What have you done to your CUCV today/lately - Part 2

[Ilikemtb999]

I want to do that with mine but...



I use mine as a daily driver (when it's not 90° outside).

I only had to sign an affidavit that I wouldn't drive mine more than 4500 miles a year on public roads. I don't think I drive that much with all of my vehicles let alone my cucv so I wasn't worried. Back in Illinois they had antique plates (only drive to and from shows and we're $25 for 5 years) and also extended use antique plates that cost a bit more but allowed unrestricted driving for the nice months.

 

[Volvo740turbo]

I want to do that with mine but...





I use mine as a daily driver (when it's not 90° outside).

I daily mine when it's 90 outside...mostly delivering pizza lol

 

[Volvo740turbo]

Replaced frozen wheel cylinder!

Adjusted rear brakes, had the old school big wheel one wheel lock up action! Pretty much all better now!

 

[computer54]

I use my Truck daily and I enjoy it too and even on hot days too.

 

[The FLU farm]

I only had to sign an affidavit that I wouldn't drive mine more than 4500 miles a year on public roads.

Unless they force you to run a log, electronic or paper, how on earth would they know where you accumulated those miles?
Like you, my problem is usually that I can't get many miles on the vehicles. By now the insurance company has learned that when I say "The odometer reads whatever it did last year." doesn't mean that it's broken.

 

[computer54]

Yea and then they tell you to fix it or your rates well go up and then you are out of luck.

 

[The FLU farm]

Yea and then they tell you to fix it or your rates well go up and then you are out of luck.

Well, so far that hasn't been an issue. There are one or two that are broken, and I told them that. Either way, as far as I know there's no law that says that you have to have a functional odometer - speedometer, yes, but not odometer.

 

[german m1008]

.......M1008 at work.

 

[Ilikemtb999]

Unless they force you to run a log, electronic or paper, how on earth would they know where you accumulated those miles?
Like you, my problem is usually that I can't get many miles on the vehicles. By now the insurance company has learned that when I say "The odometer reads whatever it did last year." doesn't mean that it's broken.

Its a legal binding document so I think they're taking my word for it. Do I seem untrustworthy?

 

[cucvrus]

Well, so far that hasn't been an issue. There are one or two that are broken, and I told them that. Either way, as far as I know there's no law that says that you have to have a functional odometer - speedometer, yes, but not odometer.

You James Bond secret agent man you.
https://youtu.be/ye8KvYKn9-0
For state inspection the speedometer and odometer must work. That is Pennsylvania law.

 

[MarcusOReallyus]

My wife's modern SUV had broken air conditioning for a couple weeks. She said that driving her M1009 with the floor vents open, triangular windows open, and regular windows down halfway, was almost as cool as having AC and was far cooler than a modern SUV with just the windows open.

Somehow, I can't see that working quite as well in, say, Houston, as it does in Vermont.........

 

[MarcusOReallyus]

Well, so far that hasn't been an issue. There are one or two that are broken, and I told them that. Either way, as far as I know there's no law that says that you have to have a functional odometer - speedometer, yes, but not odometer.

Well, there's this little matter of insurance fraud.....

 

[cucvrus]

Well, there's this little matter of insurance fraud.....

I was thinking the same thing. Not worth the risk. Fix the odometer and be honest.

 

[cucvrus]

Somehow, I can't see that working quite as well in, say, Houston, as it does in Vermont.........

That won't work here for me. And I am not very fussy. 60 miles per hour 4 windows down A/C is NOT going to cut it. I have a Good Wife. I want to keep her. If I give her a CUCV to drive. lets just say. Never mind. I wouldn't do that.

 

[The FLU farm]

For state inspection the speedometer and odometer must work. That is Pennsylvania law.

Darn. Not even in CA did they require a working odometer.

 

[The FLU farm]

Well, there's this little matter of insurance fraud.....

Not sure how I would commit any fraud by not having functional odometers, or not driving a vehicle during the past year. In either case the numbers don't go up, but whether I put zero or 350 miles (or even 5,000) on an insured vehicle shouldn't really matter, should it?

 

[Volvo740turbo]

Its a legal binding document so I think they're taking my word for it. Do I seem untrustworthy?

No sir, not at all

 

[Recovry4x4]

I can see why PA has inspections. Without them, some folks would likely drive vehicles made of mostly old parts and rust. It's also a revenue grab. Requiring an odometer seems a little extreme. My M1010 hasn't been on public road in 18 months.

 

[antennaclimber]

PA used to require a vehicle inspection every 6 months.

 

[Another Ahab]

PA used to require a vehicle inspection every 6 months.

That sounds a little suspect.

Maybe not, but it sounds it.