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.
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