The block of 10th Avenue where Charlie Auto Sales is situated was clogged by parked and double-parked cars, many of them without plates at all. Three cars were parked on the street with temporary tags: a black Toyota sedan, a white sedan and a green van - two of them bearing the Charlie Auto Sales logo on their bumpers. On a recent visit, Streetsblog spotted seven cars with temporary New Jersey plates near the two dealerships, all on 10th Avenue.
It’s unclear how the Inwood dealerships obtained so many tags, though it is likely they are merely photocopying them. As such, the temporary tag cannot be renewed, according to the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.
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The tags expire after 30 days - enough time for the driver to obtain a real plate in his or her home state. In order to obtain a temporary plate, dealers fill out a form for the buyer and pay just $5. The temporary paper tags are a real thing - they’re how New Jersey’s DMV allows residents of other states to drive away with their just-purchased car from a dealership in New Jersey. “The tags are rotated and even copied, but NYPD doesn’t seem to care - even after they expire.” “The NYPD sees the car has a plate on it, so they don’t ticket it for being parked in the street,” said a neighborhood resident, who asked to remain anonymous because he fears retaliation from the dealerships. The temporary plates - some of them expired - prevent the police from ticketing the vehicles, locals say. In this case, the temporary tags are swapped among many vehicles or simply duplicated. Two used car dealers - Charlie Auto Sales and Riverdale Motors, both near 216th Street in Inwood - have been using temporary New Jersey license plates to store their unsold merchandise near the dealerships - the latest twist on long and ugly history of car dealers being a neighborhood problem. Car dealerships in upper Manhattan are taking parking theft to a new level of scam.
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