OT: Germans!, and those licensing laws Options

[lapuwali]

I just had a pair of Germans come to look at the '67 912 I have for sale. They paid a lot of attention to the 6x15 Fuchs on the car, which weren't originally sold on the 912, only the 911. One of them noted:

"Ze vheels, zey are not legal for ze car..."

I thought this was just an English problem, so I agreed that they weren't original, and not originally equipped, and that I had a set of steel wheels for the car, too.

Later,

"You know, ve cahn't register ze car wiz zeez vheels..."

A light bulb went on..."Maybe not in Germany, but there's no problem here..."

Clearly, they were just visiting, and looking to buy a cheap 911 or 912 to take back to Germany. The TUV inspectors (how do I do the umlaut?) would reject the car because the car wasn't originally sold with 6x15 wheels, only 4.5x15 and 5.5x15. Yow!

No bling, bling in the Fatherland...

Anyway, they decided they weren't interested, and were really looking for a 911.

Fortunately, I think I sold the car earlier today to some other guy. We'll find out on Monday if he shows up with money.