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V · 07-10-2007, 10:29 PM

I just took care of my SS today

I went into the local DMV, and told them i need the application for collector car status. I got it, filled it out. Handed it back in and showed my current registration, and paid my $25. I then got back what "looks" to be a registration card, but on the card it says "COLLECTOR VEHICLE VOUCHER" and the expiration date is in 3 months. SO i just asked to make sure what that means..
It means you need to bring the car to a state inspection place WITHIN 3 months, and after that the "voucher" is no longer valid (and you have to reapply, another $25, etc)
You do not get a new registration card, nor are there any real changes to your registration, you just get that voucher.

I then saw that my local inspection station was open to 7pm tonight, so i got my reg and insurance cards for the SS together, along with the reg and ins cards from my Denali to show i have a daily driver. I even printed out my insurance declaration sheet to show that the SS is listed as "Pleasure Use" only. Turns out all my vehicles are listed as pleasure use, since i dont commute or drive to work/school, lol.

Anyways, i got to the Inspection station, sat in line for like 20min, till i finally got up to the guy directing cars to different lanes. He gave me a VERY strange look, i guess he found it odd i was actually trying for inspection. he first pointed me to a line and then i told him "collector vehicle inspection". He looked relieved, and then told me to leave that line and go around the left side of the building and go under the side awning/roof. (this is paramus inspection station in bergen co) I pulled up, and a worker came out, i handed him my voucher, registration, insurance card(only for the SS) and my drivers license. He looked the papers over quick, and then wrote down my VIN, current mileage, and that it was a 5.7 V8. That was because they had to enter it in the state computer because my car is not in the system.(never inspected since new, and they dont plug into my OBDII to pull the info). He then went inside for like 5 min, came back out with the scraper, took my dealer inspection sticker and my 2 year extension sticker off, and put on the new triangle sticker. I gotta clean some glue off more, but it was a pain to begin with for him to reach it on these deep dashboards, plus my huge tach is right there as well.

so anyways, tehcincally i'm all legal now.

07-10-2007, 10:29 PM	#29
V Stalker Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 12,082 iTrader: (12)	I just took care of my SS today I went into the local DMV, and told them i need the application for collector car status. I got it, filled it out. Handed it back in and showed my current registration, and paid my $25. I then got back what "looks" to be a registration card, but on the card it says "COLLECTOR VEHICLE VOUCHER" and the expiration date is in 3 months. SO i just asked to make sure what that means.. It means you need to bring the car to a state inspection place WITHIN 3 months, and after that the "voucher" is no longer valid (and you have to reapply, another $25, etc) You do not get a new registration card, nor are there any real changes to your registration, you just get that voucher. I then saw that my local inspection station was open to 7pm tonight, so i got my reg and insurance cards for the SS together, along with the reg and ins cards from my Denali to show i have a daily driver. I even printed out my insurance declaration sheet to show that the SS is listed as "Pleasure Use" only. Turns out all my vehicles are listed as pleasure use, since i dont commute or drive to work/school, lol. Anyways, i got to the Inspection station, sat in line for like 20min, till i finally got up to the guy directing cars to different lanes. He gave me a VERY strange look, i guess he found it odd i was actually trying for inspection. he first pointed me to a line and then i told him "collector vehicle inspection". He looked relieved, and then told me to leave that line and go around the left side of the building and go under the side awning/roof. (this is paramus inspection station in bergen co) I pulled up, and a worker came out, i handed him my voucher, registration, insurance card(only for the SS) and my drivers license. He looked the papers over quick, and then wrote down my VIN, current mileage, and that it was a 5.7 V8. That was because they had to enter it in the state computer because my car is not in the system.(never inspected since new, and they dont plug into my OBDII to pull the info). He then went inside for like 5 min, came back out with the scraper, took my dealer inspection sticker and my 2 year extension sticker off, and put on the new triangle sticker. I gotta clean some glue off more, but it was a pain to begin with for him to reach it on these deep dashboards, plus my huge tach is right there as well. so anyways, tehcincally i'm all legal now.