Ouch...Easy to fix tho. right?
Michael in San Antonio
91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
73 Beetle

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 7:13 PM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:

> Smacks you down. I was thrilled to get in to the San Mateo offices of
> California DMV to complete registration on my Vanagon. Had everything
> completed including smog, verification, etc. Three minute wait and
> BOOM I'm at window!
>
> The clerk looks over my paperwork. Perfect, she was the same one who
> helped me on my last visit. Then it happened. There was one letter too
> many on my vehicle verification form. The police officer who completed
> my verification, wrote the vehicle type as 'VAN'. DMV said it must say
> 'VA' to mean 'various'. Whatever! They said because the Vanagon is
> such a big box, they see it more as more of a commercial vehicle
> instead of a 'sports van'.
>
> It seems discriminatory that a Caravan, Aerostar, Sienna, blah, blah,
> blah is a 'sports van' and can be called a van. The Vanagon has to be
> called 'various' to qualify as a passenger van?! Ridiculous.
>
> OK, rant off. They gave me a new form. Said bring the van here or have
> a peace officer copy everything from the first form but put 'VA'
> instead of 'VAN'.
>
> Don't say I didn't warn you.
>
>
> BenT
>