwise) whereby we "do not have
any Title" and the actual state would help us in our next move. (LOL)
Ol' Jeep Breath
Rob P.
42MB and some CJ2As
Upstate NY
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron <rojoha@mediaone.net>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Date: Monday, April 09, 2001 2:52 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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