RE: [T3] Broken Odometer and insurance gripes

["Tom Cloud" <computerspace@hotmail.com>]

Hi Mark,
   About your registering your car in CA now, not to worry. Any
car '73 and older is exempt from smog inspections, unless you get
caught by some roadside sniffer - very unlikly though. So your
'70 should make it just fine. I just registered my '69 which is
also dual carbed now and not a problem.

Regards,
Tom Cloud
'69 Fastback!
'69 Bug


>From type3-request@vwtype3.org Thu Oct 22 11:39:01 1998
>Received: from maria.yourwebhost.com (maria.yourwebhost.com 
[209.239.45.2] (may be forged))
>          by smtp.yourwebhost.com (8.8.7/8.8.4) with ESMTP
>	  id CAA29363; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 02:37:37 -0400
>Received: (from gregm@localhost)
>          by maria.yourwebhost.com (8.8.7/8.8.4)
>	  id OAA15405; Thu, 22 Oct 1998 14:08:49 -0400
>Resent-Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 14:08:49 -0400
>X-Authentication-Warning: maria.yourwebhost.com: gregm set sender to 
type3-request@vwtype3.org using -f
>From: mfuhriman@fugro.com
>Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 12:52:07 -0700
>Message-Id: <199810221952.MAA00189@fims.fugro.com>
>To: type3@vwtype3.org
>Subject:   RE:  [T3] Broken Odometer and insurance gripes
>X-Mailer: MailNet 4.10
>Resent-Message-ID: <"-qsIm.0.Fa3.MFtBs"@maria.yourwebhost.com>
>Resent-From: type3@vwtype3.org
>X-Mailing-List: <type3@vwtype3.org> archive/latest/5238
>X-Loop: type3@vwtype3.org
>Precedence: list
>Resent-Sender: type3-request@vwtype3.org
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>  ...So he went through the typical "I really shouldnt do this for you
>>  because it's technically illegal to drive without a working   
>odometer,..."
>
>What?? Isn't there a provision for driving or registering a car with an   
>odometer that has "exceeded its mechanical limits" or "mileage shown is   
>not the actual mileage"?  While living in CA I drove around an old car   
>with a broken odometer, but nobody at the DMV ever cared, as long as 
the   
>speedometer worked.  If the DMV doesn't care about the odometer, I 
can't   
>see why an insurer would care.
>
>By the way, is it true that anything older than a '72 is now exempt 
from   
>the CA smog testing?  To be exempt, do the original emissions controls,   
>etc. need to be in place?  Soon I'll be moving back to CA with my '70   
>fastback that used to be FI but now has carbs (not my fault).  All of 
the   
>original emissions controls that originally came with the car are gone.   
> Would I be able to register my car without extensive mods?  I would   
>appreciate any input from you CA listees..
> -Mark  
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------
>Search old messages on the Web!  Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/
>
>


______________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com