The events of today's travels tested my patience to their limits and I'm proud to day I held it together! In the words of Inigo Montoya, "Let me 'splain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up." Mr Awesome and I were in need of a car. Not a new car, just a beater that can better handle his new commute of 80 miles daily. His current car or as I call it, "his mid-life crisis car" was never meant to be driven on gravel roads or to have the wear and tear that those 80 miles daily can cause. Our good friends Terri and Larry P. run a towing company and impound lost out near our in-laws place and happen to have a decent 95 Honda Accord for $350. Um...hells yeah!!
Fast forward to today's hair pulling events which entail getting a salvage title and inspection. Never again!! We started off at the BMV over near the in-laws house to secure the permit to have the car inspected. The permit, which allowed me to drive the car without tags for the day cost $53.50. We then had to drive 75 miles north, past my home to the only inspection site with appointments open. The site that was closest couldn't get me in until end of July!!
I then had to get the old salvage title transferred into my name, an additional $29.50. Back to the inspection office, car was approved, back to the title agency to have a "clean" title issues for another $16. Then on to the BMV to get license plates costing $57.75. Since my birthday is in August I was able to get 14 month tags and am good till 2012.
Throw in $20 in gas and our cheap little beater cost a whopping $510.75!! Not too shabby for a solid, well running little car. However, I will never, never, never go through that again. The running back and forth between offices, the sitting and waiting....argh!!! The BMV needs to take lessons from Walmart and offer one-stop shopping!!!
greeting from the line @ the BMV....Deborah
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