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Easiest way is to purchase a car with a valid safety check (30days) and a valid emissions test. Call your insurance with the info and go get a slip for the vehicle. The two of you go to a local MTO and transfer the title and get new plates right there. Go back to address and install on car and driveaway. Drive away. That's how I bought my (working) Subaru 300km away and drove it home. Went on a Saturday, gave him a deposit to go get a current safety and emissions test. Returned the following Saturday morning and went to his local MTO with the insurance slip from my local office and the paperwork he completed. Title transfer done, taxes paid, insurance proved, new plates purchased, new sticker purchased, new title printed off, and away we went back to his place.
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If you find a car without a current safety check and/or e-test then just take the signed ownership after you buy it to the MOT and ask for a temp sticker. They'll charge you the tax, issue you plates, and you'll get a "T" sticker that lets you drive it around for 15 days while you get the safety and e-test sorted. You will absolutely need to have insurance sorted regardless of the temp sticker.
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Feb 13, 2015 07:26
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What's this silly emission and safety test you people speak of 
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Feb 13, 2015 07:41
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Something your state needs. One of them anyway.
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Feb 13, 2015 08:33
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Ha! The only thing they'll knock you with here is if your lack of a muffler makes your car too loud.
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Feb 13, 2015 16:55
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When I lived in NY inspection drove me loving insane, it all depended on which shop you took it to and if the tech inspecting the car was in a bad mood or not. Inspections are more of a money grab than anything else imo.
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Feb 13, 2015 17:10
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leica posted:When I lived in NY inspection drove me loving insane, it all depended on which shop you took it to and if the tech inspecting the car was in a bad mood or not. Inspections are more of a money grab than anything else imo. Indiana is so broke that they were considering instituting inspections and emissions testing but they state doesn't even have the money to start the program. And I guess the study showed that something like 10% of cars in the state would be forced off the road.
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Feb 13, 2015 17:19
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Thanks! As for insurance - anybody have any recommendations for insurance companies or brokers? My car insurance has always been in Socialist Worker's Paradise provinces, like B.C. and Saskatchewan, so the choice was always simple. Are all of the car-insurance-offering-companies in Ontario roughly the same, or is there one that's either way better than or much worse than the others? I guess the process there is to phone or visit the insurance company / agent / broker, and tell them I'm considering a particular car. They give me a quote, I go check out the car, and if I decide to buy it I call the insurance company and say "I bought it, let's do this"?
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Feb 13, 2015 17:51
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Rhyno posted:Indiana is so broke that they were considering instituting inspections and emissions testing but they state doesn't even have the money to start the program. And I guess the study showed that something like 10% of cars in the state would be forced off the road. Colorado does an audit of its emissions program every few years. The last audit determined that the program has no positive effect anymore (high polluting cars generally don't exist anymore, the test failure rate has dropped so low is practically statistical noise, and a car that is failing emissions likely tells the owner and also runs poorly so folks will generally get their stuff fixed), costs money to operate for no benefit (even though the vehicle owners have to pay for each test), and should be axed. The only hitch is that the company that does the testing as a state-granted monopoly makes too much money from the program and isn't afraid to litigate. Instead of eliminating the program, ODB2 e-checks were rolled out for '06 (I think) and newer vehicles. So now instead of paying your $25 for them to put the car on a dyno and do a simulated road test with a sniffer, they spend 2 minutes plugging in a computer and then ask for payment.
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Feb 13, 2015 22:13
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Brigdh posted:Colorado does an audit of its emissions program every few years. The last audit determined that the program has no positive effect anymore (high polluting cars generally don't exist anymore, the test failure rate has dropped so low is practically statistical noise, and a car that is failing emissions likely tells the owner and also runs poorly so folks will generally get their stuff fixed), costs money to operate for no benefit (even though the vehicle owners have to pay for each test), and should be axed. This has pretty much been well known for awhile now across the country, Florida got rid of emission testing because of that a long time ago, and any state that still does it is just scamming people out of their money tbh.
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Feb 13, 2015 23:46
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leica posted:When I lived in NY inspection drove me loving insane, it all depended on which shop you took it to and if the tech inspecting the car was in a bad mood or not. Inspections are more of a money grab than anything else imo. Everything about this loving place is a money grab. My friend brought his civic in to be inspected and from his dash cams he could tell that they drove the car into the shop bay, hooked up the OBD reader or whatever computer, and spent 10min scraping the old sticker off.
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Feb 14, 2015 00:24
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two_beer_bishes posted:spent 10min scraping the old sticker off. Wow, they were feeling generous.
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Feb 14, 2015 00:26
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To be honest I'd be okay with inspections in my state. One of my old neighbors drives a car with wooden floorboards, my sister's ex decided to replace all his wheels with spares because they were cheaper than real tires.
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Feb 14, 2015 04:41
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Rhyno posted:To be honest I'd be okay with inspections in my state. One of my old neighbors drives a car with wooden floorboards, my sister's ex decided to replace all his wheels with spares because they were cheaper than real tires. Wood is good enough for English car maker Morgan  We have an "initial safety check and then drive the loving wheels off of it" kind of program.
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Feb 14, 2015 04:49
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Sockington posted:Wood is good enough for English car maker Morgan Depending on the area the OPP do actually conduct "safety blitz" checkpoints to catch people driving miserable vehicles.
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Feb 14, 2015 07:07
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ExecuDork posted:Thanks! Check kanetix online for a simple way to figure out the magnitude of your insurance for various vehicles you might consider. Be prepared for some sticker shock.
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Feb 14, 2015 07:11
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Alberta bias here but now that I've used a broker I'll not go back. They did a bang up job - much better than TD which is the usual low rates standby in AB if you're educated. Call a broker in Ontario and I bet they can put together a comparison sheet of quotes for like your top ten car choices.
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Feb 14, 2015 17:00
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Sockington posted:Wood is good enough for English car maker Morgan Is it not perfectly reasonable to consider the ash frame part of the suspension as well? . . . Only needs replacing every once in a while. . . . Beware of termites. 
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extreme_accordion posted:Is it not perfectly reasonable to consider the ash frame part of the suspension as well? I wonder if there's a version of Sockington in England that is really, really good at taking care of termite problems. VVVV: My bad, forgive my ignorance. Uthor fucked around with this message at 15:28 on Feb 18, 2015 |
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Feb 18, 2015 15:00
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He would have to be Scottish - from the northern part of the island. And he would wear a denim kilt instead of jorts.
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Feb 18, 2015 15:16
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CaseFace McGee posted:He would have to be Scottish - from the northern part of the island. How far South does Scotland run again? https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.9651832,-3.1510166,7z?hl=en http://www.morgan-motor.co.uk/mmc/factoryvisits.html ... unless I'm missing something from the edit
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Feb 24, 2015 21:09
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They're talking about Kev, with the Ford van he's rebuilding from rust and memory. Enjoy! http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3336130 Dude is a wizard with metal.
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Feb 24, 2015 21:22
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It's a Canada joke, because Canada is America's hat and Scotland is the northern part of the UK
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Feb 24, 2015 21:26
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Shampoo posted:Dude is a wizard with metal. I just picked up a sparkly Ibanez so I could be one too. 
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Feb 24, 2015 21:53
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That is a choice selection of gear, good sir.
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Feb 24, 2015 22:47
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Play some smoke on the water
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Feb 25, 2015 14:39
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FREEBIRD
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Feb 25, 2015 15:48
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Stairway to Heaven!
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Feb 25, 2015 16:52
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Has your wife had issue with your guitar collection yet 
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Feb 25, 2015 17:11
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leica posted:Has your wife had issue with your guitar collection yet Absolutely. I've rotated a few things out to end up with those four. Sold this cheapo Jazzmaster and the huge bass setup behind it. 
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Feb 25, 2015 17:43
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drat dude, wish you lived closer so we could jam. I you couldn't tell from my avatar I play the drums 
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Feb 25, 2015 18:03
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iv46vi posted:Check kanetix online for a simple way to figure out the magnitude of your insurance for various vehicles you might consider. Be prepared for some sticker shock. I've been out of this thread for a bit, glad to see things are still happening here.
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I wouldn't say "happening" yet. Waiting on some snow to melt so TWSS can come pick up his MR2 and associated parts. Then income tax rolls in to hopefully fix a few maintenance things on the Miata.
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Mar 6, 2015 20:55
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 TWSS is at the u haul place getting a trailer now. Soooo much garage room now. Miata stuffs can happen now.
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Apr 4, 2015 14:22
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Sockington posted:Miata stuffs can happen now. This is excellent news.
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Apr 5, 2015 04:06
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Summer wheels on the wagon. New summer wheels to get around with the daughter.  Also finally built my AE86 rolling chair since I've got a gently caress load more room in the garage now. Been waiting to do it for like 2years now. 
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Apr 17, 2015 11:16
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Sweet chair, came out great.
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Apr 18, 2015 00:56
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Mind showing off your work mounting the chair legs on? I have a BMW seat sitting in garage for the same reason.
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Apr 18, 2015 01:56
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Why don't you post more pics of the Miata  And why don't you post in the Miata thread jerk
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Subaru is being a bitch with an evap code for p0457 leak detected. Might be filler neck adventure time since I need an ECU plugged in e-test by month end.
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