I suppose. They just want the letter 'N' gone. Just means another DMV
trip though.

I must reiterate, the people in this particular DMV office are so
pleasant and efficient that it's difficult to stay angry. The place is
like something out of an alternate reality. Worth the 20 minute drive.

BenT

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On Jun 22, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>