Selling off old car, pay registration or not

[scottmandue]

Bottom line... take about $600 to fix registration... for a car that is worth maybe $1000-$2000.

Sell 'as is' (don't fix reg)?

If I donate to charity does it matter?

[Burnin' oil]

It all depends on what "fix registration" means.

[scottmandue]

Go down to the happiest place on earth (the DMV) and pay off $600 in back registration.

[aigel]

Probably worth it - unless the buyer really knows their DMV stuff, they'll be scared buying something without a reg sticker. I certainly wouldn't buy a car with back fees, even a beater.

I have to ask though - how can you get $600 behind on a beater? Like to burn money?

G

[Burnin' oil]

take it to a wrecking yard- scrap value + $600 + done with it = relief

[aigel]

What kind of car is it?

G

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by aigel

I have to ask though - how can you get $600 behind on a beater? Like to burn money?

G

Water pump on 944 = $1000 to fix... can't smog if it won't run... can't reg without smog... stick in garage and figure "I will get around to it" several years later...

[GWN7]

Put it on ebay and sell it to someone from out of state.

[kaisen]

DO NOT pay back registration

You had the option of registering it as "Non-Operative" and you should have done that long ago

[widebody911]

In California, there's a way to get back fees waived for car collectors. I haven't personally done this, but I know people who have.

[aigel]

Originally Posted by kaisen

DO NOT pay back registration

You had the option of registering it as "Non-Operative" and you should have done that long ago

AFAIK you can't go PNO without paying the back fees.

+1 on "should have done that long ago".

G

[GH85Carrera]

Part it out.

[pavulon]

"sell" it to a pelican in a state w/out vehicle sales tax for a month, then "buy" it back?

[kaisen]

Originally Posted by pavulon

"sell" it to a pelican in a state w/out vehicle sales tax for a month, then "buy" it back?

Doesn't work in Cali. It follows the car

[ckelly78z]

A scrap yard only requires the title in your name to scrap it out, so part out everything saleable for $1500, and then scarp it for an additional $200 and be ahead of the game.

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by scottmandue

... 944 ...

is it well set up?

[aigel]

You could have put PNO reg. - no smog required. I did it on my 993 recently when the trans rebuild got in the way of smog / reg. That's water under the bridge though.

I think you may be okay selling it here on PP iwth back reg. People will trust you (unlike a CL seller).

Does it have Fuchs? :O)

[Noah930]

If it gets converted to a track-only car (either by you or the future owner), would you still have to worry about CA registration? What if it went to an out-of-state owner? Someone's bound to want it for a LeMons racer or one of those Grassroots Motorsports $2000 challenges.

[kaisen]

Track car is fine, they dont need registration at all -- "off road use only"

Out of state is fine, other states don't care

[speeder]

In the *good old days*, you could retroactively put a PNO on a car in CA. as long as it did not have any parking tickets that contradicted your story about it being off the road for the last x-number of years. Not anymore. Now it need to be done in advance.

I might be interested in it for the right price, PM sent in a minute.