Need legal advice..., For driving an "antique" vehicle Options

[ninefourteener]

I've brought up this topic before... going back nearly a year. I'll see if I can make a long story short:

1. A year ago, 914 gets tagged to be emission tested.
2. Car won't pass
3. Adusted carbs, lowered idle, poured in dry gas, nothing.
4. Car failes emissions miserably 3 times
** BTW, my car runs FANTASTIC
5. I file for an "extension" on the emissions requirement
6. Never hear back, assume everything's ok
7. Car registration expired 31 May
8. Go in today to get new registration sticker
9. Find out car's tags have been suspended since last June...... oops (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
10. Give up, and call the Illinois EPA to find out how to register the car as an antique.

Ok, so I'm going to register it as an antique...... Which means that "technically" I'm not supposed to drive it anywhere other than car shows, races, events, etc...... or if I'm performing maintenance or something.

Truth be told... I'm unsure of exactly what the law says.

In addition...... what do I do if I get pulled over, and I'm just out for a Sunday drive or something??

I've heard that it's good to keep a couple quarts of oil in the car, or some tools.... I dunno. How well does that work? W#ill it stand up in court?

[aircooledboy]

Hey Dude,
I'm an Illinois criminal and traffic atty. There is no good reason to go antique in Illinios. It saves you about $40, but you are limited to driving required for repairs, parade and show appearances. If you get stopped for something else under circumstances that make that a tough sell, you will get nicked for the ticket, and you will have to show you were "engaged in an appropriate use". If you can't, you will eat the ticket, AND the Sec. of State will revoke your registration. Just get a standard tag.

The bigger question is how will you demonstrate residency. If you get IL tags, and later get a ticket in any state but Wisconsin, and you have a non-Illinois driver's license, Illinois will find out about it, and there is about a 70% chance they will cancel the tags. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/mad.gif)