I have friends whose residence is new Jersey. They have a 68 VW camper van
which has been in Mex for eight years with South Dakota reg. S.D. offers
this as a little money-maker for the state. Keep your insurance coverage as
is... Your agent should not care what the plate on the car says.
Yeah, S.D. will mail you a plate, and you're good to go!

The last five years I've been registering my vanaru in CA and avoiding
smog-check by submitting the STATEMENT OF FACT form - which declares I
won't drive the van in CA. Last september I was informed by the DMV that
this would no longer suffice - and I had to bring it in for smog check. I
have no intention of doing that. I'd rather sell the VW and look for  a
1969 chevy sport van. I'm going to do the S.D. reg this summer. Hope for
the best.

On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> Well, I checked.  South Dakota has specific registration details for
> non-residents, and points out on its online registration information that
> being a resident is not a requirement.  Interesting.  mcneely
>
> mcneely
>
> ---- Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > I think SD specializes stuff like this.  There must be a reason why all
> the credit card processing is done there.
> >
> > It's the same as all US corporations being registered in Delaware.
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Dennis Haynes
> > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2014 5:05 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: [Adventurewagen] Need to sell my van : ( Another victim of
> bad diagnostic skills! This really bothers me
> >
> > 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
> > >
>
> --
> David McNeely
>