Anyone have any info on them??
Thanks
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Anyone have any info on them??
Thanks
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The only report I have heard about them was bad. Do yourself a favor and go directly to the builder.
Jack, I got my speedster through Classic . Do yourself a favor stay away! If you want a VS go direct! If you want info contact me off the forum be glad to help you.
Jerry
Jerry
I was told that one would be able to register a VS in CA even though one resides in MA. Is this true? How do you guys insure/register you VS in MA? As an antique (63 bug)?
John, you normally have to maintain a residence in a state to register a car there. And if it's your primary residence then you get your driver's license there, too. I would imagine that car non-resident registrations will become much more difficult due to the aftermath of 9/11, and your insurance company might have a problem with registration in a state other than that where the car is driven.
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The practical reality, at least in small town Illinois- is no problem with the out of state registration. I had my 2002 JPS registered in CA until the tags ran out. I bought a Miata on ebay for my daughter, and also registered it in CA. I'll switch the registration over when the tags run out.
Something else to think about is what happens in your state concerning sales tax. If you buy a turn key from a CA builder, and get the CA registration- then the sales tax is paid on the cost basis for the vehicle without any consideration of the value added. In other words, you pay sales tax on a very inexpensive VW Beetle, instead of a $20K vehicle. It adds up.
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Something else to think about is what happens in your state concerning sales tax. If you buy a turn key from a CA builder, and get the CA registration- then the sales tax is paid on the cost basis for the vehicle without any consideration of the value added. In other words, you pay sales tax on a very inexpensive VW Beetle, instead of a $20K vehicle. It adds up.
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California will maintain your registration even if you live out of state as long as you keep renewing it. Your insurance company is more concerned about where your car is garaged than where it is registered.
Thank you all for your insight!!
Two things:
1) I second the call to avoid Bill and Classic Speedsters. Email me privately as well if you want more.
2) I went through the registration issue in MA in 2001. Your best bet is to use a title company. They provide you with a prior registration for your car plus a bill of sale. Those two items will get you a MA registration and assigned title. The approximately $250 cost is well worth it.
1) I second the call to avoid Bill and Classic Speedsters. Email me privately as well if you want more.
2) I went through the registration issue in MA in 2001. Your best bet is to use a title company. They provide you with a prior registration for your car plus a bill of sale. Those two items will get you a MA registration and assigned title. The approximately $250 cost is well worth it.
Another tax issue - if you buy a new Intermeccanica US Customs may inform your state comptroller's office of the stated value on the customs form. Pay your state auto registration "use" use tax (or whatever your state calls it) on that stated value and keep the receipt.
In Maryland, the state follows up on imports (mine was a year later) to collect a 5% "use" tax on imports, so I provided them with a certified copy of my registration "use" fee receipt to show that it had been paid.
Of course other states may differ, so you might want to do some research.
In Maryland, the state follows up on imports (mine was a year later) to collect a 5% "use" tax on imports, so I provided them with a certified copy of my registration "use" fee receipt to show that it had been paid.
Of course other states may differ, so you might want to do some research.
No sales tax in Oregon but I think that if you buy a car here and go interstate with it, your home state will catch it when or if you register it in your home state. Maybe the way out is to leave it registered in Oregon with Oregon plates, Don't know for sure but if you find a car up here it would be worth researching. I know I saved big bucks not paying sales tax on both the Speedster and my 01 Ford Escape. Bruce
Bruce, if Maryland notices that you reside here (have a MD driver's license) and drive a car with out of state tags/registration but are not active duty miltary then they will hit you with a hefty fine and of course you'll have to re-register the car in MD and pay the tax, too.
I imagine most states have the same laws, so the trick is to not get caught. The troopers have already heard every excuse you can dream up.
I imagine most states have the same laws, so the trick is to not get caught. The troopers have already heard every excuse you can dream up.
In Iowa your odds of getting stopped is 4 times as high if your running out of state plates....we like to try and catch drug runners that way
Steven:
Very true, I think I've had more tickets in Iowa than any other state in the Union, and I am usually just passing thru. My sister lives in No. Cenral Iowa and going to and from her place my detector is always going off. A few years ago I got zapped by an overhead plane that radioed to a waiting trooper. Was lucky I guess because I just got a warning ticket. My sister says I-35 is the druggies thorofare from Mexico to Minneapolis and places in between. You wouldn't think that the sleepy little Iowa farm comunities would have a drug problem but my sis says they do. Sometimes those drug runners go stupid and speed. Result is jail time and the stash eliminated. Be cool there in Iowa!
Bruce
Very true, I think I've had more tickets in Iowa than any other state in the Union, and I am usually just passing thru. My sister lives in No. Cenral Iowa and going to and from her place my detector is always going off. A few years ago I got zapped by an overhead plane that radioed to a waiting trooper. Was lucky I guess because I just got a warning ticket. My sister says I-35 is the druggies thorofare from Mexico to Minneapolis and places in between. You wouldn't think that the sleepy little Iowa farm comunities would have a drug problem but my sis says they do. Sometimes those drug runners go stupid and speed. Result is jail time and the stash eliminated. Be cool there in Iowa!
Bruce