Out-of-State Car Transport

[Kneale Brownson]

I bought a car in New York a year ago.  NY DMV will issue you a temporary permit you can use to drive anywhere if you have the proper paperwork for the insurance and the seller is a NY resident with a NY title.  It was only as complicated as the NY DMV office personnel wanted to make it.  They said, "get this and that" and they'd issue the permit. 
   
  I don't know whether they'd issue a permit to pick up a car in VA, but I'd bet they would if you have the title and proof of insurance to present to them in NY. 
   
  My Michigan version of DMV would not issue a permit unless I had the title and insurance to present.
   
  Maybe if you actually asked a DMV person rather than trying to interpret the website, you'd find there is a way VA would issue a temporary permit.  New York's fee for the permit far exceeded their costs in providing it.

Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com> wrote:
  I bought a car in New York about 18 months ago. The only option I had for NJ was to actually register the car and get regular plates for it. No
transport plates or temp tags. Fortunately, the seller had given me the title (signed it over to me with a $100 deposit!) so I was able to do that
before we went back and picked up the car. My other option was going to be taking the plates off my car and slapping them on for the 90 minute
ride home. I suppose he could do that as well, and just not get stopped. ;-)

I would leave the details to the buyer. After all, it's HIS car now, or will be shortly!

Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA




----- Original Message ----
From: mkb 
To: quattro at audifans.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 2:18:02 PM
Subject: Out-of-State Car Transport

Hi All,

I'm sure some of you have bought and sold cars to or from out-of-state buyers. I'm in the process of selling an Audi A4 to someone in NY. I live in VA. Once a bill of sale and title are exchanged, is there a way for the buyer to drive the car back to his home state?

I checked the VA and NY DMV sites. I found that Virginia offers a trip permit but only for in-state residents or for folks who will register there vehicle in Virginia. I didn't find anything on the NY DMV site - yet.

I guess the buyer could tow the vehicle back but if I were in the buyers position, I'd rather drive back so that I could check the vehicle out properly. I could also let the buyer drive off with my plates but this would be the least desirable option and have an agreement that the buyer mail the plates back once he got to his destination.

Any experiences?

--
mohammed
97 a4 18tqa
03 a4 30qa (almost sold)



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