Vin and Serial number versus title
We recently purchased a used motorhome from a local dealler. The title says its a 2006, the vin number, window sticker (found in MH paperwork) and serial number say its a 2005. Called Holiday Rambler ...
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havasu wrote:You are correct about when the title is issued but the year is determend by the certificate of origin when the coach is built.Bird Freak wrote:havasu wrote:This is like saying my pick up was made in 2003 but it didn't sell of the dealers lot until 2005 so now its a 2005. Vehicles of all kind are titled from the date of build. In the case of rv's the build date is when the coach was built not the chassis. Even HR says it is a 2005.
Vehicles are not titled until sold. So the chassis could have been made in 2004, shipped to HR (Monaco?) for a build in 2005 and then delivered to a dealer and sold to a customer in 2006. It's first use would have been in 2006 hence the title year.
I imagine it's quite common for a MH to sit at a dealers for 6 months before being sold.
Call it whatever you want, I was explaining why the title was 2006, HR said it was 2005 and why the chassis was 2004
As a title is a 'registration of ownership' and is issued by the DMV, it is only issued when the vehicle is sold for the first time. Of course some dealers will title vehicles in their own names to skew the sales figures.
