I guess I should clarify, I've got regular insurance, mainly because I
don't have a garage right now. The other requirement for special insurance
is usually "show" condition, but that is a matter of definition, which I
could get away with. I couldn't get away with fibbing about the garage,
since there is a very large maple tree right next to the driveway -- one
good storm and bad luck, and I'd be screwed.
I just like the collector car plates and the financial advantage -- the
regular plates don't come due until February '99. Someone in the club
suggested I get them, and everyone with '73 and older cars has them...
When I move AGAIN, I'm going to make sure I have a garage.
I could end up back in Germany for the next tour, I suppose, which
brings up the whole problem of WHICH car to take over there (one allowed per
family), the '96 Tahoe (and sell it at a profit to a needy rich German), or
the B, which I have no idea if it will pass the inspection for soldiers,
which is much easier than the TUV, by the way.
Dan
'73 B
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
To: Dan Ray <danray@bluegrass.net>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, June 11, 1998 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: Special License Plates
>Dan Ray wrote:
>>
>> Most states have "historic vehicle" plates available.
>> Here in KY, and I'm sure other states, there is a stipulation that you
can
>> only drive the car to "events", or some such stupid rule...
>> Has anyone EVER gotten a ticket for driving to work or the store with
>> historic plates???
>>
>> Dan
>> 73 B
>
>I don't know how insurance in the US operates but in the UK the time to
worry would
>be if you had a prang while on a 'non-event' trip - your insurance would be
>invalidated and you would be personally liable not only for the damage to
your own
>car but also for settling all third-party claims. In a litigeous nation
like the
>USA that doesn't bear thinking about.
>
>PaulH.
>
>
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