YES THANK YOU Jake !
I had a 'B' in mind, but knew it wasn't 'Ben."

Jake de Villiers wrote:
> I believe that's Brendan Slavin?
>
> On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Scott Foss - Shazam
> <scottdaniel@turbovans.com <mailto:scottdaniel@turbovans.com>> wrote:
>
>     No Sir...........
>     i will tell you EXACTLY the skinny on going to the DMV with your CA
>     registered van.
>     first there are NO SMOG CHECKS in Oregon anywhere, except in the
>     Portland area and the Rogue Valley ( medford- ashland ) where i am.
>
>     They will VIN check it, so drive it to the DMV.
>     go in, tell them you now live in oregon- when i did this just
>     yesterday
>     with my old mercedes with Wa plates- they said
>     'do you live in oregon?"
>     do you have an Oregon drivers's license?"
>     'is the car here now?"
>     i answered yes to all 3 questions -they said fill out this form, wait
>     for your number to be called.
>     so they might want you to get an Or driver's license first.
>
>     but other than looking at the VIN on the car - they don't care.
>     they don't care if it was a diesel and now it's a Suabur gasoline
>     engine  or whatever.
>     They simply are not interested in it smog wise in anyway.
>     there WAS a deal in Oregon where campers cost more, like double to
>     register,
>     I beleieve that went out Jan 1 of this year.
>     They also do two years at a time.
>     Yesterday, on my 38 year old Mercedes, to transfer the title to Oregon
>     registration........you know waht i mena, and get plaes and tags
>     for two
>     years...........cost $ 120.00.
>     Bring proof of insurance of course on the vehicle.
>
>     There are no safety inspections.
>     I 'was' told by the allways difficult Ashland DMV ( never go there)
>     .....i had this parts van or something i thought i might want an
>     orgeon
>     title for ( was Wa) ............they said 'has to be running, has to
>     have all equip liight lights working' etc.........
>     of course i am like .................what , it's a parts van.  And it
>     still has Wa plates on it, and i let the reregistration lapse.
>     But of the several out of state cars i've taken to the DMV to title in
>     oregon...............
>     THE ONLY thing they have ever done is look at the two VIN tags, I
>     could
>     have a Stinger Missile mounted on the roof and i don't think they'd
>     notice. I've had a non VW gasoline engine in a diesel van ( the 5th
>     digit of the   VIN tells which type of engine the van left the factory
>     with , B = gas, G = diesel, very logical - in geman perhaps ! )
>     ...............but i've had that weird combo, and due to the age
>     of the
>     van.......
>     they never said boo about engine or whatever.  That particular van
>     had a
>     Wa title that said 'gas- passenger' but when i got my Oregon
>     title...........their system flagged as a diesel by the VIN - and the
>     Oregon title said 'diesel'.
>
>     but you won't have any of that.
>     and if it's like Medford is, their soul  ( sole ? ) interest in
>     the van
>     will be to check the VIN , both of them. ( there's a 3rd hidden
>     one too ) .
>     It could be different in Bend, but i doubt it.
>
>     But I've been to the Medford  DMV about 8 times in 5 years or so,
>     always
>     smooth.
>     it's like the old days.......
>     you just go in, say i want to title this car in Oregon to me, they say
>     'fill out this form', ' give us your money.'
>     they give you the plates and year and month tags,  , and YD-
>     you're done.
>     there is a nice Crater Lake license plate, it's an extra  $ 20.
>     and one
>     time only fee, and that money goes to Crate Lake they say, and i did
>     that on one of my vans.
>     There are also salmon license plates or whatever.
>     yesterday the guy asked me 'do you just want the pine tree ones? "
>     .................i said'just  the basic ones, yes '
>     ...........those are
>     the standard plates, but look into their Crater Lake plate- that will
>     make you look like a clued-in Native !!
>
>     you asked, there you go. More than you wanted !!
>     scott
>     www.turbovans.com <http://www.turbovans.com>
>     Rogue Valley - Medford-Ashland, Southern Oregon.,
>     Vanagon engine conversion specialist, vanagon restoration  and
>     'saving '
>     vanagons etc.
>
>     BTW,
>     There's this fancy coffee shop down town, in Bend, in the cool part -
>     Italian flavor type place- not a starbucks.
>     I haven't been there, but the owner is a vanagon guy.
>     Can't think of his name right now. He and his wife and i 3 kids were
>     stuck on this side of the Cascades a few months ago, with a
>     vanagon that
>     could only go 20 mph, working together at me shop we fixed it -
>     water in
>     the fuel, and got them home.
>     So ask in that coffee shop, and you'll have a vanagon friend perhaps !
>     84 Vanagon passenger model I believe.  Real nice people too !
>
>
>
>
>     Mike Elliott wrote:
>
>         As I posted earlier, Mrs Squirrel and I are moving to Oregon
>         (Bend) from
>         California. The endless seas of pink stucco houses, mini-malls,
>         pollution,
>         heat, and people everywhere around here in SoCal have finally
>         gotten to
>         me. I know this is not necessarily a Good Thing in the minds
>         of many
>         Oregonians, but there it is. Bend has had more than its fair
>         share of
>         Californication, but we'll do what we can to fit in: we're
>         bringing our
>         little home businesses there to contribute to the local
>         economy, and
>         we'll
>         be friendly.
>
>         First thing we'll do is register with the Oregon DMV and swap
>         out our
>         Cali
>         plates for Oregon ones, if for no other reason than to avoid a
>         stoning
>         from riled-up passersby. Of course I expect we'll need to pass
>         emissions
>         (and safety?) requirements -- anyone care to comment on that
>         vis a vis
>         California standards?
>
>         --
>         Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>         71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>         84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>         74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>         KG6RCR
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> Crescent Beach, BC
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com>
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
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