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Dealer won't buy car unless it's registered?
July 9, 2018 at
12:04 PM
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My mother passed a few months ago and as executor I am going through her things and fulfilling her will which will mean basically everything she owned is sold. I checked for a rough idea of the value of her car (2011 Hyundai Santa Fe GLS w/ 45k miles) online and KBB (I think) had the option to have local dealers buy the car. OK fine. The issue is the car is unregistered (I didn't want to keep paying insurance on it for it to sit in a garage) and this is a no-go for every dealer that's called. I thought it would only be an issue if they needed to test drive the car (but again it's a dealer so.... dealer plates?) but a few of them have said they don't buy unregistered vehicles period. Odd.
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I'm not sure the workers there lack intelligence so much as they are locked into endless rules and don't have the freedom to use common sense to solve problems.
People have no idea how stupid the rules can be and how a boss who does not deviate from them can make everything grind slowly if not to a complete halt.
Have you watched the seriies "Bosch"?
At any rate, what you propose IS an option however I'd have to transfer the title to CT - and probably put it in my name/the estate's in order to do so. Sounds like a huge PITA.
Not sure what it's like where you live but I avoid the DMV like the plague. Last time I had to go there was to unregister (hand in plates) for a car I sold last fall. I figured... I'll get there early (30 mins before open) in the middle of the week and be in and out. Right? farkING WRONG. I got there, already 12 people in line. So when it opened, I had to take a number and wait. Handing in the plates took a total of 5 minutes but I spent nearly TWO HOURS there.
NY likely offers appts., too.
As long as you've got a NY addy, I'd assume your DL wouldn't matter.
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv.../fo/fo_sst
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv...sst/toc_fo
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