Living in a state where virtually everything is against the law is quite interesting. When I bought my DeLorean 25 years ago someone in the state ( Minnesota ) registration office thought it cute to list it as a "special" on the title. It didn't make any difference to me then and as the title arrived weeks after purchasing the car I just let it go. I've recently decided to apply for personalized collector plates and thought it a good time to correct the title. I received a letter today from one of the persons on the tax payers payroll who informed me that it appears the car in question is a replica car and "in fact it can't be an original DeLorean because real cars don't have seventeen digit VIN numbers." Fortunately I have all the paper work from the original dealer purchase along with the original window sticker. I've armed myself with several photos along with an enlarged photo of the VIN plate and I'm actually looking forward to dueling with these creeps tomorrow. Realistically it's probably a good thing they don't just let anyone call their car whatever they want but the VIN number thing rather irked me. They could have politely asked for some further clarification but then I'm not on the taxpayer's payroll so I guess I'm not versed in the etiquette of dealing with those who pay your salary.. Bruce Benson SCEDT26T2BD006938 To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/