by "for Michigan" (formichigan)
Published 02/01/2017 at 13:26
by "for Michigan" (formichigan)
Published 02/01/2017 at 13:26
Tags: craigslist
; denver
; colorado
; help
STARS: 0
Why do so many “private party” cars on the Denver Craigslist have temporary plates?
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My brother is interested in this Tiburon, but it has a paper temporary plate on the back and an Arapahoe Hyundai plate up front. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen this, it seems to be all over. My initial reaction is that these are curbstoners, but I don’t really know.
"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
02/01/2017 at 13:29, STARS: 0
Because money laundering
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
02/01/2017 at 13:29, STARS: 0
Maybe people who bought them and immediately hated them because people don’t test drive their purchases enough?
"for Michigan" (formichigan)
02/01/2017 at 13:33, STARS: 1
I generally don’t give Craigslist sellers the benefit of the doubt.
"for Michigan" (formichigan)
02/01/2017 at 13:34, STARS: 0
So should we avoid cars with temporary plates?
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
02/01/2017 at 13:36, STARS: 4
As you shouldn’t
"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
02/01/2017 at 13:36, STARS: 0
Depends on if you want weed growers (who need to find creative alternatives to the banking system) to succeed.
"garagemonkee" (monke)
02/01/2017 at 13:37, STARS: 0
Cause in Denver, 25% of cars have resident plates, 25% have fleet plates, and 50% have temp tags.
"for Michigan" (formichigan)
02/01/2017 at 13:38, STARS: 0
So as long as it’s a reasonable deal, it just comes down to whether or not we mind doing business with Colorado’s weed industry?
"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
02/01/2017 at 13:39, STARS: 0
yes
"InFierority Complex" (lanciere)
02/01/2017 at 13:42, STARS: 0
Found it
I honestly don’t know, they are probably just flipping the vehicle. Since the state moved to the new type of temp plates it seems like there are more of them on the road. I probably just didn’t notice the ones taped to the back windows as much.
"for Michigan" (formichigan)
02/01/2017 at 13:48, STARS: 0
That’s my guess. I suppose if it has a temp plate, it is registered in their name though. Right? It’s not like a curbstoner that intentionally doesn’t register it so they don’t have to get a dealer license?
"InFierority Complex" (lanciere)
02/01/2017 at 13:54, STARS: 1
As far as I know, that’s the case. Wouldn’t carfax know if it had been registered recently or not?
"for Michigan" (formichigan)
02/01/2017 at 13:59, STARS: 0
That’s a good point.
"Future next gen S2000 owner" (future-next-gen-s2000-owner)
02/01/2017 at 14:36, STARS: 0
Curbstoners
"for Michigan" (formichigan)
02/01/2017 at 14:38, STARS: 0
But curbstoners don’t register the car in their name, so they wouldn’t have temp plates, right?
"Future next gen S2000 owner" (future-next-gen-s2000-owner)
02/01/2017 at 15:17, STARS: 0
You could grab one from the dealership and just attach it. The ad you show doesn’t actually show a temp tag. Just something where the rear tag would go. Whatever is there is to faded out to say it is a temp tag.
"for Michigan" (formichigan)
02/01/2017 at 15:26, STARS: 0
That’s just one example though. Several other ads had the temp plate clearly visible.
"Khalbali" (khalbali2)
02/01/2017 at 20:31, STARS: 0
My usual first thought is failed emissions but in this case if it was purchased from arapahoe Hyundai they would have to make it pass I believe.