Doug's videos have made me an entry-level "car person." Once upon a time, I would never look twice at a vehicle's specs, performance, or aesthetics. Thank you Doug for a new "hobby!"
I'd make the argument of hatchback as well. When I registered my VW Bug it was classed as a hatch, and while different, it's got a few similarities to the S Cargo and I'd say they're the same "class".
My soon to be wife was sitting next to me at our shared computer desk. She looked at the image on the screen and said "Oh my God that's adorable." For the record, she was talking about the van. Sorry, Doug!
An hour and fifteen minutes? Dear god, the last time I registered a Kia in CT it too me nearly 8 hours. Admittedly, the next day, the DMV was shut down because of how long it took to register platers for newer vehicles.
*I think your next car should be a tank, you can legally buy one and drive in if they issue you a licence plate.* *Doen'st have to be a big tank, just get a small Chaffee or a Sheridan.* *Now that would be fun to see you get a plate for it.*
This is why I love living in Seattle, WA since so many people here have imported cars it's not that big of a deal. It's the same as registering a domestic car. lol
I'm at the DMV in the south (not to name names). We can't scan a photo, so a trace is what they'll use. All the documents you provided are scanned and stored, so it has to be scan-able. I've imported a Canadian car in the past without much hassle.
Have you ever considered how ridiculous police state the "land of the free" is. Just think how many different law enforcement agencies there are. Here are some I can think of: FBI, NSA, CIA, US Marshalls, Sheriffs, regular police, highway patrol, coast guard, border patrol, secret service, FPS, ATF, DEA, park service, state troopers etc. etc. Seems so free.
This kind of stuff really gnaws at me. 300 years ago in a nation like Japan, though you had an absolute ruler and you could have your head cut off if you displeased a Samurai, the law didn't extend very far beyond "don't kill" and "don't steal". Can we really say with confidence that our governments are less tyrannical than then?
This kind of stuff really gnaws at me. 300 years ago in a nation like Japan, though you had an absolute ruler and you could have your head cut off if you displeased a Samurai, the law didn't extend very far beyond "don't kill" and "don't steal". Can we really say with confidence that our governments are less tyrannical than then?
The beauty of bureaucracy. Favor the masses. A niche item like this probably missed only a few criteria for Van/Truck. Hopefully it doesn't complicate the insurance.
Gabriel Gagne the new smart car looks like its Chinese counterfeit. The for4 was bad but the current for2 is risking the recognizability of the whole brand imho.
I've been a big fan of Japanese classics for a while. They have some great cars available. Now that I know that's where you get your from, it makes me even more excited at getting something from there eventually.
R360ЯN You should Go to Germany what you call Sunday we call Thursday...in the Most Cities it's the onky wehre the German DMV is opened Till 6pm and you Don‘t have to take a free day
In Brazil they NEVER close late. So yes, you aways have to take the day off. And, even a car made in Brazil takes probably 3 or more hours just to get the paperwork done. The title will take weeks to arrive. The plate will only be issued after a few days, so you have to go back there again. And if its an used car, you have to go to a inspection place so they take pictures of your car (and VIN).
My father has had trouble in recent years here in Ohio with his 1970 Camaro which he has owned since he was 17. Sometimes you just have to hope the person behind the counter is having a good day.
Honestly here in Canada when I bought my 1980 Trans am, the biggest problem I had was with the insurance, they were like hmm missing number on your vin, and I was like sooo what do you want me to invent them ? And then they asked so much question about what kind of equipement does the car have.
Took me under 5 minutes to register my imported Galant VR4. No one was in front of me in line. I just handed them the title Frank at Hi-Rev motors gave me. They entered in to the system and I left with my plate. No different than any other car I've registered. Why would VIN digits matter? Classic American cars don't have modern 17 digit VIN's.
In CT you wait in a line that extends all the way around the building. This is for you to tell one person what exactly you came to the DMV for. Then you sit in the sitting area to wait for your number to be called. Then when you get called you tell another person exactly what would you need to do and there's a 50/50 chance that that person you're talking to will help you.
Just registered a 1964 Corvair Van here in CT and took less than an hour... mostly waiting for my turn. Had the old style serial # (read: short) and no questions getting an "antique / historical" plate. Had no issues with insurance because I used a company that does ONLY antique vehicles. (Hagerty) Had no questions when I suggested the registration show it as a station wagon (in case I find the optional seats some day) mostly because some states wont let a truck operate on a parkway. NY is notorious for that and it's only 10 miles from here. In most states going the antique route is a piece of cake and some don't even requite a title to get registration after a certain age.
In the UK it would be called a hybrid. Hybrids are like half car and half van. That makes it a lot easier for people to understand and covers anything weird that doesn't fit properly into another category. Also, if you went to register a weird car in Japan it would take about 45 minutes tops, and they'd be happy for you to go away and have a meal at a cafe while they worked on it. If there were any complications they'd bend over backwards to get it done in time and, if they couldn't, they'd apologise profusely.
Then you don't know about Regular Car Reviews done by "Mr. Regular." Look him up. He's not only informative but funny. I actually hope Doug meets the 2 man team from RCR. In fact Mr. Regular lives in PA so they are not that far apart!
At the California DMV, I waited in line from 730 AM until 845 AM, just to take a number (which was coded for the service I needed), then I went into the waiting area and sat. And sat. And sat. Two hours later, my number, B36, was called. I went to the window and gave the clerk the paper, signed another form, then got my disabled parking placard. Yes, all that trouble for a #%!@$#! parking placard! I was lucky, I got out of there before noon, when half the clerks disappeared. You were VERY lucky indeed.
your PA DMV is WAY different than a CA DMV in Los Angeles/Glendale, where every parking space is taken. There were no other cars in your parking lot shots. How nice that must be.
I thought the same thing, but from what I know of the public sector (my wife works in it) they hate innovation. Innovation is always stressful for those who have to use it, what with the training and feeling out of your comfort zone as you learn something new. Most folks would rather not, but private sector folks have no choice. It's innovate or die. Public sector has no such pressure, so it's not surprising that they're using a workflow that was probably developed in the 50's, before any form of instant photography (Polaroid or digital) was available.
I don't understand the DMV. Here in the UK we have the DVLA. Everything is done by post or online, they don't have any offices you can go to even if you wanted to.
Most States, if not all, offer online services for pretty much everything. You do want to go in person for registration in order to pick up the plates right away instead of waiting for them to come in the mail.
In the Houston area there's this one DPS office (it's Department of Public Safety in Texas) that is in a suburb of Houston and allows people to get in line on the phone. I timed my last visit perfectly. I got there and before I could finish my form, my number was called. I was in and out in about 5 minutes.
A little research helps. Not all DMV offices are created equal and that's more true in some states than others. If your looking to do something out of the ordinary, no illicit, ask around. Even the DMV manager can be helpful pointing you in the right direction. Sometimes, if you are allowed, driving a county over helps.
Lol love da cool "hillbilly banjo" tune for "music on hold" while he does the VIN number tracing... kind of a combination of the "bluegrassy theme song" and the "music in the middle" from Car Talk :D
Here are the quirks and features of my trip to the Arizona DMV. I bought a 1972 VW Baja Champion, only 1000 made, mag wheels metallic blue special paint as cool as you can get with a VW bug. So, I am told I need to get a 3 day temp plate so I can drive it to a DMV to get the cars VIN inspected in what they call a Level 1 test. I try to do it online and can't, too few numbers in the VIN. So, I go to the DMV and they give me a temp plate. I go to the DMV with the car, which I can now drive since I have the 3 day temp plate and I am told I need to go to get the VIB verified. I wait in line for 1 hr for the Level 1 test along with most people there to get salvage titles. I get to the front of the line and they tell me I do not need a Level 1 check. So, I then have to wait in another line in the normal line inside the building, the Level 1 was an outside line, good thing it wasn't raining or mid summer with 110 degrees. I get to the front of that line and I am successful EXCEPT.....I give the DMV person my classic car insurance. They must have entered it as traditional insurance. Traditional insurance means I need an emissions test, classic car limits driving to 2500 miles a year BUT no emissions test. 1 month later I get a letter saying my registration will be revoked due to no emissions test. I have to call my insurance company to have them call the DMV and clear it up. Well, something went wrong and I get a second letter saying my registration now IS revoked. I call up my insurance company and this time I conference call the DMV. Finally it's corrected. By the way, I was told I had to drive the car for the Level 1, well I could have just driven any car to the DMV with the paperwork and did not have to physically drive the VW, meaning I never needed the temp plate. So, I think I beat Doug's situation.
I think you should play a bit with this car Doug , change the rims , cut the roof ( make it flat ) , change those mirrors , change the engine (if possible ) .That's homework for you Doug.
When I registered my imported Mini in IL, I had a title from another state, but it was the first time it had ever been titled in IL. I'd heard the same, that there might be issues because the VIN wasn't the right length - they didn't care! Seriously, didn't even give it another look. The whole thing took me less than 30 minutes - including waiting in line. AND that includes re-doing one of the pieces of paperwork to order vanity plates. I had more trouble trying to title a Subaru where the seller had gotten married and changed her name. If I didn't have a title, I bet it would have been a mess. In short - buy a car that's already imported, or get one from an importer who will get the title for you!
We also had a bit of trouble with the VIN number differences when we imported the corvette, took us like 30 minutes for them to figure out it's how it is but then it was all a-ok
In Europe, the car would need to have "EEC Car Type Approval", which means that it cannot be registered unless the manufacturer has submitted one to Brussels for crash testing. If this is a Nissan Micra chassis with a different body, you can register it as a Micra and your papers would say Micra. But if not and if it's younger than the Approval law, you're probably screwed.
We have something similar in the US, but once a car is over 25 years old, it can skip any safety, emissions, etc. We can bring any car into the US, but 3 of them (I think) has to be sent for crash testings, they have to be updated to US codes, etc. A really big hassle, which is why its not done.
Depends which part of Europe... The UK is much more liberal in what you can register with regards to imports and kitcars, and I've seen people from the continent register things in the UK first and then import it into their own country as it makes it simpler (much like Douglas found it easier to register his Snail van with paperwork from another State).
Yes. If your car's 3 years or older and in Western Europe, it has to pass what the Brits call the MOT (yearly). It's like the US smog test but extended to all the safety features, inc tires and seat belts. To register a kitcar or even a homebuilt vehicle in the UK, you can request a sort of "MOT on steroids". This one doesn't have a crash test at the end. Brits love their cars. Germans on the other hand had to fight the winter car phenomenon, where people would buy death's door junkers to get them through the most snowy bits of winter, to keep their proper car safe and garaged. Cars that fail MOT in Germany often pass MOT here in the Netherlands or in the UK. Many a classic Merc or BMW gets saved this way.
My favorite part, "now unfortunately I can't actually show you what happened". Dammit Doug get a hidden camera in your sleeve or something, atleast just to be pointing to the ground and recording the conversation, that'd be interesting!
This is what happens when you are well prepared. You get done what you set out to get done. I'm impressed with PA DMV. That could have gone HORRIBLY wrong.
Terminology correction: VIN is only 9 digits long because it's not VIN at all. It's chassis number. There is no VIN in Japan. They have chassis number (frame number for motorcycles) and engine number.
After seeing your S-Cargo I just realized that there's an S-Cargo in that new Godzilla movie. It's right there after they go back to their house in the restricted zone and they go outside and are headed to the plant. It's just there for a few seconds but it's most definitely a S-Cargo.
Sedan is correct I believe. The closets thing to a cargo car would be a station wagon. If you don't have a classification for a station wagon then it's a sedan.
Hey Doug do more videos on the S-Cargo. A video about you taking it to a Nissan dealer for maintenance like you did with your Skyline with the reactions of those who work there.
Nonpassenger automobiles are defined as small pickup trucks, standard pickup trucks, vans, and special purpose vehicles. Pickup trucks is separated from car line based on gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR). For pickup truck car lines with more than one GVWR (gross vehicle weight rating), the GVWR of the pickup truck car line is the arithmetic average of all distinct GVWR's less than or equal to 8,500 pounds available for that car line.
The advantages of making a quirky, bubble af mivi/cargo van? Well for one, when it's 26 it won't even look like it. Seriously, I expected this thing to be like new. You can judge how old it it cause it's so weird!?
My brother has an imported Toyota Hilux pickup of the same age. But the DMV accepted a cell-phone picture of the VIN instead of a tracing. This was Oregon, not PA.
It only took an hour and 15 minutes? My mother here in Alabama just spent 12 hours registering a Honda Accord, it somehow had similar problems to what the S Cargo had. Speaking of Alabama DMVs, one of my friends moved from Arizona to here while he had a permit, and somehow, our DMVs system was not compatible with Arizona learners permits! As a result, my friend spent a good seven months without a permit. When he was finally able to get a permit, he was 18 years old and about to move out of his parents house.
At least you pulled it off.... I went to try and register my motorcycle for the 4th time today and they didn't let me AGAIN! It's a 1975 Kawasaki and has a 9 digit vin as well.
Recently I registered a 1976 Kawasaki in Alabama. Since my dad and I drug it out of a barn, and it was given to me, I had no paperwork. I printed a bill of sale form, filled it out, wrote in my dad's name as seller, my own as buyer. I showed that and my insurance card to the DMV clerk and got a tag. For $18.36. I was out of the office in under 15 minutes.
Only two hours to register? GREAT, good for you ! I spend 6 years to register my 1963 Volkswagen Panel and still don´t have the licence plate in Venezuela =(
In Melbourne, Australia the engine number was usually on left side of engine. We had a modified car with engine number on right side of engine block. They called the cops on us as they thought it was a stolen car with engine number 'scrubbed' off. The cops (detectives) came out, denied us registration and told us to take car home. We found it on right side, called cops and they were confused why it was on right side. Turned out it was a ex government vehicle with a lpg only modified engine (Datsun 200b). Top that for insane bureaucracy.
1:15 is very fast indeed. Here in Soviet Russia we have to spend a whole DAY. And the license plate will be ready only after 15:00. I think they paint them manually there.
You do know that private automobiles are classed as home-goods and do not need to be registered as a *motor vehicle* since you won't be using them for *"interstate or foreign commerce"* which is the *transporting* of paying *passengers* or *commercial goods* under a *Bill of Laden*.
I bet the guys at the state capital were like aw crap it's Doug and his weird imports again
OMGitsPylot there were 222 likes. Had to make to 223 😂😂
That's the fifth time this year
In a couple years *orders an r34* capitol: A shiiiii here we go again
He just bought an imported g wagen cabriolet, I bet they said the same thing
"She laughed, then decided it was a sedan" LMAOOO
no
The Viper should be a truck then
well it does have a truck engine
roger white I mean there is a truck with that engine so kinda.
TheBarneyPenny they should called it a compact
An hour and fifteen minutes for all of that?! Hell, I call that a successful DMV visit.
In my country that would take, with waiting of course, 9 hours.
@@foffplease3944 In my country it takes 10 to 15 minutes
If it could show the dislikes, I’m pretty sure you’d get a dislike from Doug himself
Look at that S car go.
*facepalm*
I hope he refers to it as the snail
gotta love trading places
I lol'd
Oui, m'seiur
literally every single video doug posts is interesting.
Lispy Joe ikr. He's able to make anything interesting.
I've yet to find a video of his that's not.
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And I was just wondering how it would be, if he suddenly got Morgan Freeman's voice?
He could read an entire chemistry textbook to me and I wouldnt get bored
Doug's videos have made me an entry-level "car person." Once upon a time, I would never look twice at a vehicle's specs, performance, or aesthetics. Thank you Doug for a new "hobby!"
I feel like hatchback would have been the most appropriate classification out of those choices.
Ryan Pakrovsky tho it should be a wagon or simply a van
I'd make the argument of hatchback as well. When I registered my VW Bug it was classed as a hatch, and while different, it's got a few similarities to the S Cargo and I'd say they're the same "class".
In Canada they just toss a ton of 0's on the end of the vin to make it fit.
FerpiliciousProducts Makes perfect sense!
lmao thats awesome
yeah hyphen characters or decimals would work better than zeros.
+Chris B I've heard people in the states do the same, but interestingly... that is a good question.
Chris B I couldn't tell ya. My vin was originally CN9A2442 now it is CN9A2442(insert 0's).
My soon to be wife was sitting next to me at our shared computer desk. She looked at the image on the screen and said "Oh my God that's adorable." For the record, she was talking about the van. Sorry, Doug!
"VIN Number" = Vehicle Identification Number Number
Thanks Scott, as a foreigner I appriciate that info.
Thx
😂
Plus the "number" has as many letters as numbers so is it really a number? Perhaps VIN sequence...ahh nevermind who cares.
@@smpmuzpid HIV Virus
An hour and 15 mins??? That would be good around here, even without any hitches!
lol
It takes 1 hour 15min to just talk to somone at the dmv here, and thats to renew tags.
An hour and fifteen minutes? Dear god, the last time I registered a Kia in CT it too me nearly 8 hours. Admittedly, the next day, the DMV was shut down because of how long it took to register platers for newer vehicles.
*I think your next car should be a tank, you can legally buy one and drive in if they issue you a licence plate.*
*Doen'st have to be a big tank, just get a small Chaffee or a Sheridan.*
*Now that would be fun to see you get a plate for it.*
MrRegular reviewed a European military half-track once.
You can in England. Class H licence required.
Bah... get an old soviet T-16. They're a dime a dozen.
This is why I love living in Seattle, WA since so many people here have imported cars it's not that big of a deal. It's the same as registering a domestic car. lol
The S Cargo is the finest piece of Japanese engineering. A true drivers car 🙌🏽
made by old master carpenter using ancient Japanese woodworking technique
SoCalSupercars nah
the Nissan patrol is better
I love this channel. Doug is always enthusiastic about literally everything he talks about.
COuldn't they just take a picture of the VIN?
Isogen no they don't have common sense
Logic escapes the DMV, Isogen.
Lol or if your in michigan its not the DMV its the Secretary Of State and they are even worse
I'm at the DMV in the south (not to name names). We can't scan a photo, so a trace is what they'll use. All the documents you provided are scanned and stored, so it has to be scan-able. I've imported a Canadian car in the past without much hassle.
why not just print the picture attach it to the form , and then write down the number in the form..
Homeland security form? It's a car, not a fucking battleship.
Xerdoz Clear IT is DON'T YOU SEE THE TOPREDO EXITS IN THE FRONT
Have you ever considered how ridiculous police state the "land of the free" is. Just think how many different law enforcement agencies there are. Here are some I can think of:
FBI, NSA, CIA, US Marshalls, Sheriffs, regular police, highway patrol, coast guard, border patrol, secret service, FPS, ATF, DEA, park service, state troopers etc. etc.
Seems so free.
Xerdoz Because the park service are gonna come knocking at your door... lmao
This kind of stuff really gnaws at me. 300 years ago in a nation like Japan, though you had an absolute ruler and you could have your head cut off if you displeased a Samurai, the law didn't extend very far beyond "don't kill" and "don't steal". Can we really say with confidence that our governments are less tyrannical than then?
This kind of stuff really gnaws at me. 300 years ago in a nation like Japan, though you had an absolute ruler and you could have your head cut off if you displeased a Samurai, the law didn't extend very far beyond "don't kill" and "don't steal". Can we really say with confidence that our governments are less tyrannical than then?
Do Pattie and Selma still work down the DMV?
Jack1138 You're from Philly right?
Leo The Simpsons reference.
Jack1138 no but Flash from Zootopia does.
Jack1138 Nope, not since the indoor smoking ban.
Flash, flash, hundred yard dash
I love watching dougs videos on my IMPORTED Samsung phone.
ak operator Is the power button on the left side? 😂😂
HerrNilssonTheMonkey No, It's a convertible phone... No it's a semi-phone...
I use an *imported sony*
How on earth is that a sedan!?
How is it a truck?
Decisions, decisions, that don't fit the US view of cars.
The beauty of bureaucracy. Favor the masses. A niche item like this probably missed only a few criteria for Van/Truck. Hopefully it doesn't complicate the insurance.
I think hatchback would have been more appropriate... 2 doors with rear cargo area. It just happens to be rather tall lol.
And why isn't there a wagon option? What the hell do people with wagons register them as
Or coupe.
it looks like a smart car's fat cousin. I love it
Thinking of it that way makes me hate it more.
Gabriel Gagne the new smart car looks like its Chinese counterfeit. The for4 was bad but the current for2 is risking the recognizability of the whole brand imho.
+Jonas Meyer im pretty sure most people do not like the looks of the old one, so they made it look like every other car. The car industry is sad
I used to have a smart car. I loved it. So easy to work on and it never broke on me.
I've been a big fan of Japanese classics for a while. They have some great cars available. Now that I know that's where you get your from, it makes me even more excited at getting something from there eventually.
The DMV better get used to importing once the R34 turns 25
Because so many people out of the 214 million drivers (per the 2014 survey) are going to buy R34s.
rustler08 yes... yes we will
The Virginia DMV in Newport News was a piece of cake for registering my Peugeot 205 GTI, it took as long to register it as any other used car.
Peugeot 205 GTI were very popular in the late 80's in the Netherlands. Lucky that you own one.
Doug, make America great again!
His response would probably be "Yeah, O-kei then...."
mipmipmipmipmip Hihs campaign slogan would be "Cars, Coffe and autotrader.com/oversteer""
"and then she dediced it was a sedan" "ok" hahaha
You should come to Brazil. What you call "difficult" task, I call "a normal monday" here
Eu Falo De Carro that's if you don't get shot trying to get out of your car.
R360ЯN You should Go to Germany what you call Sunday we call Thursday...in the Most Cities it's the onky wehre the German DMV is opened Till 6pm and you Don‘t have to take a free day
You should come to Paraguay....... ha ha ha ! ... it's everyday business ...
it takes a year to register...
In Brazil they NEVER close late. So yes, you aways have to take the day off. And, even a car made in Brazil takes probably 3 or more hours just to get the paperwork done. The title will take weeks to arrive. The plate will only be issued after a few days, so you have to go back there again. And if its an used car, you have to go to a inspection place so they take pictures of your car (and VIN).
What do they do for cars sold in America originally before 1981? None of those have 17 digit vins.
I asked her that, and she replied - tersely - "I have never seen that before." So that was a bad start.
My father has had trouble in recent years here in Ohio with his 1970 Camaro which he has owned since he was 17. Sometimes you just have to hope the person behind the counter is having a good day.
Honestly here in Canada when I bought my 1980 Trans am, the biggest problem I had was with the insurance, they were like hmm missing number on your vin, and I was like sooo what do you want me to invent them ? And then they asked so much question about what kind of equipement does the car have.
Registering my 1980 c10 wasn't an issue with my shorter vin, my insurance company on the other hand did add a bunch of Xs onto the end.
Took me under 5 minutes to register my imported Galant VR4. No one was in front of me in line. I just handed them the title Frank at Hi-Rev motors gave me. They entered in to the system and I left with my plate. No different than any other car I've registered. Why would VIN digits matter? Classic American cars don't have modern 17 digit VIN's.
Galant VR4? Nice choice dude.
nice car dude, what year you have?
ODIO POWER 1988.
Classics do not have a 17 digit VIN but the DMV also expects that for vehicles of a certain vintage.
"I said it was a van"
"I answered no when she asked if it deserved truck plates"
"So it's a sedan"
In CT you wait in a line that extends all the way around the building. This is for you to tell one person what exactly you came to the DMV for. Then you sit in the sitting area to wait for your number to be called. Then when you get called you tell another person exactly what would you need to do and there's a 50/50 chance that that person you're talking to will help you.
Just registered a 1964 Corvair Van here in CT and took less than an hour... mostly waiting for my turn. Had the old style serial # (read: short) and no questions getting an "antique / historical" plate. Had no issues with insurance because I used a company that does ONLY antique vehicles. (Hagerty) Had no questions when I suggested the registration show it as a station wagon (in case I find the optional seats some day) mostly because some states wont let a truck operate on a parkway. NY is notorious for that and it's only 10 miles from here. In most states going the antique route is a piece of cake and some don't even requite a title to get registration after a certain age.
this was a fun video to see on my birthday
Eko Flame happy birthday dood :0
Don't know you but... Happy birthday, i hope today is a wonderful day for you and your family!
Eko Flame Bappy Hirthday!
Happy birthday !
Happy 70th Birthday.
I watched your other video "S Cargo Quirks" I still think about it, you're the best car reviewer. You bring such interesting stuff.
The DMV, where America's dreams go to die, sadly.
"VIN number" is actually redundant. VIN stands for Vehicle Identification Number. It's like PIN or ATM.
In the UK it would be called a hybrid. Hybrids are like half car and half van. That makes it a lot easier for people to understand and covers anything weird that doesn't fit properly into another category. Also, if you went to register a weird car in Japan it would take about 45 minutes tops, and they'd be happy for you to go away and have a meal at a cafe while they worked on it. If there were any complications they'd bend over backwards to get it done in time and, if they couldn't, they'd apologise profusely.
1:15 at the DMV is basically like a walk in the park at any Mississippi or Memphis-area DMV offices in Tennessee.
These videos are the best, love seeing this kind of crazy stuff and finding out what happened.
Dude you are about the only RUclipsr that keeps putting awesome car content out there. Clap Clap
Then you don't know about Regular Car Reviews done by "Mr. Regular." Look him up. He's not only informative but funny. I actually hope Doug meets the 2 man team from RCR. In fact Mr. Regular lives in PA so they are not that far apart!
"She laughed, then decided it was a sedan" LOLOLOL😂😂lmao
Doug, you could make a video about your favorite type of Play-Doh and its quirks, and I'd still enjoy every moment of it.
Brings a whole new meaning to tracing a VIN number.
I desperately ask my self: Does it have a bumber to bumper insurance?
Dont we all?
lol you never cease to amaze me doug, as usual. greetings from the country that built your "sedan"
My favorite Doug Car so far!
At the California DMV, I waited in line from 730 AM until 845 AM, just to take a number (which was coded for the service I needed), then I went into the waiting area and sat. And sat. And sat. Two hours later, my number, B36, was called. I went to the window and gave the clerk the paper, signed another form, then got my disabled parking placard. Yes, all that trouble for a #%!@$#! parking placard! I was lucky, I got out of there before noon, when half the clerks disappeared. You were VERY lucky indeed.
I salute you, Doug. You are an inspiration and are doing what I have always wanted to do (Importing foreign spec cars).
Awesome!!
Are you doing it?
@@blakewright3589 I still wish :(
Damn, the things Doug will do to be an automotive entertainer, lol. Another great video!
Dammit, Doug. I've been waiting to see what's under the hood of this beast and this is all you give us? YOU TEASE.
your PA DMV is WAY different than a CA DMV in Los Angeles/Glendale, where every parking space is taken. There were no other cars in your parking lot shots. How nice that must be.
2:15, trace it? Take a picture with your smartphone instead?
I thought the same thing, but from what I know of the public sector (my wife works in it) they hate innovation. Innovation is always stressful for those who have to use it, what with the training and feeling out of your comfort zone as you learn something new. Most folks would rather not, but private sector folks have no choice. It's innovate or die. Public sector has no such pressure, so it's not surprising that they're using a workflow that was probably developed in the 50's, before any form of instant photography (Polaroid or digital) was available.
interesting
Tracing paper??? To send it via fax I guess... I don't think they know what a smartphone is.
Sweet, now we know what the 'S' really stands for.
Nice sedan Doug 😂
I don't understand the DMV. Here in the UK we have the DVLA. Everything is done by post or online, they don't have any offices you can go to even if you wanted to.
cjeam Lucky you
Most States, if not all, offer online services for pretty much everything. You do want to go in person for registration in order to pick up the plates right away instead of waiting for them to come in the mail.
What? Seriously?
@@musnoure Somebody official has to verify the VIN, in person, periodically.
Doug: brings every document
DMV : “we only accept cash , get back in line”
In the Houston area there's this one DPS office (it's Department of Public Safety in Texas) that is in a suburb of Houston and allows people to get in line on the phone. I timed my last visit perfectly. I got there and before I could finish my form, my number was called. I was in and out in about 5 minutes.
A little research helps. Not all DMV offices are created equal and that's more true in some states than others. If your looking to do something out of the ordinary, no illicit, ask around. Even the DMV manager can be helpful pointing you in the right direction. Sometimes, if you are allowed, driving a county over helps.
Lol love da cool "hillbilly banjo" tune for "music on hold" while he does the VIN number tracing... kind of a combination of the "bluegrassy theme song" and the "music in the middle" from Car Talk :D
Here are the quirks and features of my trip to the Arizona DMV. I bought a 1972 VW Baja Champion, only 1000 made, mag wheels metallic blue special paint as cool as you can get with a VW bug. So, I am told I need to get a 3 day temp plate so I can drive it to a DMV to get the cars VIN inspected in what they call a Level 1 test. I try to do it online and can't, too few numbers in the VIN. So, I go to the DMV and they give me a temp plate. I go to the DMV with the car, which I can now drive since I have the 3 day temp plate and I am told I need to go to get the VIB verified. I wait in line for 1 hr for the Level 1 test along with most people there to get salvage titles. I get to the front of the line and they tell me I do not need a Level 1 check. So, I then have to wait in another line in the normal line inside the building, the Level 1 was an outside line, good thing it wasn't raining or mid summer with 110 degrees. I get to the front of that line and I am successful EXCEPT.....I give the DMV person my classic car insurance. They must have entered it as traditional insurance. Traditional insurance means I need an emissions test, classic car limits driving to 2500 miles a year BUT no emissions test. 1 month later I get a letter saying my registration will be revoked due to no emissions test. I have to call my insurance company to have them call the DMV and clear it up. Well, something went wrong and I get a second letter saying my registration now IS revoked. I call up my insurance company and this time I conference call the DMV. Finally it's corrected. By the way, I was told I had to drive the car for the Level 1, well I could have just driven any car to the DMV with the paperwork and did not have to physically drive the VW, meaning I never needed the temp plate. So, I think I beat Doug's situation.
Only an hour and 15 minutes? Usually the wait to speak to someone at the dmv is about three hours here in Wisconsin.
Wow, 26! I thought it was a brand new car. Cute as a darn button!
That's what I thought too regarding the age of the car
I think you should play a bit with this car Doug , change the rims , cut the roof ( make it flat ) , change those mirrors , change the engine (if possible ) .That's homework for you Doug.
When I registered my imported Mini in IL, I had a title from another state, but it was the first time it had ever been titled in IL. I'd heard the same, that there might be issues because the VIN wasn't the right length - they didn't care! Seriously, didn't even give it another look.
The whole thing took me less than 30 minutes - including waiting in line. AND that includes re-doing one of the pieces of paperwork to order vanity plates. I had more trouble trying to title a Subaru where the seller had gotten married and changed her name.
If I didn't have a title, I bet it would have been a mess. In short - buy a car that's already imported, or get one from an importer who will get the title for you!
aye im in PA too. cool to see unique imports in pa!
Channels like these show why tv is the past.
This is literally the most Doug car ever made in all time
We also had a bit of trouble with the VIN number differences when we imported the corvette, took us like 30 minutes for them to figure out it's how it is but then it was all a-ok
In Europe, the car would need to have "EEC Car Type Approval", which means that it cannot be registered unless the manufacturer has submitted one to Brussels for crash testing. If this is a Nissan Micra chassis with a different body, you can register it as a Micra and your papers would say Micra. But if not and if it's younger than the Approval law, you're probably screwed.
We have something similar in the US, but once a car is over 25 years old, it can skip any safety, emissions, etc.
We can bring any car into the US, but 3 of them (I think) has to be sent for crash testings, they have to be updated to US codes, etc. A really big hassle, which is why its not done.
Depends which part of Europe... The UK is much more liberal in what you can register with regards to imports and kitcars, and I've seen people from the continent register things in the UK first and then import it into their own country as it makes it simpler (much like Douglas found it easier to register his Snail van with paperwork from another State).
As mentioned already it very much depends on where in Europe you live as it is not one country.
Yes. If your car's 3 years or older and in Western Europe, it has to pass what the Brits call the MOT (yearly). It's like the US smog test but extended to all the safety features, inc tires and seat belts. To register a kitcar or even a homebuilt vehicle in the UK, you can request a sort of "MOT on steroids". This one doesn't have a crash test at the end. Brits love their cars.
Germans on the other hand had to fight the winter car phenomenon, where people would buy death's door junkers to get them through the most snowy bits of winter, to keep their proper car safe and garaged. Cars that fail MOT in Germany often pass MOT here in the Netherlands or in the UK. Many a classic Merc or BMW gets saved this way.
My favorite part, "now unfortunately I can't actually show you what happened". Dammit Doug get a hidden camera in your sleeve or something, atleast just to be pointing to the ground and recording the conversation, that'd be interesting!
Nah because he will probably censor their faces and the information blurted out, so what's the point?
This is what happens when you are well prepared. You get done what you set out to get done. I'm impressed with PA DMV. That could have gone HORRIBLY wrong.
SedanVan!
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Vandam...me
Jean Claude...
Terminology correction:
VIN is only 9 digits long because it's not VIN at all. It's chassis number. There is no VIN in Japan. They have chassis number (frame number for motorcycles) and engine number.
Once I painted S on my porsche and drove it on the streets
People's reaction was, look at that S car go
In some states you have to bring it to the state (highway) patrol and have new vin plates.
After seeing your S-Cargo I just realized that there's an S-Cargo in that new Godzilla movie. It's right there after they go back to their house in the restricted zone and they go outside and are headed to the plant. It's just there for a few seconds but it's most definitely a S-Cargo.
It’s really clever because it’s in the shape of a snail!
[Escargot is snail in French]
Sedan is correct I believe. The closets thing to a cargo car would be a station wagon. If you don't have a classification for a station wagon then it's a sedan.
0:42 I nearly freaked out and thought there was a MASSIVE bug crawling across my screen. XD
Hey Doug do more videos on the S-Cargo. A video about you taking it to a Nissan dealer for maintenance like you did with your Skyline with the reactions of those who work there.
In the DMV for only an hour and a half!?! I'm used to waiting that long before my number even gets called.
love that you picked the most bizarre looking car, would of loved to see the clerk's face!
Nonpassenger automobiles are defined as small pickup trucks, standard pickup trucks, vans, and special purpose vehicles. Pickup trucks is separated from car line based on gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR). For pickup truck car lines with more than one GVWR (gross vehicle weight rating), the GVWR of the pickup truck car line is the arithmetic average of all distinct GVWR's less than or equal to 8,500 pounds available for that car line.
The advantages of making a quirky, bubble af mivi/cargo van? Well for one, when it's 26 it won't even look like it.
Seriously, I expected this thing to be like new. You can judge how old it it cause it's so weird!?
My brother has an imported Toyota Hilux pickup of the same age. But the DMV accepted a cell-phone picture of the VIN instead of a tracing. This was Oregon, not PA.
It only took an hour and 15 minutes? My mother here in Alabama just spent 12 hours registering a Honda Accord, it somehow had similar problems to what the S Cargo had. Speaking of Alabama DMVs, one of my friends moved from Arizona to here while he had a permit, and somehow, our DMVs system was not compatible with Arizona learners permits! As a result, my friend spent a good seven months without a permit. When he was finally able to get a permit, he was 18 years old and about to move out of his parents house.
It took me 5 full days at Vic Roads in Australia, to transfer my licence from one state to another.
At least you pulled it off.... I went to try and register my motorcycle for the 4th time today and they didn't let me AGAIN! It's a 1975 Kawasaki and has a 9 digit vin as well.
In California it takes an hour and fifteen minutes just to get an appointment. Good luck after that, but suggest bring a shaving kit.
I did not realize this car was 26 years old. It looks new to me!
Recently I registered a 1976 Kawasaki in Alabama. Since my dad and I drug it out of a barn, and it was given to me, I had no paperwork. I printed a bill of sale form, filled it out, wrote in my dad's name as seller, my own as buyer. I showed that and my insurance card to the DMV clerk and got a tag. For $18.36. I was out of the office in under 15 minutes.
NYC DMV you wait over 1.5 hours just to see someone
And then they tell you that you're in the wrong line.
I waited 4 hours at the RI DMV so get told I needed to have a parent with me. I'm 17 and was trying to renew my license
No title needed in NH, WOOOOOO!
Only two hours to register? GREAT, good for you !
I spend 6 years to register my 1963 Volkswagen Panel and still don´t have the licence plate in Venezuela =(
You should have registered it as a truck just for the "prestige".
Also, when will CarMax get to see it?
In Melbourne, Australia the engine number was usually on left side of engine. We had a modified car with engine number on right side of engine block. They called the cops on us as they thought it was a stolen car with engine number 'scrubbed' off. The cops (detectives) came out, denied us registration and told us to take car home. We found it on right side, called cops and they were confused why it was on right side. Turned out it was a ex government vehicle with a lpg only modified engine (Datsun 200b). Top that for insane bureaucracy.
doesnt a sedan have 4 side doors and 5 seats?
Nuffel Bagget Yes but some sedans have 4 doors due to center console in the rear
u mean 4 seats?
Nationwide Cup Series coupes have 4 to 5 seats with 2 doors son.
Yeah 4 seats I meant take example the Porsche Panamera.. It's not a coupe and has 4 seat..
+MrPrettyprettyone Nascars don't have any doors and only 1 seat.
Again, this car was made for Doug. The car literally looks like him...LOL!
1:15 is very fast indeed. Here in Soviet Russia we have to spend a whole DAY. And the license plate will be ready only after 15:00. I think they paint them manually there.
If you lived in california you could go ahead and add two more hours to that process and then only get a temporary paper licence tag
You do know that private automobiles are classed as home-goods and do not need to be registered as a *motor vehicle* since you won't be using them for *"interstate or foreign commerce"* which is the *transporting* of paying *passengers* or *commercial goods* under a *Bill of Laden*.