So Michael and Cara bought a car to take to China to be used in some of their out of city exploring.
There was a bunch of things here about what nice but useless people work at the dealership. But it was just too darn negative, so it has been erased. Please pardon our momentary frustration
- The management)
The car is nice. Unfortunately it took about 2 months to get the title (that was going to mailed that week) from the dealership, so the car was still not shipped by the time the temporary tags had expired. Well, it wasn't being driven, so what's the harm?
It turns out that there was plenty of harm according to the nice police officer who left the ticket and the notice saying that if something wasn't done in the next 4 days, the whole thing was being towed.
uh... that's not cool
Kind of funny though considering the car is being picked up in 8 days. Now that is poor timing.
After some low key panicking, it was decided to drive the car to Cara's townhouse and park it in the garage where the townhouse owners park their vehicle.
Now, how should this troublesome little car be moved?
Should it be taken under the cover of darkness, late at night?
You mean when the cops are out cruising for drunks?
Maybe some plates from Sheila's California car could temporarily be moved to the CRV so it would seem okay.
Which means that if you happen to get pulled over, instead of a ticket you would get thrown in jail
Maybe it could be towed
Only costs $200
The options were endless and not particularly useful.
Finally it was decided upon. Nicola agreed to follow Cara to Cara's place, carefully driving behind her to block any view of the rear expired tag. In addition, they would make this mad attempt at 8pm on a Sunday, when no sane police man would be looking for anything out of the ordinary. Then the getaway car would be stashed in the garage - assuming the people who normally used it were able to find other parking.
The good news, it all went just fine. The car is moved, it is not being towed, it is being picked up Friday, and peace is restored.
If you are wondering about possible legal actions as a result of this posting, I just want to say that of course, this is just a work of fiction, and that no actual cars were harmed in the writing of this tale.
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Let's say that you put the CA plates on the new car... could you imagine the conversation you'd have with the police officer? Try explaining China, multiple Hondas, why a CA license plate is on a car bound for China, but registered to another car whose owner lives in Ohio. At that point, I think the cop would be so confused, that he'd let you go for creativity. :)
See you in a couple of days!
I thought foreigners in China were not allowed to drive anywhere they wanted or does that preclude people with special passports?
So much for the car!
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