Of Life and the DMV

Admittedly, going to the DMV is never a plesant task.  Unfortunately, I had to go today because of a snafu in registering my "old" car, the Eclipse.  Long story short, I needed to get the title transferred to my name (which I thought was done) and never got the registration renewal information.  It was due last October.  Coincidentally, around that time, I was busy getting the Xterra paperwork in order and worrying about its registration, etc., totally neglecting my other car.  My beautiful little car was being ignored and slowly depreciating.

I tried to go online and see if I could take care of matters on the DMV website.  I was able to do some things, but when I still hadn't heard from them (ie. sending me the registration renewal) I got nervous and decided to give them a call.  Since a lot of time had passed, I was worried I was going to be faced with a huge late fee.  I don't know what the regular fee would have been, but I spent over $200 getting this whole thing resolved today.  It was inevitable I had to go to the DMV.  Fortunately, they take appointments, which does ease the pain quite a bit.  Surprisingly, with this modern convenience, I noticed that there were still those die-hards who toughed it out in line.  I would highly recommend the appointment system.

Because I'm not a morning person (and getting old), I made an error in writing down my odometer reading on the title, and crossed out my mistake.  That little bungle cost me another trip to the DMV as I need to get new signatures on another form, the Pope's blessing, etc., etc.

The moral of this story is: don't get old.