Nevada Is Clamping Down On Classic Car Registrations
- Thread starter Dave Hess
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Theoretically. The cops (at least around here) don't even bother to pull people over for things like red foglights in the front or flashing blue and red lights in the wheel wells, so they likely absolutely don't care one bit about a burned out brake light.
Friend, relative, even UPS store address. Insurance wants to know where it's garaged and where it will be driven. Doesn't really matter where it's registered. I have cars registered in Florida and Virginia and the renewals are sent to my Maryland address so they don't care
What's that have to do with safety?
Seems like a CV joint failure can cause loss of control of the vehicle, according to what I read.
No. CV joint failure will cause loss of drive to the wheels. Happened to me in an old Seville. Coasted to the side of the road and got a tow.
That can cause a pull to the side that failed, which, if the driver isn't expecting it, can cause a wreck.
Huh? When one CV joint breaks, there is no drive to either wheel, so no.
Maryland requires:
- INSPECT UNIVERSAL JOINTS/CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINTS FOR:
- Attachment and Worn, Damaged Or Loose Joints
- Torn or Damaged CV Joint Boot
Only when purchasing a vehicle. After that you no longer have to do annual inspections. So, there's some serious beaters on the road with regular plates. Long as they pass that emissions test every other year they could care less...
You first mentioned Virginia.
Different states have different requirements.
Maryland seems to be more strict than Virginia, but only when, as mentioned above, the car is purchased.
I occasionally see Maryland vehicles around Northern Virginia, but never anything that called attention to itself for being a serious beater. Maybe they don't drive them into Virginia much.
As far as Virginia's safety inspection goes, I think it's funny that the safety inspection manual specifically states that wood is an acceptable repair for a hole in the vehicle's floorpan. Git 'r' done!
I doubt those beater vehicles could travel very far down I-81...
Don't even get me started on the junk from West Virginia, whoo boy...
Not that I have much room to talk, my old beater Talon was barely road worthy and had a "good" inspection sticker, sooo...
MD is way stricter with vehicle inspection than VA which is reflected in the cost. $90-$100 is the going rate currently. Very few $1000 beaters are going to pass without spending another $1000 minimum in repairs.
JHZR2
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It should be noted that classic registration, and classic insurance are two different things.
NJ is as you describe. Need to submit pictures of totally original, unmodified cars over a certain age. Spoiler that didn’t come on it? Non OE wheels? Etc. are reasons for denial. The benefit of classic is a $44 registration that lasts three years.
I’ve seen other states like MD where it’s used as a workaround for emissions or safety inspection. That’s not the point and is a problem. Maybe the cars have to be above a certain age too, but I’ve seen some very non-historic cars running the plates.
Classic insurance can be had on cars with regular plates/registration. I know, I have like nine cars on my policy. You can have riders that allow for limited commuting and road use, but you need to prove that you have other DDs.
VT seems to be anothe popular area with odd or problematic car registrations. Not sure what loop hole or ease exists there .
yeah, they come from ALL over. VT state coffers benefit (motorcycle OR car/truck). But
that's not in OP's topic vector. This (VT) is more like Cali's horde of MT registrations / Cali garages/actual addresses.
that's not in OP's topic vector. This (VT) is more like Cali's horde of MT registrations / Cali garages/actual addresses.
And I had to re-aim my headlight, although it had passed several previous times in two other states and once previously in Virginia
I've never seen any shop in Virginia actually check the headlight aim during a safety inspection, although a headlight aiming machine is a required tool to be a safety inspection station.
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