Registering My Imported Nissan S-Cargo At the DMV
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Date: 2019-10-25
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The Kombinator
This was the same thing I had to go through - the mouthbreather at the desk had no idea and could not even put the VIN into the system, or understand that the car is a gasoline motor with the cyls. (This was a 1999 Daewoo Matiz. No problems with the VIN, just the incompetence of the clerk. Two hours of arguing (and doing her work for her, the supervisor came out and basically said I can't get my plate today (the clerk screwed up and called MOT too many times with conflicting stories to my vin which was now locked in the system)- I would not be able to get a plate that day to go get an emissions test. But I need the plate to go get the emissions test. I drove the thing on the Korean and expired ICBC plate (car came from BC via Ontario) and just got an etest at any garage, passed, and I got my proper plates. Horseshit incompetence.
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This was the same thing I had to go through - the mouthbreather at the desk had no idea and could not even put the VIN into the system, or understand that the car is a gasoline motor with the cyls. (This was a 1999 Daewoo Matiz. No problems with the VIN, just the incompetence of the clerk. Two hours of arguing (and doing her work for her, the supervisor came out and basically said I can't get my plate today (the clerk screwed up and called MOT too many times with conflicting stories to my vin which was now locked in the system)- I would not be able to get a plate that day to go get an emissions test. But I need the plate to go get the emissions test. I drove the thing on the Korean and expired ICBC plate (car came from BC via Ontario) and just got an etest at any garage, passed, and I got my proper plates. Horseshit incompetence.
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emjayay
I owned a California registered car and was in Connecticut and bought a used car to drive back (and continue to own. The Connecticut DMV wanted proof of insurance in Connecticut on their form. I called the State Farm (national company) agent in California who faxed something to them. It wasn't on the Connecticut form and they wouldn't take it. We went back and forth and they made phone calls to somewhere and after three or four hours I finally got a temporary registration. Massachusetts was about ten miles away and about five or six other states are within easy driving distance. Maybe all the agents in all those states have the right form or something. Anyway it was a nightmare and I have no idea how it even got solved finally.
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I owned a California registered car and was in Connecticut and bought a used car to drive back (and continue to own. The Connecticut DMV wanted proof of insurance in Connecticut on their form. I called the State Farm (national company) agent in California who faxed something to them. It wasn't on the Connecticut form and they wouldn't take it. We went back and forth and they made phone calls to somewhere and after three or four hours I finally got a temporary registration. Massachusetts was about ten miles away and about five or six other states are within easy driving distance. Maybe all the agents in all those states have the right form or something. Anyway it was a nightmare and I have no idea how it even got solved finally.
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Axsmith the Blacksmith
It only took an hour and 15 minutes? My mother here in Alabama just spent 12 hours registering a Honda Accord, it somehow had similar problems to what the S Cargo had. Speaking of Alabama DMVs, one of my friends moved from Arizona to here while he had a permit, and somehow, our DMVs system was not compatible with Arizona learners permits As a result, my friend spent a good seven months without a permit. When he was finally able to get a permit, he was 18 years old and about to move out of his parents house.
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It only took an hour and 15 minutes? My mother here in Alabama just spent 12 hours registering a Honda Accord, it somehow had similar problems to what the S Cargo had. Speaking of Alabama DMVs, one of my friends moved from Arizona to here while he had a permit, and somehow, our DMVs system was not compatible with Arizona learners permits As a result, my friend spent a good seven months without a permit. When he was finally able to get a permit, he was 18 years old and about to move out of his parents house.
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Aaron Lowe
In the UK it would be called a hybrid. Hybrids are like half car and half van. That makes it a lot easier for people to understand and covers anything weird that doesn't fit properly into another category. Also, if you went to register a weird car in Japan it would take about 45 minutes tops, and they'd be happy for you to go away and have a meal at a cafe while they worked on it. If there were any complications they'd bend over backwards to get it done in time and, if they couldn't, they'd apologise profusely.
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In the UK it would be called a hybrid. Hybrids are like half car and half van. That makes it a lot easier for people to understand and covers anything weird that doesn't fit properly into another category. Also, if you went to register a weird car in Japan it would take about 45 minutes tops, and they'd be happy for you to go away and have a meal at a cafe while they worked on it. If there were any complications they'd bend over backwards to get it done in time and, if they couldn't, they'd apologise profusely.
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Thomas Darby
At the California DMV, I waited in line from 730 AM until 845 AM, just to take a number (which was coded for the service I needed, then I went into the waiting area and sat. And sat. And sat. Two hours later, my number, B36, was called. I went to the window and gave the clerk the paper, signed another form, then got my disabled parking placard. Yes, all that trouble for a #%# parking placard I was lucky, I got out of there before noon, when half the clerks disappeared. You were VERY lucky indeed.
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At the California DMV, I waited in line from 730 AM until 845 AM, just to take a number (which was coded for the service I needed, then I went into the waiting area and sat. And sat. And sat. Two hours later, my number, B36, was called. I went to the window and gave the clerk the paper, signed another form, then got my disabled parking placard. Yes, all that trouble for a #%# parking placard I was lucky, I got out of there before noon, when half the clerks disappeared. You were VERY lucky indeed.
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12 Volts
not that easy in France. you'd need a manufacturer certificate of conformity even if the model already existed in France. a road test certificate which means changing the headlamps. . very very expensive. then you buy a temporary plate while they argue for months that a GLXD 1995 doesn't exist because France only has a GLD 97 so it doesn't exist. also papers show it not to be the same marque because original models used another marques engine. . and so on and so on.
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not that easy in France. you'd need a manufacturer certificate of conformity even if the model already existed in France. a road test certificate which means changing the headlamps. . very very expensive. then you buy a temporary plate while they argue for months that a GLXD 1995 doesn't exist because France only has a GLD 97 so it doesn't exist. also papers show it not to be the same marque because original models used another marques engine. . and so on and so on.
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KromeDrone
Something to remember when importing a car: Look at your states legislation. I dont know Virginia, but there are some states where those cars have to pass an extra set of inspections (not just emissions) to become legal in the US. NEVER EVER buy an imported car without getting all the documents Doug had, INCLUDING the title. Any honest JDM importer will get the car a state title when they finally get it here, and if you find one that hasn't, stay away. Far away.
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Something to remember when importing a car: Look at your states legislation. I dont know Virginia, but there are some states where those cars have to pass an extra set of inspections (not just emissions) to become legal in the US. NEVER EVER buy an imported car without getting all the documents Doug had, INCLUDING the title. Any honest JDM importer will get the car a state title when they finally get it here, and if you find one that hasn't, stay away. Far away.
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Ryan23251
In CT you wait in a line that extends all the way around the building. This is for you to tell one person what exactly you came to the DMV for. Then you sit in the sitting area to wait for your number to be called. Then when you get called you tell another person exactly what would you need to do and there's a 50/50 chance that that person you're talking to will help you.
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In CT you wait in a line that extends all the way around the building. This is for you to tell one person what exactly you came to the DMV for. Then you sit in the sitting area to wait for your number to be called. Then when you get called you tell another person exactly what would you need to do and there's a 50/50 chance that that person you're talking to will help you.
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Ditto Pikachu
You ran into all those problems, filled out all those forms, and only lasted 1 hr and 15 minutes? Wow, Pennsylvania sounds nice. Here in California you wait that long to check into the DMV. Only to get a number and wait another hour to get called to the window. Only for them to tell you have the wrong paper work and you have to come back another day.
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You ran into all those problems, filled out all those forms, and only lasted 1 hr and 15 minutes? Wow, Pennsylvania sounds nice. Here in California you wait that long to check into the DMV. Only to get a number and wait another hour to get called to the window. Only for them to tell you have the wrong paper work and you have to come back another day.
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