What do I do after I buy my first car?

There are only three ways you can handle this.

First, have your sister mail you the title already

signed over to you. Then you can get the insurance

needed to have coverage. She can drive it with

her existing plates, and most likely not have a

problem. Or you can mail her a copy of the

proof of insurance, and after getting the DMV

to issue plates, or a temporary vehicle permit,

mail that as well. You would have to ue the

post office to post office express mail to get

it back and forth overnight, but it would work.

Another way is for her to get a temporary

drive away insurance to drive it up to you.

Most insurance companies can provide a

temporary, liability only, drive away insurance

for such things, but you would need to provide

a description of the vehicle, and the VIN

number. The title number, and issuing state

wouldn't hurt either. She could even get

this and a temporary drive away license

for the vehicle to drive it to you. The temp

drive away licenses are usually only good

for about a week, but are issued by state

DMV's.

Finally, she could just use the title to get

insurance on the car as hers, then cancel

it when she got back home.

With any of these you will have an extra

expense for the mail, or the insurance

just to get it to you. However, these are

the only legal ways. The temporary

insurance method would be best if her

state issues what is called a Temporary

Drive Away license. This is used by many

to transport vehicles purchased in one

state to drive back home to another state,

or when moving to another state before

the vehicle is licensed, and registered.

She just has to find out what is available

there.

in some states you can do it over the phone but in CA you need the registration or prof of purchase

when you get the insurance DRIVE IT and have a good time

Your sister apparently had existing insurance on another vehicle, and simply added the "new" one to her policy to take it to California. She'll have to sign the title over to you; then you get your own insurance, take the title to the DMV, and register it.

drive it