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Basil said:
Not a problem in New Mexico - they don't have inspections here (except emissions, but they don;'t car if your brake lights don't work or your headlights are out, our your brakes are metal to metal! (I wish we did have safety inspections)
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Same in California. The police used to give "fix-it" tickets, but I haven't heard of one being given in years. Maybe it's the crowd I run around with now.
 
We have annual inspections,unless you run Antique license plates,
then you're exempt.We also don't have emissions testing,except in the DC area.
 
No annual inspections here - generally. However, The police and Ministry of transport are currently having a safety blitz. One of my Facebook groups is a local 'club' (cruise night really) and there have been more than one post recently about (particularly) pickup owners getting pulled over for noise/ unusual mods and and especially too wide tires - so now thay are trying to find ways to get their trucks towed home. Not seen this literally since I was a teenager and I had to go through an inspection with my dad's DKW. (the ignition then was a home light switch dangling that you turned on and then touched a wire to one of the terminals) They were amused.
 
John Turney said:
Same in California. The police used to give "fix-it" tickets, but I haven't heard of one being given in years. Maybe it's the crowd I run around with now.
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My wife got a fix it ticket a couple weeks ago here in California.
True story; She was pulled over for expired registration from last November, usually a huge ticket here in California. When she pulled out the paperwork to show the CHP officer, she only had the paperwork from when she bought the car in November 2023 and a letter from DMV saying she still needed to sign the back of the title from the previous owner. She also had a photocopy of the signed back of the title she had mailed back to DMV. So the CHP officer just gave her a fix it ticket! Maybe it’s her grey hair? I couldn’t believe it was only a fix it ticket!
Sorry, long story longer; after spending hours on the phone explaining the situation & emailing scans of all the paperwork to a “nice lady” in Sacramento, DMV, wait for it,
lost the paperwork! No signed title, no record of the letter they sent to my wife… nothing, except they said they can see she paid $3200 taxes and fees back in 2023. Now the “nice lady” says she has to go back to the original DMV office where she transferred the title (that is 100 miles away) to get it fixed! Totally insane…
 
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Pat MM said:
My wife got a fix it ticket a couple weeks ago here in California.
True story; She was pulled over for expired registration from last November, usually a huge ticket here in California. When she pulled out the paperwork to show the CHP officer, she only had the paperwork from when she bought the car in November 2023 and a letter from DMV saying she still needed to sign the back of the title from the previous owner. She also had a photocopy of the signed back of the title she had mailed back to DMV. So the CHP officer just gave her a fix it ticket! Maybe it’s her grey hair? I couldn’t believe it was only a fix it ticket!
Sorry, long story longer; after spending hours on the phone explaining the situation & emailing scans of all the paperwork to a “nice lady” in Sacramento, DMV, wait for it,
lost the paperwork! No signed title, no record of the letter they sent to my wife… nothing, except they said they can see she paid $3200 taxes and fees back in 2023. Now the “nice lady” says she has to go back to the original DMV office where she transferred the title (that is 100 miles away) to get it fixed! Totally insane…
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In the last 2 years I bought 2 used cars. maybe it helps that I am in a small country so no difference between states etc... but this was the process:
Seller: Log into their personal area in the government web site.
Buyer: Log into their personal area in the government web site.

Seller: Start sale of car by adding ID# of new owner. If there are liens /unpaid tax / failed inspection or any other legal reason car can't be sold you can't do it.
Any additional registered owners also need to accept registered sale (same website... just under their name)
Any tax caused by this sale.. (handicap car purchased with discount before it can be sold tax free etc... whoever owes money will get notification)

Buyer: get notification of offer to sell car including price agreed on. Assuming this is the car you agreed upon, buyer sent to the correct person etc... you just press the accept button now both seller and buyer get a complete statement of proposed sale.

Seller... transfer money from bank (also on internet... and since I had notified my bank I was planning on making a larger than normal purchase transfer was approved and seller had notification in 1 minute...)

Buyer / seller press complete sale button.... and 10 seconds later car was registered in my name... new car license ready to print out.

At home... went into my gov account... pressed the " add additional owner" and added my wife as 2nd owner, she got notification...pressed accept got instantly updated copy of car license with 2 owners and whole process is done.

Total time to transfer ownership... under 10 minutes and I already had final legal documentation of ownership.

Now I am sure that there are probably flaws in the system somewhere but compared to going in the DMV, wasting hours, and then having them mess up the documentation anyway seems like a far better risk.
 
70herald said:
In the last 2 years I bought 2 used cars. maybe it helps that I am in a small country so no difference between states etc... but this was the process:
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I love this!

Unfortunately, this would result in job losses at local DMV sites. Something most politicians won’t touch with a ten foot pole! “Bring home (to their district) the gravy!” 😀
 
I'd like cars to only have gauges and for the people who own cars to be educated on what the gauges mean.
 
waltesefalcon said:
I'd like cars to only have gauges and for the people who own cars to be educated on what the gauges mean.
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I'd like for cars to have little sticks on the side of the steering wheel when, if moved up or down, would activate flashing lights on the right or left side of the car to let people know when they are about to turn or change lanes in front of you. I can dream, can't I?
 
You must live in an area where there are many BMWs.
 
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Basil said:
I'd like for cars to have little sticks on the side of the steering wheel when, if moved up or down, would activate flashing lights on the right or left side of the car to let people know when they are about to turn or change lanes in front of you. I can dream, can't I?
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No Austin-Healeys for you. The lever is in the middle of the steering wheel, above the horn push.
 
AngliaGT said:
Here,if people use their signals,that wait until they're already
turning to activate them.
I even use mine when I'm in a parking lot.
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I practiced in a parking lot also but now I even use them on the road. :LOL:
 
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