Campmobile

Velma 82 1.9L AAZ TD Westy
On Jan 14, 2015 5:24 PM, "Ralph Meyermann" <ralphmeyermann@gmail.com> wrote:

> In Iowa mine is a camper van
>
> Velma 82 1.9L AAZ TD Westy
> On Jan 14, 2015 4:17 PM, "Robert Keezer" <warmerwagen@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Part of $110.00 extra fees RV's (motorhomes) are charged every year is
>> for the disposal of holding tank (sewage) waste, and RV weight fees, both
>> that don't apply to a Westfalia. Find another agency and state the vehicle
>> you registering is a Volkswagen Vanagon.I have never had a problem at my
>> local agency.Robert1982 Westfalia
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>>       From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
>>  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>  Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 1:08 PM
>>  Subject: titling and registering camper in Washington
>>
>> I have run into something unexpected in moving my camper to Washington.
>> The clerk at the registration office asked me if my camper is a motor
>> home.  I said "No," because it is not.  She agreed, saying that her
>> computer registration program identified it, by its vin, as a passenger
>> car.  But another lady, at a different booth, spoke up, saying that it is a
>> motor home. The two disagreed, so they called someone else, saying that
>> they can always rely on him for correct information. He said it was a
>> passenger car.
>>
>> OK, everything was cool.  But the other woman intervened again, asking me
>> if the van had a bed.  It does.  She then asked if it had a sewage holding
>> tank.  It does not.  She asked then if it has cooking facilities or a
>> refrigerator.  It has both.  She declared it to be a motor home.  The first
>> woman was non-plussed.  I told her that I would title and license the
>> vehicle "later," and she said she thought that was a good idea, and that
>> she would check further for me, and let me know what she found out.
>>
>> It seems to me that if the registration program recognizes it as a
>> passenger vehicle, and the departmental expert, consulted because he is the
>> expert, agrees, then the second woman is just butting in, but what do I
>> know.
>>
>> So, fellow VW Campmobile owning Washingtonians, how are yor camper's
>> titled and registered, as passenger vehicles or motor homes?
>>
>> Thanks,David McNeely
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