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Originally Posted by vash
when i brought my 1975 911 in..i had a great experience. the DMV was super helpful. it was painless.
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Originally Posted by Yorkie
Not heard of this before. I've brought in out of state cares and motorcycles before and simply took them down to AAA and had their people verify the VINs. Titles were issued within a couple of weeks. When it has not been convenient to take the vehicle to AAA I have used a private verifier who comes to your house and conducts and inspection. They give you a form and you take it to the DMV and they issue you a title. Now if the vehicles truly have suspect VINs (I've seen early 912s turned into 911S models by welding in the VIN panel) then they are going to confiscate. Not sure its a conspiracy to get more tax revenue. They already have enough methods to take our money as it is.
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Originally Posted by pwd72s
Once in a while I do read of a long ago stolen car returned to it's rightful owner because of checks like these, so I suppose there is a good side to this story.
As the price of Collector cars escalates, more and more shady characters enter the game.
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I've transferred and registered countless out of state vehicles in CA. and have never had an issue like this. They do walk outside and verify VIN. Just had to do this last week on my 1984 BMW motorcycle bought in GA. and shipped here, the DMV lady had accurate info on her iPad as to how many places the VIN# should be on the bike, etc. I had a minor issue when the engine# was not where I expected it to be but a quick google search on my phone cleared it up and she was very patient and easy to deal with.
In Minnesota, they do not even walk outside and look at your out of state vehicle you are transferring and registering. You could steal a car, go down to the DMV w the title from some other car and get new plates for the stolen car. That's a little retarded. CA. is at least nominally on top of that situation.
The world is full of scammers and thieves, I'm all for any reasonable efforts to flush them out. The story in the OP doesn't add up as written, big surprise. But it feeds perfectly into the dipschit "kalifornia" narrative that makes people in god awful places feel a little better about themselves.
