MrTaz
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Texas probably requires it because the state borders with Mexico.
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Texasram1
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Wondering why that would matter?
Always just seemed like a quick and easy revenue stream for the state.
ClawSS
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Registering for the first time
Please visit the Office of the County Clerk in your county of residence to renew your vehicle registration in person. When renewing your registration, be sure to bring:- Photo ID
- Current original (not a copy) proof of Kentucky insurance effective date within 45 days
- Money for fees and applicable taxes (check with your County Clerk's office for accepted forms of payment)
- Vehicles brought into Kentucky from another state will be required to have a Sheriff's Inspection
ClawSS
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Being in KY and having bought new from Ohio & Indiana … I’ve been required to have the Sheriffs inspection document before getting my Reg. & license.
No fight here, just a Kentucky experience. YMMV.
No fight here, just a Kentucky experience. YMMV.
boojimdi
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Damn Texas and Kentucky freaking liberal states!!!
Bigsnowman
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This way of thinking/business strategy makes absolutely no sense to me. With this mentality, how do these dealers think they are ever going to sell more units and potentially increase their allocations? To me this thought process is completely a$$ backwards and it a sure way to either permanently stunt the growth of one's dealership or just go out of business. How short sighted!
On the other hand, and after working with Sandi at MD, their business model certainly appears to be one of growth and one where they will make both more bank deposits and more friends and certainly will show up on Ram's radar screen and should have their allocations increased. This is just my humble opinion as I've been self-employed for the past 24 years and have made many new friends who started as customers and have had many friends who've become customers.
ClawSS
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Ha (damn Gov. here thinks so due to Lex. and Louisville). But politics aside before I get banned. I found that Wyoming is another requiring what they call a "VIN Inspection" to be done by a law enforcement officer if purchased out of state and to be registered in WY.
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Yes it’s very sad woodhouse in Nebraska is doing $5000 over sticker and they are only dealer to date I’ve found to have that but they move the trucks because they always have piles of them coming in. so it’s very sad to do that to customers but also stupid of customers to let them take advantage of them too.
My rail car TTGX 992051 as of 7:48 am is in Hondo Texas . My truck needs to make it to twin oaks PA. Delivery date is 1/27- 2/5. I just can’t understand the reason for so many trucks that were Ordered 5-6 months ago and haven’t been built. I can’t amagine the frustration.
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- Photo ID? How can that be?
MrTaz
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A lot of stolen cars go to Mexico from the U.S. I wonder how many they try to bring back to the U.S. with altered paper work to resell?
MrTaz
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Probably because it doesn’t involve voting
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The TX inspection is very basic. Lights, horn, tint % etc. Tons of places perform the inspection then upload pass or fail to the state. Then the state issues registration and/or plates. So if a VIN was flagged as stolen or altered, it would be caught by the state, not the inspection company.
Frustrated old order person here. What was your order date? Glad to see your truck on the way as my truck will also go through twin oaks once Ram decides to build it. Might have a 2023 model at this point in the process!
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My order date was 10/25, 2500 bighorn, cummins
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DougB
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Correct. For the most part, any new or used vehicle brought into TX from another state to be titled/registered here has to go through the inspection first. For diesels it's only the safety inspection, no OBDII sniffing. Not sure if HD Hemi's get OBDII checked, though.
When I bought mine from Mark Dodge, I had them skip any title/reg paperwork (didn't finance so they didn't have to collect TT&L) and I handled it back in TX after I got the truck inspected. I had to transfer a personalize plate so I wanted to make sure that didn't get messed up across state lines. Not sure how needing the inspection first before title/reg might mess things up though going through the dealer. I'm sure they've sold enough vehicles to Texans to know how it all works, though.
MrTaz
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Here in Florida the State Police or the DMV do it. The main thing they do here is verify the VIN. They don't check the vehicle here for safety at the initial entry to the state. That doesn't mean that they won't do a road side safety inspection for obvious things like lights or uncovered loads on a truck. Florida doesn't have a yearly state safety inspection which I'm glad they don't. States that do have turn it over to a third party which also does vehicle repairs. At that point it turns into a money grab from repair shops trying drum up repair work.
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My salesman just pro-actively reached out with an e-mail to let me know that my truck has gone to the shipping yard at Saltillo. He had previously told me that the shipping date should be January 13th so this confirmed that he hit the mark. (This date is already in the spreadsheet). My guesstimate for railroad time is about three weeks to get to Pearland TX. He didn't disagree, but came back with another note to say he would definitely be able to see it on the day it hits Pearland. In his experience we will get the truck at his dealership anywhere from 1 to 7 days after it gets to Pearland. For reference, I ordered on October 19th and he sent my my VIN about 2 days later. My dealer is Finnegan's in Rosenberg TX and the salesman has been excellent in all ways so far. They are going to honor the Friends and Family discount as well.
