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Steve, my wife loves her VW Eos with it's retractable hardtop. Unfortunately that technology is way above my pay grade.

In the way of progress, I took my first trip to DMV with paperwork in hand. With an appointment, I was in and out in 30 minutes. Walk-ins were waiting up to 3 hours!! After paying $146 in fees, I left with my BAR certificate of sequence number and two one day operation permits.
Two days ago I drove to he closest inspection station for the brake and lamp inspections. Passed the lamp inspection fine, but I was told the brakes were pulling to the right too much, and would need some work. The good news is they didn't charge me for the brake inspection since all the tech did was a test drive.

After talking with the tech., it seemed the most likely cause of the pulling brakes was the 40 year old hoses, since the calipers, rotors and pads are all new. After replacing the hoses yesterday, it still pulls to the right, albeit somewhat less.

I know I need a front wheel alignment, but what else could be causing my problem??

Originally Posted by Fauxre

In the way of progress, I took my first trip to DMV with paperwork in hand. With an appointment, I was in and out in 30 minutes. Walk-ins were waiting up to 3 hours!! After paying $146 in fees, I left with my BAR certificate of sequence number and two one day operation permits.

Glad the DMV was a breeze for you but.. what's the BAR Cert.? And you got out of there for 146 bucks?!?! That was cool.

In comparison, a friend just registered his 29 A after 15 or 16 years of "building it".. he had to use a title service in New York and then went to the DMV here in Mass., his paperwork sailed through until they decided the cars value would be $10,800!

He swallowed hard and wrote the check to cover the 6 1/8 % tax on the nearly 11 grand! And he still had to pay the registration fees for the priviledge of going to the registry, oh and another title fee!

Originally Posted by 34_40

...what's the BAR Cert.? And you got out of there for 146 bucks?!?! ...

BAR is the California Bureau of Automotive Repair. They're in charge of Smog among other things. Under California legislation (Senate Bill 100) BAR provides 500 Smog waivers (called certificates of sequence) per year to home built vehicles. It allows the owner of the the vehicle to choose between the year of the engine or the year the body style most represents when determining what year to title the vehicle. If the smog referee cannot match a year to the body, the default year is 1960. Without the waiver I'd have to meet current smog requirements.

I don't think I'm finished with fees yet...especially since I'll be applying for personalized plates.