Colorado general chat...

[Bimmerman325i]

In addition, there is wind sometimes, some ridiculous car laws where every car you own must be registered, even though it is a stripped shell on jackstands (super easy to get around though), and emissions.

But also, you can get concealed carry here which is awesome, and housing in Loveland/FoCo area is cheap.

Really, it's the best place I've lived.

Only if they're on the street do they need to be registered.

[iamsam]

Only if they're on the street do they need to be registered.

Nope, every single car you own regardless must be registered. Trust me, I have been around the block with this with the DMV. Even if I have a project car in my garage with no engine it must be registered. It really is quite ridiculous. However, it is really hard to enforce, the best way they enforce it is by slapping you with a $100 fine when you go to register/renew registration. It's easy to get around though, you either don't transfer the title to your name until you intend to get registration, and make the date of sale within the past few days on the title, or (in my case) if you have a car w/ lapsed registration, the clerk at the DMV literally told me a way to get around the $100 fine: sign the title over to my wife and transfer ownership, the fine goes away once the car changes hands.

[Bimmerman325i]

Nope, every single car you own regardless must be registered. Trust me, I have been around the block with this with the DMV. Even if I have a project car in my garage with no engine it must be registered. It really is quite ridiculous. However, it is really hard to enforce, the best way they enforce it is by slapping you with a $100 fine when you go to register/renew registration. It's easy to get around though, you either don't transfer the title to your name until you intend to get registration, and make the date of sale within the past few days on the title, or (in my case) if you have a car w/ lapsed registration, the clerk at the DMV literally told me a way to get around the $100 fine: sign the title over to my wife and transfer ownership, the fine goes away once the car changes hands.

Huh. I knew about the fine but you made it sound like there was something more to it.

Well, my relatives have tons of cars just sitting around in various states of disrepair, unregistered.

[Cloudbase]

Just write a bill or sale stating you bought it recently or say that you just moved it to CO from storage in another state.

[iamsam]

Yeah it's not a hard law to get around.

[Bimmerman325i]

Yeah it's not a hard law to get around.

Yup. CO isn't CA.

Then again there was a guy at the meet last night with an MM-built 2.8L turbo stroker M20 E30. 450whp if the guy's to be believed, so maybe the crazy out here can be worked around also.

[Roland H]

Yup. CO isn't CA.

Then again there was a guy at the meet last night with an MM-built 2.8L turbo stroker M20 E30. 450whp if the guy's to be believed, so maybe the crazy out here can be worked around also.

It can, if you either know the right people or jump through the right hoops.

[iamsam]

Then again there was a guy at the meet last night with an MM-built 2.8L turbo stroker M20 E30. 450whp if the guy's to be believed, so maybe the crazy out here can be worked around also.

Dang I missed out.



Anyway, just got Clark's ol' E30 running. Turns out whoever removed the dash unplugged a shitload of plugs and I had to chase down every single stinking connection with a multimeter that was required for the car to start, plugged some stuff back in, and even had to rig a wire for a plug since I could not for the life of me find its mate.

Also, Clark was right, that car is stupid loud. I had to shut the garage door to rev it for fear of having the cops called on me, then open it again to air out the garage.

[Bimmerman325i]

Dang I missed out.



Anyway, just got Clark's ol' E30 running. Turns out whoever removed the dash unplugged a shitload of plugs and I had to chase down every single stinking connection with a multimeter that was required for the car to start, plugged some stuff back in, and even had to rig a wire for a plug since I could not for the life of me find its mate.

Also, Clark was right, that car is stupid loud. I had to shut the garage door to rev it for fear of having the cops called on me, then open it again to air out the garage.

To be fair, the car meet was in San Jose.

Nice, congrats on getting it running!

[iamsam]

To be fair, the car meet was in San Jose.

oh ha ha!


Also, just got the ol' M20/trans/d-shaft yanked out and flopped on the floor, now I have to take whatever other parts I want to hang onto and then lose the shell.

[conway]

Any one have a fuel tank breather valve from any of these cars?
318i/is/iC (1991), 325i/is/iC (1992-95), 318i/is/iC/ti (1995-99), M3 (1995), Each

[iamsam]

Any one have a fuel tank breather valve from any of these cars?
318i/is/iC (1991), 325i/is/iC (1992-95), 318i/is/iC/ti (1995-99), M3 (1995), Each

So it's an E36 part, but also on the '91 318is and no other E30s? Because I have an '87 325is parts car...

[Roland H]

Any one have a fuel tank breather valve from any of these cars?
318i/is/iC (1991), 325i/is/iC (1992-95), 318i/is/iC/ti (1995-99), M3 (1995), Each

I know I had one... checking the garage.

EDIT: found it. text inbound.

[iamsam]

....and that, ladies and gentlemen, is why R3V is awesome.

[conway]

Roland is awesome, he even dropped it off tonight!