I still have the Escort. I’ve offered it for free to anyone who needs a car here. I’ve even offered to put the clutch in and replace the brakes, if the recipient will buy the parts. I’ve had 3 folks say they were interested and then back out. There is a brother who has said if no one else wants it, he’ll take it. He’s a mechanic and plans on putting the clutch in and then being able to sell his truck and get rid of a monthly payment.
\nSo, although I have a ‘buyer’, I haven’t actually ‘sold’ it yet, it’s sitting in my driveway. So when the nice lady at the DMV asked if I’d sold the old car so I can transfer the plates, I replied no. Well, then, no-can-do on the plate transfer. Here’s how the conversation went:<\/p>\n
“I can’t do the transfer if you still own the car.”
\n“But I’m not driving it, I intend to give it away, but no one seems to want it.”
\n“Sorry, we can’t have the plates registered to two vehicles.”
\n“And transfering doesn’t un-register it from the old car?”
\n“Nope.”
\n“What if the person I sign it to doesn’t register it right away?” (A real possibility since it isn’t really drivable.)
\n“Doesn’t matter, as long it’s not in your name.”
\n“So, if I had lied and said it was sold, that would have been OK with you?” (I asked it pretty much just like that)
\n“Yeah, you just need to say that it’s sold.”
\n“[Grumble grumble] Well, I can’t lie to you, so I guess I’ll come back.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
For her part, I’ve got to respect the lady at the DMV. She doesn’t make the rules, but she’s gotta follow them. She could have said, “Well, I know you’re going to sell it and you’re not driving it, so I’ll go ahead and pretend you said that you sold it.” But she didn’t. She stood her ground on a rule that seemed to frustrate her too. She seemed to want<\/em> to bend the rules for me, but didn’t.
\nSo tonight I’ll dig up my title, sign it and get it notarized. Then I can go back in and honestly say that it’s no longer mine. It’ll still be in my driveway, but it won’t be ‘mine’. It won’t be his either as the title will still be in my possession, but I can honestly say that I’ve signed the title over.
\nThis is one of those rare situations where, if I had lied, absolutely no harm would have been done. I would not have been cheating the system even temporarily by having two cars that I’m driving with one tag. Leaving and coming makes no real difference except that I can honestly say that the car has been signed away. If I had lied, no one would have even known, except me & God. But God said I should not lie, not that I should only lie in situations where it was clear that no harm would be done. So I do it God’s way and it costs me a little time and effort.
\nAnyway, I’mnot trying to toot my own horn here, just venting I guess. I’m also a little frustrated that my government has set this up so that being dis-honest, even if harmless, is so attractive and easy, but that’s another topic entirely (and shouldn’t surprise me either).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I still have the Escort. I’ve offered it for free to anyone who needs a car here. 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