Registering Grey Market Mini in Colorado
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I did not have to bond the title - after quite a bit of discussion around it, and a couple of "An Englishman's word is his bond, why are you making me feel like a criminal" comments it's good - provisionally.
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If it's not Scottish....it's crap! (Cry of the Mini Tartan Owners' Clan)
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"Hang on a minute lads....I've got a great idea."
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If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.
Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.
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Tuesday last week I spent about 3 hours at the DMV trying to get the titles and plates. I was *reasonably* hopeful it would be a successful trip as the time before I was in I had them review all the paperwork and say it was good to go.
Of course, it wasn’t that simple. They had problems with 2 things.
- They decided that the Ontario bill of sale was foreign and therefore not acceptable. I needed to do a Colorado bill of sale. Of course they can’t take an electronic signature from Al, so have to go back to snail mail. Oh well
- They decided I needed to do a title bond because I didn’t have an “unexpired” title. They wanted the 2nd “plate” part of the title. Of course, the part I had clearly said that the plate part of the title stays with the seller and is turned into the DMV, so the drones were wrong. I even had a photocopy of it (thanks to organized Al). Title bond is doable, but will cost around $300 I think so I really don’t want to go that way if possible.
Going to try again at a different DMV, hopefully Tuesday.
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The large fellow asking you to pull it around made me chuck a bit of coffee.
Good thing you bit your lip though....I'm sure he could have made things miserable.
Are the headlights correct for right hand traffic? They missed that on inspection of my Jap MINI
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Got to make 2.00 % CO, and 600 ppm hydrocarbons. It's running at about 3% and 1800. Not so good. Valves adjusted, timing adjusted and mixture messed with and it's at 1.9% and 700. Close enough to test.
Drive it to testing place - do some shadetree (check photo - yes that's a shade-tree indeed!) double-checking before it goes in and it's at 1.7% and 500. Good deal!
Drives like a dog, but drives none-the-less. Fill up with gas on way since gauge went from 1/2 full to empty in less than 5 min. No smell of gas, so assume it's bad gauge versus gas leak.
Hand over my $15 Get it tested. It fails. 1.6% and 604. SO CLOSE. GRRRRR.
Adjust slightly - free re-test. 2.59% and 350. Grrr.
It's like putting money in a fruit machine (slot machine to the Americans).
Adjust slightly. Hand over another $15. Restest. 1.81% and 320. That's a pass. We'll take it!
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Got to make 2.00 % CO, and 600 ppm hydrocarbons. It's running at about 3% and 1800. Not so good. Valves adjusted, timing adjusted and mixture messed with and it's at 1.9% and 700. Close enough to test.
Drive it to testing place - do some shadetree (check photo - yes that's a shade-tree indeed!) double-checking before it goes in and it's at 1.7% and 500. Good deal!
Drives like a dog, but drives none-the-less. Fill up with gas on way since gauge went from 1/2 full to empty in less than 5 min. No smell of gas, so assume it's bad gauge versus gas leak.
Hand over my $15 Get it tested. It fails. 1.6% and 604. SO CLOSE. GRRRRR.
Adjust slightly - free re-test. 2.59% and 350. Grrr.
It's like putting money in a fruit machine (slot machine to the Americans).
Adjust slightly. Hand over another $15. Restest. 1.81% and 320. That's a pass. We'll take it!
If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.
Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.
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Back in the 80's when MI had emission testing we found nipping a hidden hole in the vacuum advance hose was often enough to get a car to pass. Later we just paid a "guy" to give us a passing slip with our vin # on it as testing was done at service stations, and the passing slip was presented at the secretary of state office or DMV
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Are the headlights correct for right hand traffic? They missed that on inspection of my Jap MINI
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The large fellow asking you to pull it around made me chuck a bit of coffee.
Good thing you bit your lip though....I'm sure he could have made things miserable.
Are the headlights correct for right hand traffic? They missed that on inspection of my Jap MINI
"Everybody should own a MINI at some point, or you are incomplete as a human being" - James May
"WET COOPER", Partsguy1 (Terry Snell of Penticton BC ) - Could you send the money for the unpaid parts and court fees.
Ordered so by a Judge
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Line up and get it weighed. Too light they tell me. I go in and argue. They offer to refund my money. I don't care, I need a weight. I ask if they can have another truck pull up behind me to get joint weight? They deny.
I ask if I can load the truck up? They say yes. I lead a line of truckers out and ask them to stand on the scale with one hand on the pup.
Over 2000 lbs now - happiness. Spend 10 minutes taking photos of all truckers for them. Pay my $8. Get certified weight.
Took 8.5 hours from start to finish - emissions and weight. Long day. Stayed up late doing the day's work I was supposed to be doing.
Next day - onto title. Should be easy right? I got everything DMV insisted on.
If it's not Scottish....it's crap! (Cry of the Mini Tartan Owners' Clan)
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Line up and get it weighed. Too light they tell me. I go in and argue. They offer to refund my money. I don't care, I need a weight. I ask if they can have another truck pull up behind me to get joint weight? They deny.
I ask if I can load the truck up? They say yes. I lead a line of truckers out and ask them to stand on the scale with one hand on the pup.
Over 2000 lbs now - happiness. Spend 10 minutes taking photos of all truckers for them. Pay my $8. Get certified weight.
Took 8.5 hours from start to finish - emissions and weight. Long day. Stayed up late doing the day's work I was supposed to be doing.
Next day - onto title. Should be easy right? I got everything DMV insisted on.
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