Posted by JDEM on May 19, 2017 at 05:20:22 from (70.194.17.113):
It is a good thing we do not need motor-vehicle titles for tractors (yet). Here in Michigan, we need them for cars, trucks, and even ATVs.
I spent the past two years, off and on, restoring a 1978 Toyota-Chinook Micro-mini motorhome. To me - 1978 is not very "old." I finally got it road-worthy and tried to register it yesterday. What a mess!
First - my insurance company refused to insure it since they claim no such vehicle exists. This is Progressive. After a lot of time on the phone I got to talk to a manager and asked where they get their info from. Ends up they go on-line and use NADA Blue Book for RVs. I told them my RV is indeed in the NADA book and they say it is not. So instead of wasting more time - I hung up the phone. I then went on-line, lied about a few details, and got insurance.
Next stop - the DMV here in northern Michigan (called the Secretary of State office). I brought in my genuine and notarized Louisiana title and their new computer system will not accept it. The manager there said the problem might be the short VIN used in 1978 or because it is "foreign." Note that "foreign" because it is out of state and not because it is partly made in Japan.
Then the manager looked it up on-line at NADA for RVs and told me my vehicle "does not exist." So now? She sent my title to the state capital in Lansing for "investigation" whatever that means.
So out of frustration, I went home. I took the VIN tag off my 1978 and stuck on a 1976 VIN tag from a wreck I have. This wreck just happens to have a New Mexico title and for some strange reason - New Mexico is not as "foreign" to the DMV as Louisiana. So got it all registered. Wrong year - but I doubt anybody is going to notice.
Note - the lady who run the DMV office told me that this is all caused by their new computer system and if I had come a year ago to register this thing - there would of been NO problem.
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