On 20 Feb 2007 10:03:55 -0800, "stuffthejubilee"
wrote:
>On Feb 19, 12:01 am, m...@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) wrote:
>> stuffthejubilee wrote:
>> > Is this possible? I've read that you have to have a permanent US
>> > address to have plates to put on a car but is there a way round this
>> > for foreigners?
>>
>> There is only one legal way to do it. Have a friend who is a US resident
>> register and insure the car in his name, and then you drive it. The
>> registered owner makes sure that his insurance covers you driving it.
>> This is obviously risky for the registered owner; because if anything bad
>> happens, he's on the hook. I wouldn't do this, not even for a friend.
>Blimey, thanks for that. Looks like I'm going to struggle as I don't
>know anyone in the US other than the odd newsgroup person, which
>obviously isn't good enough. This may demand a rethink. 5 months in
>the US with a hire car would be astronomically expensive. I thought
>that doing it by Amtrak would enable me to go everywhere I wanted
>either. Hmmm, tricky.
Why don't you use Amtrak or Greyhound to cover the long distances
between cities. Base yourself in a city and see everything you can
using local transport, and then rent a car for a few days. Then move
on to the next city.
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Barbara Vaughan
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