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| Topic Started: Oct 26 2010, 05:50 AM (2,411 Views) | |
| dogleg | Oct 26 2010, 05:50 AM Post #1 |
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I plan to leave my car in Florida and in future just fly back and forth. What procedures, rules etc. should I be aware of concerning registration, insurance and the like ? |
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| friendshipgal | Oct 29 2010, 11:08 AM Post #16 |
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No, we did look at buying a used car down there which is the cheapest option if you want to fly. You can buy a pretty decent car for the cost of a 2 year rental. If you have your own place (where you can park it) and have a number of years of Florida travel ahead, I would buy one down there, insure it for the season. I don't like the drive, it's time consuming and boring but we do it, in hind sight we should've bought something and left it there but it's too late now as we only have enough room in our budget for a couple more year. |
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| LuvSouth | Oct 29 2010, 12:32 PM Post #17 |
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If you plan on staying in Florida for 5 or 6 months a year for a number of years, well buying a car in Florida may be more economical. I suppose you have other means of transportation in Canada after leaving your car in Florida. That may not work with other people as they, such as me, need a car in Toronto and Florida. That's why I will drive to Florida and save on all the rental or owning a Florida car. You might want to check out with the insurance company to see how long they allow your car in Florida. But I suppose snowbirds drive their cars to Florida and stay there for 6 months, so that shouldn't be a problem, I think. Here's my suggestion if I bought a car in Florida: (1) We all know insurance is much cheaper in Florida than Toronto (2) I will suspend my car insurance in Toronto for the period in Florida (3) Insure the car in Florida (but I don't know how to suspend it or cancel it) I think it works out cheaper over the long run (5 or 6 months stay over a number of years). LS |
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| wildie | Oct 29 2010, 01:56 PM Post #18 |
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Was it that long ago, that we discussed this? Or does it just seem a long time ago! 102 All communication devices send information over phone lines using tones of different coded frequencies. If these signals are of similar frequency, they will interfere with each other. The question that comes to my mind, was filter ( of the same type that is used for the telephone) used for the alarm system. If it wasn't filtered(separated) it should have been. Thanks for the update! :th_th36_1_11: |
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| LuvSouth | Oct 29 2010, 04:36 PM Post #19 |
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My security system constantly monitors a phone signal. If there's no phone signal, the orange alert light will turn on indicating there's no phone line or the line was cut by some one, say. Then it (the security system) will contact the monitoring station everyday at 12pm (1pm daylight saving time) until it gets through to "tell" the monitoring station the phone line has been lost. Normally, if I still had Bell phone, then it will eventually established the contact with the central monitoring station. But this is not the case as I did not need/have Bell phone service anymore. For some reason, this automatic 12pm dial from my security system triggered a reset in my Sympatico box, hence causing internet disruption everyday at 12pm. LS |
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| wildie | Oct 30 2010, 06:50 AM Post #20 |
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What the alarm system monitors is voltage from the Bell Central Office. 48 volts is used throughout North America for this purpose. If this voltage disappears a warning is generated. If the line is cut, there will be no way for the alarm system to notify the alarm monitoring people of the line failure. Thats the reason for the system to check in at a specific time each day. If there isn`t a check in, its assumed that something is wrong and somebody is dispatched to investigate. If you don`t have a phone line anymore, how does the alarm system communicate with the monitoring people. |
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| LuvSouth | Oct 30 2010, 08:53 AM Post #21 |
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The issue of internet interruption I had was resolved by unplugging a phone jack (which I missed before) originated from my security system. I don't know if my monitoring system initiated a dial at 12pm from day one, but when there's no more Bell phone, it (phone jack from monitoring system) interrupted my Sympatico box causing a reset (re-start) of the Sympatico box, hence losing internet for about 15 minutes. Since you asked about the central monitoring station. Well, they never called as I had a number of no dial tone (WHEN I WAS STILL WITH BELL PHONE). Meaning the alarm company that I was with was not a good one as they never called and say "Did you lose your phone line or no dial tone that day ?". The central monitoring station only called when I actually triggered a false alarm or door was open or strong wind causing window to vibrate. Then I turned off the alarm, then they called within a few minutes. LS |
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| campy | Oct 30 2010, 12:09 PM Post #22 |
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A friend of mine who lives in New England ships his car down via rail. I have no idea of the cost. |
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| dogleg | Oct 31 2010, 04:52 AM Post #23 |
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Campy: I looked into that a while back. At that time you had to 'load' ouside of Washington and the drop-off was near Orlando. But would save a lot of driving even from Ontario. |
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| wildie | Oct 31 2010, 10:04 AM Post #24 |
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At risk of being accused of HIJACKING this thread. A special jack is installed for alarm systems. The idea is that the alarm system can over-ride any calls that are in progress from regular phones. For instance, if someone was over-come from smoke, and collapsed. And when they fell, the phone was knocked off its cradle. The alarm system, responding to the fire signal, could over-ride the off-hook phone and initiate an emergency call. In your case, it seems that your alarm system was cutting off your DSL jack to make the check in call. Your phone wiring could have been setup to prevent this! :sigh: Edited by wildie, Oct 31 2010, 10:06 AM.
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| LuvSouth | Oct 31 2010, 11:21 AM Post #25 |
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Hi Wildie, We might need to start a new thread, otherwise we will sooner or later become ... hijackers :) LS |
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