The dealership said they'll mail me the title. Is this normal?

[JEDI]

i bought a new car in PA. they said the state needed to do something w/the title, and they'll mail it to me.

Is this normal???

 

[StageLeft]

Well I bought a used car last year and I was mailed the title like a month later so I think it is normal.

 

[crystal]

Yes, that is normal. They need to send it to the state to get it registered. BTW, if you take out a loan for that car, the bank have the title until you pay it off.

 

[JEDI]

ack! so how do i register it at the DMV? they want to see the title

 

[herrjimbo]

most likely the dealer is registering the vehicle for you. at least, they did for me. i'd suggest calling the dealer to find out for sure.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: XFILE
ack! so how do i register it at the DMV? they want to see the title

Really? At least in alabama all I did was take some weird receipt thing that the dealer mailed to me a few days after buying the car - I took that into DMV which was a proof of sale or something (not title) and they registered it and gave me plate. The real title came a month later.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: XFILE
ack! so how do i register it at the DMV? they want to see the title

Dealer is supposed to do all that..you will have 30 day tags and should get your normal tags in the mail.That is why you paid all that extra money. Only thing you have to do is get it put on your insurance

 

[Thegonagle]

I know you've been having trouble with this dealership, but call the "business manager," the guy in the office where you signed all the papers (he was more professional than the salesman, right? I hope so, that's his job). Mention that you're in PA or VA, or what ever state you told us, and ask him again whether he (the dealership) is taking care of the registration. If they didn't give you a brown title-looking piece of paper, called a manufacturer's certificate of origin, then you've got nothing to register. Generally, the dealership mails the certificate of origin (curiously, it's commonly called the "MSO") to the state as proof that this new car was built and now exists, and the state generates a title from there.

 

[JEDI]

thx