Florida penalizes you 30 days after the purchase if you haven’t registered and titled the vehicle. I believe it’s a pretty common thing for most states.
That being said, I don’t think it’s a significant amount. -D > On Sep 29, 2020, at 5:38 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Sounds like the commies are taking over your state. Time to move to FL. > > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 5:35 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> It used to be that way here, but now they don’t care and start the >> penalties after 30 days regardless. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Sep 29, 2020, at 4:33 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Congrats, nice victory! >>> >>> Regarding the County for the taxes, make sure that you tell them that you >>> bought the car in a state of disrepair and you could not drive it until >> you >>> got it repaired. Bring the receipt(s) for the ignition switch maybe, so >>> you have some evidence? In my case, when I bought the blue '95 E300, it >>> took me several months or maybe a year to get that all sorted to the >> point >>> it was roadworthy, so there was no fine / late payment penalty after I >> let >>> the county tax desk know that. >>> ------------- >>> Max >>> Charleston SC >>> >>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 5:11 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < >>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Well, VT sent me plates and some sort of registration certificate, I got >>>> insurance so as far as I am concerned it is now "legal" to be on the >>>> road. VT don't do titles on vehicles 15yo or older, so this one fell in >>>> that range. I need to call the TitleMax guy tomorrow I guess, I just >>>> haven't done it yet. I wonder if he cleared the lien so VT did not see >>>> anything. Kaleb suggested just going to the DMV here and seeing if they >>>> will take the VT registration certificate and turn it into a title, I >>>> guess I could do that too but it might be less of a surprise to call TM >>>> first. >>>> >>>> I should probably call the TM guy first to see if there will be some >>>> issue, SCDMV are kinda PsITA about stuff sometimes, and I need to do it >>>> before the 30days happens or they ding me on days it was not registered >>>> here. I have to check about how they are doing things now, they were >>>> only doing appointments before, and last time I went there I had to get >>>> one like 3 weeks out. You first have to go to the County Assessor and >>>> tax office (2 transactions) to get a title request form sorted out, I >>>> think they calculate the tax, then hand that to the tax man and pay the >>>> tax before you can go to the DMV. Fortunately the 2 county desks are in >>>> the same room so that is easy enough (why they cannot do both at once at >>>> one desk is beyond me), but then you have to go to the DMV which is >>>> either 1) just down the road from the County offices and is a bit, um, >>>> challenging, or 2) a new one in a less challenging location. I guess if >>>> I went to the county that shows DMV I was trying to be good... >>>> >>>> --FT >>>> >>>>> On 9/29/20 4:56 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >>>>> Dude, that’s great. Gotta love the easy (and cheap!) fixes. >>>>> >>>>> Was this the one that had the lien on it? Did you ever get that sorted >>>> out? >>>>> >>>>> -D >>>>> >>>>>> On Sep 29, 2020, at 4:44 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < >>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> So if you recall I bought this 05 ML500 in kind of a shady deal, $400 >>>> for the vehicle, $275 to spring it from jail where it had been towed. >> It >>>> had a "Start Error" which would not allow it to start. I spent a lot of >>>> time digging into it with the majick computer, and managed to clear the >>>> Start Error message on the dash. Was not apparently the keys and code >>>> chips as those all checked out OK, the DAS (Drive Authorization System, >> a >>>> little loop antenna around the key switch that reads the chip in the >> keys) >>>> appeared to be happy. I had pulled a DAS loop and module from a junker >> for >>>> cheap, they are like $175 new, did not need to use it. >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
