They let you register a vehicle if you don't live or at least have an address there? What about insurance?

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Vincent Dow
Sent: Sunday, June 1, 2014 1:57 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: [Adventurewagen] Need to sell my van : ( Another victim of bad diagnostic skills! This really bothers me

Consider registering in South Dakota. It's $35/year and there's no smog check. At least get out from under that pressure.
I have a similar problem with my 82 westy/subaru 2.2. CA DMV now demands that I pass smog every year (gross polluter) and I keep the van as my east coast vehicle. There's no way I'm going to drive back and forth across north america every year so I was preparing myself to sell the van. Then a friend mentioned the South Dakota thing.

(BTW keep that under your lid - sweet loopholes like this are being closed all the time)

On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> So this person spent $1,450 before being told that she may need engine 
> work.
> This is so sad and I see it all the time.
> A few weeks ago I had someone come in with all sorts of issues 
> including no power. While out west they had someone install a used 
> engine for them and supposedly it never ran right. Exhaust is a mess, 
> no cat, muffler held up with wire etc. The real kicker was that the 
> spark plug wires for cylinders
> 1
> and 3 were swapped. And this poor couple drove it almost 4,000 miles 
> this way. What really sucks is that this new catalyst is probably 
> being destroyed from the original problem not being corrected. The 
> real shame is this person is now being driven to give up something 
> that she wants and enjoys.
>
> Dennis
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On 
> Behalf Of Jim Arnott
> Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2014 12:29 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Fwd: [Adventurewagen] Need to sell my van : (
>
> Vee's A'wagen is a good one..
>
> Huntington Beach, CA.
>
> Jim
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: "Veronica Fraga veronicafraga@yahoo.com
> > Subject: [Adventurewagen] Need to sell my van : (
> > Date: May 31, 2014 at 10:23:29 AM PDT
> > To: "adventurewagen@yahoogroups.com" 
> > <adventurewagen@yahoogroups.com>
> > Reply-To: Adventurewagen@yahoogroups.com
> >
> > Hey everybody.  Very sad to say that I need to sell my van. This is 
> > the
> one I bought in 2009, low original miles, with the black interior panels.
> Rebuilt the engine and cooling system shortly after that.  Rebuilt 
> transmission about a year and a half ago. Took it across country twice 
> and lived in it those summers. It's a good van.  Ran really well, but 
> doesn't look worth stealing.
> >
> > Something has gone wrong with the new engine recently, that I don't 
> > have
> money to finish fixing. It didn't pass CA smog, so I put about $600 in 
> adjustments, then it failed again for different emissions readings 
> after adjusting. This week, I spent $850 on a new catalytic converter 
> and more adjustments, but only 3 out of 4 readings are right. Mechanic 
> says there's one "unseated valve," and to fix it right means digging 
> in and rebuilding both at the same time. About $2,000 for the shop to do it.
> >
> > I went from starving grad student for the past few years, to 
> > starving
> military social worker now that I'm finally working again.   Tapped out
> financially.  Can't give my "Shayna"  what she needs to get strong again.
> >
> > Hoping one of you here, who lives outside CA and can do this work
> yourself, may be interesting in buying her.  If so, please give me a call.
> Best offer.  As is, where is.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Vee
> > cell: 714-926-8845
>