What is a "Title"......can someone explain?

[Andydodge]

Greg, will explain about the insurance .........each year I have to get my 4 cars registered, the Dodge in Nov, the Plymouth in May, the 1998 Ford falcon Wagon my wife drives to work and my 1995 Toyota Hilux van for the shop........as the rego is due I get the new rego papers in the mail about 4 wks before the due date, I then have to have the car safety inspected by a licenced Mechanical Workshop, if o/k they issue a "pink" slip(I look better in a red or blue slip........but thats another story......eerr where was I?), if not I get the repairs done and take it back.......I then have to contact an insurance company to get a "green" slip or Third Party Personal Insurance Policy, this green slip is compulsory, no green slip, no rego, the green slip covers me against injury to any and all persons except for ME if I have an accident or hit a pedestrian.....they take into account the car, me, my location, etc, etc and issue a green slip, I take this & the Pink slip to the Govt Rego office, show both, they note the relevant numbers etc, I pay the rego fee and I have a licenced/registered car........I can also elect to take out extra Third Party General Insurance with a company that will cover me against any car I hit irrespective of fault, with this at least repairing the Ferrari I hit won't mean I am bankrupt....... now if I want to insure MY car for theft,accident.etc then I elect to take out a General Motor Vehicle Insurance Policy........all my cars are insured at this level, however the Dodge & Plymouth are with a specialist collector/hotrod car insurer.....both are insured for $30,000.00 which costs about $40.00 per month and gives me 100% cover & that if the car is classed as a write off I keep the wreck.......anyway I hope this explains the basic situation here in Oz.....we only have 6 States and 2 Territories to content with, each one have their own variation of the basic rules........regards, Andy Douglas

[Andydodge]

Frankie, re the inspection thing, here in New South Wales the state I live in a new car does not need to be inspected for the 1st 3 yrs, after that it must be inspected yearly however in Queensland the state to my north there are no annual inspections.....they send the rego papers in the mail, you say its still a car, sign the paper, get the 1/3 Party Personal Insurance certificate and go pay the rego......Qld cars are easily detected by the amount of rust they exhibit apart from the Qld number plates.....both my Dodge & Plymouth are on normal, full rego but I could if wanted to get both on "Street Rod Rego" which is about 1/4 the cost but restricts their usage to only recognised Rod Runs.......its nice to be able to just get in them and drive when & where I want.......assuming of course they don't break down.....lol.......Andy Douglas

[boxer_inv]

Andy

You may or may not know that Queensland uses a different type of paint in vehicles sold up here. It holds the rust all together for a much longer period of time and the Guv'mint just knows it makes the cars safer, so no need for an annual inspection....

I believe that there would be wholesale civil disorder if Queensland Transport even mentioned the very idea that people would not maintain their vehicle year after year...........

I just worked out that I'll have 6 separate 'vehicle' registrations to pay this year... Car, Car, Car, trailer, boat trailer, boat.

Rob.

[dirty dan]

Louisiana requires titles for all vehicles. If you purchase a vehicle in another State and bring it into Louisiana, you have to surender the original title and re-title the car in Louisiana and pay a State tax based on the "value" of the car.

Registration (tied to the license plate) can be purchased for 2 or 4 years periods. If you spend the extra money for a personalized antique plate (@$85.00US) it is a lifetime plate and no futher registration is required.

Motor vehicle inspections are required yearly for all vehicles and trailers. An "inspection sticker" is placed on the bottom left corner of your windshield to verify compliance. Vehicle emissions aren't checked (other than visual) on pre-1996 vehicles. Antique vehicles must be inspected each year, but it is not required for the antiques to dislay the inspection sticker. Also, the antique vehicle is only required to have the features that were originally furnished on the vehicle.

[mrspeedyt]

how about 'pink slip' or 'pinks'?

[TodFitch]

how about 'pink slip' or 'pinks'?

Well, my 1933 Plymouth has a pink colored "Ownership Certificate" issued by the state of California. The new cars have a larger multicolored "Certificate of Title". I always figured that they were called pink slips in California because they were pink. Don't know about other states.