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Re: [Mgs] So quiet!

To: Max Heim <mvheim@sonic.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] So quiet!
From: Richard Lindsay via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 19:46:01 -0500
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...and some people want MORE government! :-P

R

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 6:52 PM Max Heim via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net> wrote:

> What I failed to explain was that I had made an appointment at the DMV fo=
r
> the day I was having it flat-bedded to the paint shop. When the truck got
> to the front of the line, the inspector told us they wouldn=E2=80=99t loo=
k at a car
> on a flat bed or trailer. So we winched it down to ground level, THEN he
> told us he couldn=E2=80=99t look at it if the engine was missing. Well, w=
hy didn=E2=80=99t
> you tell us that in the first place? And what does the engine have to do
> with it? And why doesn=E2=80=99t it state either of these policies on the=
 DMV web
> site? (No mention anywhere).
>
> Anyway, the paperwork was already made out, minus the VIN inspection. So =
I
> just kept going to the shop, where it hung out for 3-1/2 years, during
> which time I made the discoveries described previously.
>
> --
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB
>
> On Apr 23, 2019, at 4:36 PM, Richard Lindsay <richardolindsay@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>    Great story Max, if a little terrifying. Thanks for sharing it. Any
> dealing with the DMV is a crap shoot. Sometimes flawless. Other times
> incalculable obscurity.
>
>
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<div dir=3D"auto">...and some people want MORE government! :-P<div dir=3D"a=
uto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">R</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote=
"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 6:52 PM Max H=
eim via Mgs &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:mgs@autox.team.net";>mgs@autox.team.net</a=
>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0=
 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style=3D"word-wra=
p:break-word">What I failed to explain was that I had made an appointment a=
t the DMV for the day I was having it flat-bedded to the paint shop. When t=
he truck got to the front of the line, the inspector told us they wouldn=E2=
=80=99t look at a car on a flat bed or trailer. So we winched it down to gr=
ound level, THEN he told us he couldn=E2=80=99t look at it if the engine wa=
s missing. Well, why didn=E2=80=99t you tell us that in the first place? An=
d what does the engine have to do with it? And why doesn=E2=80=99t it state=
 either of these policies on the DMV web site? (No mention anywhere).<div><=
br></div><div>Anyway, the paperwork was already made out, minus the VIN ins=
pection. So I just kept going to the shop, where it hung out for 3-1/2 year=
s, during which time I made the discoveries described previously.<div><br><=
div>
<div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-=
indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wra=
p:break-word"><div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-ali=
gn:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacin=
g:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:13px">--</di=
v><div style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:13px;min-height:16px">Max Heim</div><d=
iv style=3D"margin:0px;font-size:13px">&#39;66 MGB</div></div></div>
</div>


<br><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On Apr 23, 2019, at 4:36 PM, Richar=
d Lindsay &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:richardolindsay@gmail.com"; target=3D"_blank=
" rel=3D"noreferrer">richardolindsay@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br clas=
s=3D"m_-4983127153194616108Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir=3D"auto=
">=C2=A0 =C2=A0Great story Max, if a little terrifying. Thanks for sharing =
it. Any dealing with the DMV is a crap shoot. Sometimes flawless. Other tim=
es incalculable obscurity.=C2=A0<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div></div></div></b=
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