"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Jack" wrote in message
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Almost two months ago I bought a CPO Audi A6 from the local dealer,
and recently had been wondering why I hadn’t received my
registration. I got a phone call this morning from an investigator at
the DMV asking to come out and inspect my car.

The guy comes to look, and we matched up the dash VIN with the ones on
the firewall and in the door jamb. It turns out that my vehicle’s VIN
was used to get a title for another car, so I have the original and
someone else has the clone.

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It's incredible how resourceful thieves can be. In this state (MA) you
used to be able to buy or sell a car that was 10 or more years old with
just a bill of sale. No title was required.
Now you must have a title for anything that you purchase, in state or out
of state in order to get a registration. I bought a '69 Charger from a
museum in Florida and the registration was held up because of a typo in
the paperwork. We had to go back to Detroit to get the original
information, then have a local town cop come over to my house and verify
the VIN.

Eisboch


I had fun with the little LoadRight 'bandit' boat trailer Tom sold me.
(value approx $600.00)
Before I could even enter Canada, I had to pay a $206.00 fee (same as I'd
pay for a Cadillac from the US), then they wanted 7% GST at the same time.
Next I had to have it inspected at an official 'inspection station' to see
if it met Canadian standards. (big time nightmare)
After that at registration, they wanted the title...whick Connecticut
doesn't issue for small trailers.
Finally got that cleared up and the province wanted the $40.00 yearly
registration fee plus the 6% of value share they get from out HST tax (GST +
PST).
Next time I'll buy a new trailer here and go down just for the boat & motor.