The DMV Hates me UPDATED!
UPDATE: I am finally legal! Five times was the charm in this case...Four times now. FOUR. That is how many times I have now tried to register my car in the state of New York. However, each time I am thwarted in my attempts to do the right thing. The first few times were missing paperwork of various sorts. Things like not having a paper copy of my title because Florida did away with issuing paper titles and just keeps electronic ones on file. Imagine that, efficiency.
The third time I stood in that horribly long line for ungodly amounts of time, it was an insurance issue. I HAVE current insurance, in the state of New York no less. That was one of the first things I took care of when relocating. But no, the NY DMV will only allow you to register your car up to 45 days after the card for your insurance was issued. I am now on my second one, and THAT one is getting ready to expire as well. If I can't get this taken care of by the end of the week, I will have to have Allstate send me yet another one.
The fourth, and most recent attempt was this past Monday. I planned ahead. I knew I needed to go, so I arranged to leave an hour early after I had finished proofing pages. Just before I was set to leave, I had the paranoid thought that I should check the office hours. Good thing I did, as they closed at 4. A half-hour before.
I am beginning to think that perhaps this is Fate trying to tell me that I am destined to drive a car with expired Florida tags (they were only good through September). Heaven help any cops that may try to pull me over while I am getting this taken care of. I have the paperwork proof to show that I have been trying since June to get this done. Five months I have been at this, mostly spent waiting for someone to send me a copy of paperwork kept on file somewhere. Most of which had to go through two or more people, like my title. That little piece took almost two months to obtain, since I had to call Ford Motor, who is the lienholder while I am paying it off, and have them contact the State of Florida to request a certified copy of the title, then when they recieved it, turn around and stick it in the mail to me along with a letter saying it was ok by them that I had left the state.
So that is my adventure with the NY DMV to this point. I plan another registration attempt this Thursday, so we shall see if I actually manage to secure the prize. At this point, I have gone through the full range of emotions from annoyed to enraged to downright amused. While I want this taken care of, a little part of me is almost hoping they find another reason to turn me away. It makes a better story that way, and 5 is such a nice number.
posted by Toni @ 3:07 PM
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