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At least we're allowed to suspend our registration for up to 5 years and then just pass a standard inspection on return to the road. Makes a VIN swap easy, that's for sure, as they only look for the numbers that should be there - ie the pan is the thing which is registered. S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Vagelpohl" <jens@dataflake.org> To: "Type 3 Mailing List" <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 1:41 AM Subject: [T3] Inspections (was: Re: [T3] Crunchy steering?) > in germany both inspections and insurance are compulsory. what a > surprise, isn't it? ;) there's not just a technical inspection but > also a n emissions inspection every year. > > the worst thing that can happen to an old-car owner/restorer is when > they let registration lapse for over a year, maybe because the car is > all taken apart in some garage. if you want to re-register it after > that point you have to go through this special technical inspection > that is much more expensive and rigorous than the standard inspection. > > jens > > > On Friday, Jan 24, 2003, at 03:44 US/Eastern, Ben Doughney wrote: > > > on 24/1/2003 7:14 PM, Daniel Baum at dnbaum@hotmail.com wrote: > > > >>> In the US, any inspections are required by the individual states. > >>> Most > >> states > >>> have no inspection requirement. > >> > >> I find this really pretty incredible. > > > > Me too! Here they have to check all sorts of weird things, also they > > charge > > about $40 for the check. > > > > Ben Doughney > > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.435 / Virus Database: 244 - Release Date: 12/30/02 ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/