Why guns aren't permitted at DMV
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:04 pm
Yeah, well -- so, I had the opportunity to take pix, in between the time me and the flatbed guy pushed it out of the garage, and he started hauling it onto the flatbed. Having already removed the tags, I flew around the car and took my pix.Faulkner wrote:I recently moved from NJ to PA. In PA, to get a car registered as an antique, you need to fill out MV-11, provide a picture of each side of the car, a VIN rubbing, etc., etc., sacrifice your first born child, and swear a fanatical devotion to the pope. Then, maybe, you'll get antique plates.
I went to "registration place #1" -- they told me, they couldn't process the paperwork, I had to go to their location miles away.
I went to the state's website -- they referred me to another local place that could manage it. I went there, they told me I had to first get the car registered as a regular car (requiring a full blown inspection, including emissions), then I could apply for antique tags. I knew that was bulldorkies, so I went to yet another place -- AAA -- in the center of town.
There I presented my pictures, rubbings, first born son, etc. -- after three attempts to fill out the paperwork, they informed me I needed a check or money order to pay the state. I didn't have my checkbook with me; I looked across the way, and saw a bank! I asked for the amount of the payment, ran across and got a money order cut. Came back, and as the clerk was finishing the paperwork, she did a double take on the photos.
"The state won't accept these."
"Why?"
"They have Jersey tags on the car."
"Of course! The car is registered in Jersey! I want to transfer them to PA."
"They will reject them. Won't don't you take pictures without the tags on them?"
"Because the transmission is shot, I can't get it back in the garage if I push it out to take pix after the tags are removed."
"Not my problem."
And there you have it -- I had to get the transmission fixed, to get the car registered. Go figure.
Today I went back to AAA, to submit my pix to the DMV.
"Oh, they won't take this picture" (referring to the top image, below).
"Why not?"
"Because it has to be entirely from the side, like this one" (referring to the bottom image).
"Gimme a break!" I said. I may have said something else too; I'm blanking on that.
"Your choice", he said. "Send them in, and if they reject them, you'll be back where you started."
Of course, in their benevolence, it will be 60 days before I find out they've been rejected.
I sent them in. I'm beyond caring; let them reject me.
At this point, I'm prepared to move
