On Wed, 29 Jan 1997 21:23:57 +0000 "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>
writes:
>I know there are some current (and certainly some prior) military
>members on this list, so hopefully I can get some real-life advice.
> I'm currently stationed in Florida, and am not required to have
>an emissions test on my '72 B. Hopefully, I'll be transferred to
>Texas for my next school, and I believe that as long as I keep my
>tags current with Florida, I shouldn't have to register or smog test
>the car in Texas. Does this sound reasonable? I did the same
>thing in South Carolina, driving with current Florida plates, but I
>was only there for six months, and may have just gotten lucky with
>the local constabulary. I'm hoping to get Hawaii for my first
>permanent duty station (oxymoron?), and I think I'll be screwed,
>because there's no way I'll be able to get the car back to Florida
>once a year to update the tags. Any experience?
I will check further for you, but my brother inlaw has been stationed in
Hawaii for three years, owns a BMW there which has always had New York
plates - I seem to recall him telling me it is some sort of military
dispensation - reverting!
mike robson
69 roadster
70 BGT
72 roadster
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