which insurance co are u using

Hey Chuch, im using JC Taylor but I think they were bought out by a Maryland base company. They sent me a letter a few years back about the change, don't remember exact.

Off topic I will see ya at your meet Sunday.

the better question is: who are YOU using?

I mentioned who I'm using in post#27 :dunno:

This is why the historic tags are too good to last. They are a gaping loophole in the law.

Back in 1996 they changed the emissions law from a rolling 20-year exemption to one FIXED at 1977 and later. Every car with regular plates 1977 and newer has to be emissions-compliant forever.

Then shortly after, they passed the historic plate law, which goes back to a 20-year rolling exemption, eliminates emissions, and has no mileage restrictions. The restrictions are so loose that it would be hard to make anything stick in a court. How this crept past the eco-fascists I don't know, but props to the smart guys who snuck it through. I don't expect it to last.

Sooner or later some busy-body will get fed up with the rumbling, smoking, shiny monster she gets cut off by every day in her Prius and start making phone calls. Then we are screwed.

The cop was wrong about that too. They can still ticket you for defective equipment. The historic tags exempt a car from emissions and inspection, but not from the requirement that the equipment actually works. You are not going to get away with no headlights or brakelights.

I have historic plates on my TII and my Corolla, they're great and I haven't gotten pulled over yet, even during the few months I was daily driving the FC. :)

Hey guys, bringing this thread back from the dead.

I'm looking at buying a car that is over 20 years old, and have been doing some research on MD historic tags. This thread came up, but I also found something new on another forum, so I wanted to give you guys a heads up, since I'm sure there's probably a few Marylanders who are using historic tags.

See here.

What I'm not sure about is whether the changes will allow cars currently tagged historic to be grandfathered or not. I'm assuming MD will let those who currently have tags that aren't expired keep them until they do, and once they expire, deny any tag renewal until the car complies with the new regulations.

This is apparently supposed to take effect in October, if it passes, so I think I'm going to go ahead and try to get historic tags now while I can and wait and see what happens. Honestly, I don't have a problem with legitimate safety and emissions inspections, but what the state of MD legislates upon people is simply a vehicle usage tax. It's absolutely absurd to expect 35 year-old vehicles ('77 and up) to meet their original emissions requirements and Maryland doesn't even care if you pass anyway (spend 450 bucks and they waive you). It's entirely about money.

I remember when I was in the military and never stepped foot in the state for over 3 years. I still had to pay state income tax each year. Screw you, MD.

Here's another thread I found discussing this.

the proposed bill has been buried in the committe and will not proceed to vote, so we are safe....at least for another year