2001-01-26 Harley-Davidson Response - Minnesota Judicial Branch

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Tcrrancc J. Carter
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I A. I would like IO XII everything 1 huy at a
2 profit eventually hecause I usually don’t keep things very
3 long, more than one mason, hut specifically to turn it,
1 110.
5 Q. Are thcrc any other types of goods that you
h routinely huy and sell in a short period of time?
7 A. No. Well, cars, yes, hut not for the business
8 or the purpose of making money on them.
, 9 Q. How many uutomohiles have you owned in the
11 0 last ten years?
1 I A. Mayhc SO, mayhe 150, I don’t know.
1 2 Q. You have potentially owned 150 automobiles in
1 3 the last ten years?
1 4 A. Quite possibly.
1 5 Q. Do you make a profit off the sale of these
1 6 automobiles‘?
I 7 A. Not usually.
1 8 (2. Why would you have owned so many automobiles
1 Y in the last ten years?
2 0 A. I like to change cars.
2 1 Q. 150 is a lot of automobiles.
2 2 A. Okay.
2 3 Q. Have you ever made a profit on the sale of an
2 4 automobile?
2 5 A. Sure.
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I Q. If you had made a profit on the sale of a
2 motorcycle or the resale of an automobile, would you have
3 re.ported those profits on your income tax statements?
4 A. If it’s required, of course. I always talk to
5 my tax man about all my income.
6 Q. Would you have kept documentation of all the
7 transactions, your automobile transactions in the last ten
8 yeam?
9 A. All of them, no.
J 0 Q. Some of them?
1 J A. Yes, I have some.
I 2 Q. If I asked you to pn&ie those to your
I ,3 attorney, would you be able to do’:tb&t’! ” ”
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I 14 A. Asmanyas I have.
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I 15 Q. Do you normally deal with tit&nob&” “.’
I 16 dealerships in the purchase and resale of automobiles or. 1
I 17 private parties?
I 18 A. Both equally. It doesn’t matter.
I 19 Q. Are there some dealerships that you deal with
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1 !O more often than others?
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4 !I A. Not as a rule. I’ve bought cars from a lot of
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, 22 ckalerships, hug 1 don’1 keep going back to the same one
23 for any particular reason unless they have something 1
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I dealt with most frcqucntly?
2 A. Yes.
3 Q, What would those bc?
4 A. Mustangs, Camaros.
5 Q. Those two in particular?
h A. Mostly, recently, last five or ten years or
7 eight years, I suppose.
8 Q. Do you advertise?
Y A. Yes.
D Q. Advertise for the sale of your vehicles and
I motorcycles?
2 A. Yes.
3 Q. And where do you advertise motorcycles that
4 you have for sale?
5 A. Minneapolis Star and Tribune.
6 Q. Anywhere else’?
7 A. St. Paul.
8 Q. Anywhere else?
9 A. I believe when I helped my brother-in-law sell
o his bike, I used the Internet the last time, this last
1 year.
2 Q. Anywhere else‘?
3 A. Not that I can think of.
4 Q. Do you have any friends or relatives in the
5 Harley-Davidson business’?
1 A. Not that I know of.
2 Q. when did you first begin dealing with Twin
3 City Harley-Davidson?
4 A. I’d heen out Unxe many times, but I believe
5 the first bike I bought was a ‘91 Shrine bike.
6 Q. Do you remember which store that would have
7 been frown?
8 A. South. -
9 Q. Do you remember when you would have purchased
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0 that motorcycle?
J A. Sometime probably early ‘9 I, maybe even late
,2 ‘90. 1 don’t kaow’whcn they came in. Mike tnight nzmcmber.
13 Q. Is a Shrine bike unique in any way?
14 A. If I rananber correctly, sometimes they have
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I5 unique badgmg or color, pai Ions. Evaything eJse is
I6 “ typica& Jo&d with options, Tiil that’s iqoliated When
17 they’re-.
I8 Q. Js there a specific reason why someone would
I9 be intemsted in a Shrine bike?
20 A. Yes, hecause they’re a Shriner and they ride
21 them in parades.
22 Q. Are you a Shrincr?
23 A. Yes.
24 Q. HOW long have you km ir Shriner’!
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25 Q. Are there specific types of ears that you have 25 A. Since ‘89 or ‘YO.
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