looking at some fully caged miatas, bmw's and 944s... Will likely buy one this week...

how does one transfer ownership assuming you want/need a title?

wisconsin dmv requires emmisions testing within 45 days of getting title. I have no intention of driving it on the street, but do want a title... None of the cars I am looking at will pass emmisions, no cats/etc. I can add a cat, but who knows it that will work. Most of these cars have been stripped of any emmissions equipment.

do you just transfer registration but never do emmissions?

can you tell the state it's a race car for of road use? I don't see that option anywhere on dmv websites...

how do you transfer ownership? I am sure the seller doesn't want it remaining in their name...

any my issues getting stp insurance on a nonregistered car? What about race cars sold on bill of sale only?

thanks... Help appreciated. A dedicated track car is new territory for me

Bill of sale only and signed title.

With respect to insurance, you will want transport and paddock insurance, That insures the car for fire and theft. Lockton provides such coverage, for example.

Help me understand...

if if you only do bill of sale, and never process the title to change the name, then the car remains registered under the last owner...

if if it gets stolen, the vin won't show under your name if ever recovered...

if if you get into a track accicident, and get sued, the car is still technically under someone else's name, possibly exposing them to liability...

also, you can't get insurance coverage on a vehicle you don't own. Now, one could argue that bill of sale is ownership, but I can see an insurance company arguing otherwise when it comes time for a claim...

will haggerty, etc, insure a car NOT titled in your name???

hmmm....

i was was thinking of applying for title, and when emmissions testing came up simply not going,and stating the car isn't drivable... Not sure how long one can do that for....

but I don't want to go sell one day and get hit up with some kind of massive fines either...

now sales tax tax on a $10k car is negligible. Are folks mostly not getting titles due to tax issues?

frank, what's your take on liability while transporting? Any risk there?

if I am trailering 2000 pounds of cinder blocks and one falls off and causes damage, my auto insurance and umbrella cover me.... If I am trailering a race car, and it hypothetically falls off, then what? Insurance would say that falls under auto coverage for the trailered vehicle... Which it doesn't have?

does stp insurance provide liability in such an occurrence?

not worried about on track liability. Lochton has a policy for that if needed.... More worried about on road in case sh*t happens liability...

i get to go to court way too often evicting tenants... Don't enjoy it...

just had a tenant slip and fall 2 days ago at a unit... I am insured up the wazoo... It was her fault, as she is responsible for shoveling and maintenance... But that doesn't matter, I can still get sued...

sigh

i need to clarify this with my State Farm agent... Talking to an insurance agent about a race car, sounds like a dubious proposition... Worried about any impact to umbrella policy, etc...