ian1739
July 11th, 2008, 12:15 AM
Not really a towing thread but mto related...
Went to get a temporary trip permit today to get my samurai safetied, and apparently if vehicle wasn't safetied/certified by the previous owner, which shows up as 'unf' (unfit) on the ownership, you need to get it safetied before you can get a trip permit. Yeah right, sure ain't renting another uhaul trailer to tow it to the garage to safety it...
Then if its over 20 years old they won't accept the bluebook value or bill of sale, and I had to have it appraised. are you kidding me? Appraise a beat up stock 86 samurai? No suzuki dealer in town, so I went to the local ford, mazda, chev and gm dealers, and luckily one of them filled out the appraisal form from mto without even seeing the sami, appraised at $100! whats that $7 in taxes? :D
maybe that is all its worth :(
Anyways, if you are samurai shopping and plan to put it on the road, check out the ownership for UNF and get the price down a couple hundred for your trouble.
Only good news of today was a set of brake shoes from CT was $23, and after a few phone calls I found a spring kit for the brakes for $20 at carquest, now all I need is somebody to safety it the same way as the appraisal so I don't have to drive with no/fake plates :brows:
Went to get a temporary trip permit today to get my samurai safetied, and apparently if vehicle wasn't safetied/certified by the previous owner, which shows up as 'unf' (unfit) on the ownership, you need to get it safetied before you can get a trip permit. Yeah right, sure ain't renting another uhaul trailer to tow it to the garage to safety it...
Then if its over 20 years old they won't accept the bluebook value or bill of sale, and I had to have it appraised. are you kidding me? Appraise a beat up stock 86 samurai? No suzuki dealer in town, so I went to the local ford, mazda, chev and gm dealers, and luckily one of them filled out the appraisal form from mto without even seeing the sami, appraised at $100! whats that $7 in taxes? :D
maybe that is all its worth :(
Anyways, if you are samurai shopping and plan to put it on the road, check out the ownership for UNF and get the price down a couple hundred for your trouble.
Only good news of today was a set of brake shoes from CT was $23, and after a few phone calls I found a spring kit for the brakes for $20 at carquest, now all I need is somebody to safety it the same way as the appraisal so I don't have to drive with no/fake plates :brows: