Getting a car out of MA?
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Getting a car out of MA?
Perhaps premature since the PPI is tomorrow but has anyone bought a car in MA from out of state and driven it out under its own power?
I can't seem to find a legal way to do it since MA doesn't have transit tags.
Looking for advice since transport is $800 to PA so I want to avoid that but I also want to avoid having my new toy impounded the day I get it.
Help Please?
I can't seem to find a legal way to do it since MA doesn't have transit tags.
Looking for advice since transport is $800 to PA so I want to avoid that but I also want to avoid having my new toy impounded the day I get it.
Help Please?
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Every car I've bought, or friends have bought and then driven home have come back with the plates that were on it. With a signed/dated bill of sale and the new owner's insurance in effect, why wouldn't a seller accommodate a buyer?. I'd show up and say that the plates go for the drive home, or the deal doesn't finish. What're they gonna say? If they want them back that bad, the offer to mail them back should be acceptable.
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I was planning to swipe tags off of one of my other cars when the PO made his offer to 'loan' me his - same deal as mentioned here, I just mailed them back w/ return receipt. Never had any issues, bought the car in Dixie and brought'er home to PA. And good luck with the PPI!
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I was planning on doing the same thing until I called the state police to find out what the penalty was for doing that. The letter of the law says that the tag that doesn't belong will be seized and the car towed to a place of safety so I didn't want to risk that. The corporal I talked to was pretty open about what he would or wouldn't do. Plus, he just went through it himself, bringing a car in from MA (he trucked it).
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Officially it's probably like what my registry told me (RI) when buying from MI (which does offer temp tags)...
"Just fly out, buy the car, bring the paperwork back, and we can proceed with getting you temp tags, then fly back & drive it home"
"uh, can't I just put my plate on the car for the ride home? Don't I have like 7 days when purchasing a car like that?"
"Well no, sir, it's THREE days, and only if you're transferring the tags to that car in the end"
"So, if I get pulled over, how is the officer going to know what I INTEND to do with the plates when I get home?"
Silence.
Check to see if you can use your existing PA plates, drive the car back with them. I know someone who drove out of MA with NO tags, did it at night, after purchasing a car here.
Another way is to leave the plates & insurance on the car for the ride home, then mail them back to the previous owner, though most people won't want to do that for liability issues.
"Just fly out, buy the car, bring the paperwork back, and we can proceed with getting you temp tags, then fly back & drive it home"
"uh, can't I just put my plate on the car for the ride home? Don't I have like 7 days when purchasing a car like that?"
"Well no, sir, it's THREE days, and only if you're transferring the tags to that car in the end"
"So, if I get pulled over, how is the officer going to know what I INTEND to do with the plates when I get home?"
Silence.
Check to see if you can use your existing PA plates, drive the car back with them. I know someone who drove out of MA with NO tags, did it at night, after purchasing a car here.
Another way is to leave the plates & insurance on the car for the ride home, then mail them back to the previous owner, though most people won't want to do that for liability issues.
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I drove a 996 TT from St. Louis MO to Orlando FL with NO tags, just the bill of sale and insurance paperwork. We were never stopped along the way. Maybe we were just lucky, but since neither state offers a temp or transit tag I'd go that route versus putting another car's tags on it.
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When I got mine, I called my insurance Co. and supplied them with all the information. They told me to take a plate off one of my other vehicle and put it on the porsche to drive it home. They said I would be insured. So you may be able to do this. Check with your insurance Co. first.
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When I got mine, I called my insurance Co. and supplied them with all the information. They told me to take a plate off one of my other vehicle and put it on the porsche to drive it home. They said I would be insured. So you may be able to do this. Check with your insurance Co. first.