Well, I finally had the car registered. I canned the idea of putting the vintage plates on it for now. I'll revisit that battle when I get the energy to tackle the DMV maze again. New plates for the bimmer....My visit to the DMV was one of those comedy-of-errors that you just can't make up. The first time I visited, I was told my insurance cards had to have HISTORIC on them. It would have been historic to have gotten the car registered the first time. I was given several forms and told that there was indeed a difference between "historic" and "vintage" registration.... Hey! Just tell me which one lets me use the old license plates!
46 days later, I went back and just got it with new plates, but that's not the whole story. The reason I say 46 days later is that apparently NYS does not let one use their new insurance cards to register their car if the start date is more than 45 days old. I guess it's not good enough to have had to pay the entire year of insurance up front? Had to go back and get new cards sent to me and at that point I was determined to get this car some plates.
Mission Accomplished! Now I have 10 days to get it inspected.... Here we go again!!
