NJ Collector Car Registration change?!?

[Shri2222]

I have a 240sx i wished to register under NJ collector car but now the law was changed in September, WTF is one to do to register a custom that isn't driven more then 3k miles a yr?!? Mod cars and Chassie mods are excluded from the new collector car coverage.

What is one to do?

I only drive this car from the parking lot to the race track,the occational sunday cruse, and to car shows. NJ is really killing the automotive hobbist. Its getting rediculous. I'm so tired of just tring to enjoy the hobbie and being forced to be perceived as some sort of outlaw, just because we drive modified cars.

[Sarge]

Originally Posted by subwrxkid

dude cops are gay. They came at the near end and tried to look at peoples inspections. Needless to say as soon as one of the seven cops moved from blocking me in, I bailed. lol

They are hatin on my collecters car inspection. There isn't a ****ing thing they can do about it, I don't have to go through regular inspection ie. no decible readings, no emissions, no tint tickets, no front plate, **** them!

Thats why there was a law change!

[Sarge]

Now I know Demitri is a good kid. I know he was just cutting up but there is truth in jest.

Too many people were using this program to beat the system and hey why not if you can have it both ways thats fine. It was a pain in the butt for law enforcement and probably an even bigger pain for the MVD.

I haven't seen the new change yet as soon as I get a copy I will post it for you all.

[Sarge]

OK I found it and here it is!

Collector vehicles
RELATED LINKSFact Sheet [pdf] Vehicles Exempt from Inspections Collector Vehicle Application [pdf] Effective September 1, 2007

To be classified as a "collector vehicle" you need to apply when you register and make sure that the vehicle is:
A limited production vehicle or a vehicle made in limited quantities
Less than 25 years old
Not registered as a "historic vehicle" or a "street rod"
Not driven more than 3,000 miles per year
Insured as a limited use "collector vehicle"
To be classified as a collector vehicle, your vehicle cannot be registered as a "historic vehicle" or a "street rod." Download our fact sheet [23k pdf] for more information.

Vehicles applying for collector vehicle status must be approved by MVC. Follow these steps to apply:
Complete the collector vehicle application [41k pdf]
Submit a letter from the vehicle manufacturer, recognized car club or a collector organization attesting to the vehicle’s limited production status. Must be printed on official letterhead
Show proof of limited-use insurance
Include photographs of front, driver side, passenger side and rear of the vehicle
Mail all materials and photos to:

Motor Vehicle Commission
Collector Vehicle Status
I/M Support Unit
P.O. Box 680
Trenton, NJ 08666-0680

Applications can only be processed through the mail and will take approximately two weeks. Once you receive an approval letter from the MVC, take the original letter with raised seal, the original application, and $25 (check, money order, credit card or cash) to any MVC Agency to purchase a collector vehicle status voucher which will be issued immediately.

Call (609) 633-9474 or 9472 for additional information.

[Shri2222]

Originally Posted by Sarge

Now I know Demitri is a good kid. I know he was just cutting up but there is truth in jest.

Too many people were using this program to beat the system and hey why not if you can have it both ways thats fine. It was a pain in the butt for law enforcement and probably an even bigger pain for the MVD.

I haven't seen the new change yet as soon as I get a copy I will post it for you all.

Sarge i understand that a limmited few abused this. But as in every program the goverment has, they are all open to abuse. This new version of the law makes it impossible for NJ shops to have demo or display vehciles and totaly limmits the extent of the automotive hobbie. such a piece of legistation is just the tip of a ice burg.

This new law, everyone on this forum, is a outlaw.

[Shri2222]

Originally Posted by Sarge

Thats why there was a law change!

sarge, i'm just tring to relate. no negitivity implied. But how dose a individual with a car that has a exhaust, tints or whatever effect anyone. Remember not all of us are idiotic wreckless, but for some reason we are all profiled. Why? if noise was such an issue, how can motorcycles be sold DOT aproved from a dealer with higher DB out put then most custom cars? If this type of profiling was done to a ethic group there would be all hell to pay, but it's ok to profile a age old american subculture? There are many businesses that live off the hobby, what about the state economy and the 5 billion dollar aftermarked business in the US. What about the enthusiests, the shop owners and the product companies? How dose one promote automotive events in a state where your vehicle technicaly can't even be driven w/o issue on public roadways?

I'm again not tring to be a jurk, i just want to relate, something the automotive subculture hasn't been able to relate to law enforcement and public officals. We are not criminals, I work full time and go to college, I spend all my free money on car parts not drugs, sometimes i choose between food and parts, and i'm sure that represents a large number of us.
I'll go hungry if i can find a way to better my car. Wouldn't it be better to let youth invest in their cars, and let them pass their time working on cars instead of loittering or doing drugs and other trouble some activities?
Arguably some drive wreckless but again the actions of a few can't be forced to effect the lives of the majority.

p.s. today a truck carring heating oil spilled oil on I95 causing a massive accident on turnpike closing it. the accident killed 3. now what do we change laws to ban tankers to drive in NJ highways?

today a ambulance in NY was speeding and crashed into a commercial vehicle and rolled over, do we legislate to ban ambulances from speeding to hospitals?

[Sarge]

Originally Posted by Shri2222

sarge, i'm just tring to relate. no negitivity implied. But how dose a individual with a car that has a exhaust, tints or whatever effect anyone. Remember not all of us are idiotic wreckless, but for some reason we are all profiled. Why? if noise was such an issue, how can motorcycles be sold DOT aproved from a dealer with higher DB out put then most custom cars? If this type of profiling was done to a ethic group there would be all hell to pay, but it's ok to profile a age old american subculture? There are many businesses that live off the hobby, what about the state economy and the 5 billion dollar aftermarked business in the US. What about the enthusiests, the shop owners and the product companies? How dose one promote automotive events in a state where your vehicle technicaly can't even be driven w/o issue on public roadways?

I'm again not tring to be a jurk, i just want to relate, something the automotive subculture hasn't been able to relate to law enforcement and public officals. We are not criminals, I work full time and go to college, I spend all my free money on car parts not drugs, sometimes i choose between food and parts, and i'm sure that represents a large number of us.
I'll go hungry if i can find a way to better my car. Wouldn't it be better to let youth invest in their cars, and let them pass their time working on cars instead of loittering or doing drugs and other trouble some activities?
Arguably some drive wreckless but again the actions of a few can't be forced to effect the lives of the majority.

p.s. today a truck carring heating oil spilled oil on I95 causing a massive accident on turnpike closing it. the accident killed 3. now what do we change laws to ban tankers to drive in NJ highways?

today a ambulance in NY was speeding and crashed into a commercial vehicle and rolled over, do we legislate to ban ambulances from speeding to hospitals?

OK first off I own 3 cars and 2 motorcycles I've worked on and owned sport vehicles since I was 14 so I understand the point of view of the enthusiest since I am one.
I posted the new rules and it seems to me that what they are trying to put and end to is the fraud and abuse that must have been high for the rule change.

You make a lot good points on this debate what I would suggest is that you start a thread in another part of this forum get enough suport and push to have the law changed.
good luck!