The State of Maryland is demanding that I drive my car more...

My bigger issue in MD is the lack of ability to get temp tags.

They will only give you a onetime 30 day tag. No renews.

Suffice to say, it took me more than 30 days to get some required things done to my car. (new exhaust, new tires, tint removal, power steering leak, etc) and I was hosed. To do it fully legally I needed to have the car towed to the inspection station (and AAA wont tow without valid tags). Further the inspection station needed to road test the car, so I had to hunt for one with a "dealer" tag to put on it so they could do that, or it was a fail.

Not saying things went strictly by the book, but by the book quickly became prohibitive.

Yeah, they can choke on a bag of... well, you know...

Next time wait a little longer before getting the temp tags. Fix what you know needs to be fixed for the inspection, and then roll the dice.

In reply to foxtrapper:

They probably ding you with a $1000 late fee for passing 30 days on a title transfer......this is Maryland after all, Rockville is in it. The entire state is running on Comcast's business plan of "berkeley You"

In reply to Datsun1500:

Apply for dual residency with Florida and plate everything with them? Good way to berkeley the system.

yamaha wrote: In reply to foxtrapper: They probably ding you with a $1000 late fee for passing 30 days on a title transfer......this is Maryland after all, Rockville is in it. The entire state is running on Comcast's business plan of "berkeley You"

Nope. There's no requirement to get tags on a vehicle you've got the title to.

Datsun1500 wrote:

HiTempguy wrote:

spitfirebill wrote:

Datsun1500 wrote: In reply to spitfirebill: I know. Trust me, I know.

How has that turned out?

If he is handling it in any way like he has this situation, probably frustratingly slow... all brought on by himself.

A claim was filed through the shops insurance company, and they are investigating. That is all I can say for now. Reverse the car situation to where they say you drove too many miles last month and must park your car for a week, no exceptions. Only car? 20 miles to work? Tough luck, you figure it out. Is that reasonable? As someone else pointed out, they drove a car 400 miles, still not reset, so should I drive 400? Others say 15 miles should do it, its been 45 and not reset yet... What happens if I "just spend the day driving the car around" and that does not work? Is my time not valuable?

how valuable was it on all the trips back and forth to the DMV ?

Datsun1500 wrote:

foxtrapper wrote:

yamaha wrote: In reply to foxtrapper: They probably ding you with a $1000 late fee for passing 30 days on a title transfer......this is Maryland after all, Rockville is in it. The entire state is running on Comcast's business plan of "berkeley You"

Nope. There's no requirement to get tags on a vehicle you've got the title to.

But an untagged vehicle can not be visable from the street

does Md have front tags ?

Good thing you don't have a Jaguar! I've been trying to get my '01 XJR to set readiness codes since I failed inspection in December. I rarely drive the car but still more than 500 miles. The last two, "Comprehensive Component" (which has something to do with the transmission - how hard could it be?) are being real b*tches. They both seem to require some particular distance at a particular speed range thats: a) dangerously slow on the highway and b) impossible to do in a single shot in town.

The worst part is I may ACTUALLY have a problem. I got a CEL in November for EVAP so I reset to see if was a real problem or not (loose gas cap?). The CEL never came back but 6 months later, still not ready.

The worst thing is I was planning to have sold it already but I figure no inspection must halve its value.

I feel bad for people in emissions states and all the bureaucratic BS that goes with it.

Try Michigan out sometime, you just walk in before your birthday, plop ~$80 on the counter(based on car's MSRP pus some depreciation maths, pre 85 is weight based), and get a new license plate sticker, done.

Datsun1500 wrote: But an untagged vehicle can not be visable from the street

That's a local thing, not a state thing. Maryland has no such prohibition.

Datsun1500 wrote: In reply to foxtrapper: You are correct, it's not State wide. It's 21 of 23 counties, and Baltimore City. I misspoke. An unregistered vehicle can not be visible from the street in 92% of Maryland.

You just made that up, didn't you? tsk tsk tsk. Love to see your source for this.

Did a quick code check on a few locations. Washington, Frederick, Carroll, Cecil, Calvert. All legal, a few with some restrictions. That's five, you said there's only two.

Datsun1500 wrote: In reply to mfennell: Just suck it up and drive it more. That's what most people here think the solution is. You can put another 500 miles on it this weekend, why not just do that?

Hah. I pulled the scanner out of the Ferrari (where it normally is, because Ferrari) and checked last night. FOUR incompletes. WTF? Stupid car. Drove it to work (~15 miles) and nothing cleared.

Datsun1500 wrote: In reply to mfennell: Just suck it up and drive it more. That's what most people here think the solution is. You can put another 500 miles on it this weekend, why not just do that?

Its even more impractical in his case, 500 miles on a rollback probably won't set his Jag's readiness codes.....

Datsun1500 wrote: I don't have the time to look them up (and don't care) but I did not pull it out of my ass

If you would have actually read those citations, you'd have realized that both Wicomico and Worcester county do allow for it. Same with Cecil if you'd have gone to the footnoted chapter 353. Like I said, a few restrictions, but legal.

That brings it to 7 counties that clearly show untagged cars aren't inherently illegal, even if visible.

Don't know where you pulled the claim from, but it's not holding up well at all.

OK, I live in Maryland and had to deal with this before. The Maryland MVA and VEIP program are simply asinine and horrible.

Firstly, if you contact the MVA directly, you can talk to the director of the VEIP program and get a waiver for any vehicle driven less than 1,000 miles a year. You need to provide proof that your insurance has the amount driven as less than 1,000 miles a year and provide proof of the odometer.

Second of all, if the car is out of state, you can get a local cop to fill out a form saying that the car is in another state, and then you can get a waiver that way as well.

I did the first method on my old Plymouth Sundance that was only driven to car shows and the drag strip.