township told me to get rid of my cars

[91zconvert]

i got 4 cars all lined up nice and pretty on my driveway.keeping it neat so no one complains.well it didn't work.township came over today and told me i got to register all my cars or get rid of them.i love my cars but since i lost my job i haven't been able to renew the registrations on them.so now they must go:facepalm:i had plans of taking the 6 speed out of my 93 and putting it into my monte SS,but now it looks like i'm going to do a quick strip of the Z and try to sell everything down at the swapmeet next week.i can't help it that i don't put all my money into snowglobes and have them all over my house.i'm a car guy,and yes when i had a job,i drove all of them.sorry,i just needed to vent a little.

[S.J.SLEEPER]

welcome to barnegat...lol

[maroman88]

sooo sell one and use the money to register the other 3?

[belowfire]

If your selling the 6 speed how much you looking to get for it?

[sweetbmxrider]

Should have kept them covered.

[greenformula92]

If i wasn't already storing a car for someone I would offer a spot behind my fence for one of yours. The cops are only bothering you because your nieghbors are complaining. if all the cars are f-bodys the registration is like 50 bucks a piece so you are looking at like 200 bucks

[usp55]

dont people have better things to do than bitch about some car guy down the street?? If you can somehow come up with the money i'd register them then put them all up on jack stands and put the hoods up just to piss them off.

I have a similar situation with just one car so I kow where your coming from.

[WildBillyT]

It's not always your neighbors. Sometimes the township reps themselves bust you.

[Mark B]

In order to register them, you need insurance. So we are not talking about just $200.

[WildBillyT]

In order to register them, you need insurance. So we are not talking about just $200.

I was going to say this too.

[BonzoHansen]

maybe it's time to thin the herd.

[LTb1ow]

Are we talking all third gens other than the 93?

[Mike]

At least one is a monte as I would gather from the op

[zraffz]

It's like that in just about every town. My town is allowed 1 or 2 unregistered vehicles... I keep plates on everything and nobody bothers me.

[maroman88]

he never mentioned whether they were insured or not

[zraffz]

If he can't afford registration why would he pay insurance? Home owners/renters will cover any of your property anyway.

If your vehicle has plates on it, they usually don't bother you. I never turn my plates in and have yet to get harassed by the DMV or my town.

[WildBillyT]

If he can't afford registration why would he pay insurance? Home owners/renters will cover any of your property anyway.


Not necessarily. Depends on your policy.

[BonzoHansen]

If he can't afford registration why would he pay insurance? Home owners/renters will cover any of your property anyway.No. Might pay for something stolen out of the car (say like tool or a radar detector). But not the car or any of its parts.

[OG]

When you go to register a car you can make up a random insurance ID number and put whatever insurance company name you want on the form you fill out. I have done it two times already this year and have never had a problem in the past. I don't think the state has anyway of checking if the policy number you put down is legit. I have insurance on all my cars but I always forget to bring my insurance info to the DMV. It's bad enough waiting on line once let alone twice if you forget something.

[LTb1ow]

When you go to register a car you can make up a random insurance ID number and put whatever insurance company name you want on the form you fill out. I have done it two times already this year and have never had a problem in the past. I don't think the state has anyway of checking if the policy number you put down is legit. I have insurance on all my cars but I always forget to bring my insurance info to the DMV. It's bad enough waiting on line once let alone twice if you forget something.

Seems legit.

[zraffz]

No. Might pay for something stolen out of the car (say like tool or a radar detector). But not the car or any of its parts.

My policy covers any of my vehicles at my house. 100% certain about that cause I've already filed claims about damages. None of my vehicles have collision. My driveway is surrounded by trees. They've paid for a tree branch that feel and smashed up a fender and bed.

[S.J.SLEEPER]

When you go to register a car you can make up a random insurance ID number and put whatever insurance company name you want on the form you fill out. I have done it two times already this year and have never had a problem in the past. I don't think the state has anyway of checking if the policy number you put down is legit. I have insurance on all my cars but I always forget to bring my insurance info to the DMV. It's bad enough waiting on line once let alone twice if you forget something.

:stupid:
I do this all the time, been doing it for years. 3 cars this past year already.

Its a problem when its reversed, if you have plates & insurance on a car, if you drop the insurance, the insurance co. notifies dmv and then dmv sends you a later to turn in plates.

[donnj]

good info here

[zraffz]

:stupid:
I do this all the time, been doing it for years. 3 cars this past year already.

Its a problem when its reversed, if you have plates & insurance on a car, if you drop the insurance, the insurance co. notifies dmv and then dmv sends you a later to turn in plates.

I have never been asked to turn in my plates. No registration or insurance on at least half the cars at my house.

[Lt1_8U]

if you dont turn in your plates isn't there a fine or something like that?

[zraffz]

Dunno.. the way I do it is I wait til my insurance policy ends; don't renew it. Let the registration end too. Never got a letter from DMV. Done it multiple times... it's been going on for a solid 4 years with me now.

I'm almost scared to turn in old plates to vehicles I no longer own cause I don't want to draw attention.


I stopped driving my K1500 back in 2010. I called Geico and told them to remove it from the policy, they never did. I got a bill saying I owed them $1,100 and I told them to shove it. Never had any issues with them or DMV after I did that.

[L695speed]

I have plates from a random car we had in the family. Found them when cleaning out my grandmother's house and kept them, including a Bicentennial special plate they ran on the front of cars from 75-77. Still have the Texas plates from my Dad's 77 Firebird. No one has come after us about them. Hell we had the plates on the TA from when we first bought the car. I turned them in but we never got a letter demanding them back. My Uncle collects his old plates from cars as trophies. He hasn't been bothered either.

As for my 84 the registration is good, since they're QQs. But I'll have to renew this year. Talking to the woman at the insurance company, even she told me I may be able to just write down my policy number that I had it on before and renew it, it was the same as the daily driver. Providing I can just renew the QQ plates at any DMV. I've noticed they never actually check the policy numbers.

[sweetbmxrider]

I have a bunch of plates on my wall, I made a nj from the floor to ceiling with them.

[mc73nova]

We had our balls busted numerous times about unregistered vehicles a few years ago. They are all gone now, so we don't have that problem anymore! However, I'm not sure every town does it but in Jefferson you can get a permit for your car and as long as you go to the town every 30 days to renew it they don't bother you and its free.

[L695speed]

Seems it depends on the town, and the neighbors. If the neighbors want to bitch about the car guy having a bunch of nice cars, and they have the clout the car guy usually gets burned. It sucks but...thats why we move to the desert. :lol: You can't get away with things like you used to, my grandfather always was fixing junk yard finds. Pulled cars out of the yards, fixed them up and the family drove them. Included finds like a Road Runner and a BMW 2002. If we did that in the same town today we'd likely get besieged by complaints and demands that the car go. Andover has more than its share of cars lurking in yards and driveways. But no one has really complained so we're ok here so far.

[zraffz]

I work for the DPW in my home town. Doesn't help me out if somebody complains but all my neighbors are cool. It pays off helping out your neighbors with snow plowing for free or not calling the cops during a party or fight lol...

[The Fixer]

To the OP, I'd try to sell one vehicle, and use the cash to register the others. Either that, or try to store them somewhere else for the time being. Good luck!

It pays off helping out your neighbors with snow plowing for free or not calling the cops during a party or fight lol...

I think getting along with the neighbors goes a LONG way towards not having problems with cars or working on cars in your driveway. We help each other out when we can and are always courteous. I don't complain if they have big parties, and they don't complain if I'm wrenching on a vehicle. We did this to my old '85 Monte a few years ago -

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh190/TPIMonteSS/P5.jpg

Me and a few buddies stripped it in a day and I kept it wrapped under the tarp on my driveway for about two weeks until the scrap guy could haul it away. We also built the '88 on the driveway (check the link in my sig if you're interested) the same way. We're all on 50x100 lots, so my neighbors are really close. Knock on wood, I've never had anyone complain.

[r0nin89]

Should have kept them covered.


Yep hes right if they were covered they cant bother you unless they try to sight you for some sort of ordinance about a vehicle limit on property or the surface they are on.

I would throw dead plates on them and see if they still bother you. If they do as said you can register a car with no insurance legally. The state doesnt obligate insurance on a car at time of registration but rather proof that you currently hold a policy with a company.

[greenformula92]

FYI the state doesn't actually require you to show proof of insurance. they just ask you for a policy #. and then they take that little card and throw it in a milkcrate and it gets stored. I have registered cars numerous time that didn't have insurance on them. They just want your policy number to see if you have insurance. They have never asked me for proof of coverage.

[shadowfire]

could you put them in storage??