Turk,
I have to agree with you completely about erroring on the safe side. I would rather pay a little more in taxes than have them come after me later with fines and all kinds of other stuff. I actually gave them a value that was more than what mine cost and is more than my agreed to value with the insurance company. I talk to the girls at the Redding DMV from time to time and they really don't seem to have any set standard here for how they figure things. They did tell me that instead of bringing receipts for the frame, wheels and tires, and suspension all in seperate papers, they would accept them on one paper as long as everything was listed. As the one woman told me, "We have enough paper work now, we don't need any more." But things seem to keep changing from car to car. One person had to have wipers, another didn't. Some had to have brake and light inspections, others didn't. Very confusing for a simple minded person like me. I do understand the 500 number isn't enough though. It is better than none, but a small carrot.
Ron
