[MBZ] 240D from VA to PA, need advice..

[John Berryman]

On Jun 6, 2006, at 4:47 PM, Kevin wrote:

>> You guys that buy a lot of cars, what do you do? Once I get it  
>> back in PA
>> it's an easy process to get it properly inspected, get the title
>> transferred and get new plates for it.

	Pa offers temporary cardboard tags. Perhaps Va does the same, call  
the DMV or dig up their website. If I buy a car far from home (I like  
Southern cars and live 150mi South of Montreal) I have the seller Fed- 
Ex the proper documentation and register it (but sometimes I borrow  
the plates and window stickers from one of my many MBs and drive it  
home like that). I've gotten pulled over for speeding and warned (for  
speeding) and the trooper didn't even look any further than the  
papers I handed him. I do what I have to do under the circumstances.
	BTW, Kevin obviously has no sense of adventure. I do and frequently  
fulfill my desire by driving used MBs thousands of miles at a clip. I  
used to carry it on the plane but that doesn't fly anymore.Nowadays,  
I ship a tool kit and some simple spares ie fuel filters,  
hose&clamps, silicone sealer, JB-Weld, and bailing wire to the  
location of the car. You wouldn't believe half of the stories I have  
but I'll tell you I drove every one of them all the way home.

	Didi anyone save Richarde's post stating that doing the above is the  
equivalent of a modern day mastodon hunt? Its a good analogy.


Johnny B.
I Mac Therefore I am