In cars…(part 2 of what looks to be many)
So…still no title.
The DMV tells me the VIN number for our “new” car isn’t even in their system. Apparently, it’s not uncommon for it to take 3 weeks or more to get a VIN number entered, then once it’s in their system, another 7–10 business days for a title to be issued. Welcome to beauracracy, folks.
This is seriously cutting into my podcast-listening, singing-at-the-top-of-my-lungs, acting-just-this-side-of-road-rage time. If it keeps up much longer, I’ll be forced to start doing strange things. Instead of recording frequent, Norm McDonald-esque “notes to self,” I’ll have to start leaving myself voice mail messages as if I’m talking to someone else.
“Hi, it’s me…listen, can you, uh, find that YouTube video? You know, the one with the guy blending all kinds of crazy stuff? Yeah, and just email me the URL? Okay, thanks — bye!”
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November 13th, 2006 at 9:10 am
Hey Andrew! How are you and Carla? Sorry about the car troubles. Hopefully they will clear up quickly (hopefully they are already cleared up!!!)
January 19th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
[…] My 96 Hyundai accent is declared “not worth fixing” when we try to get it ready for inspection. The shop has a car they’ve just renovated from an insurance auction they can sell me for slightly more than it would have cost to fix and inspect the old one. We go for it, with one catch. They don’t have the title. Buying the car depletes us of most of the money we were saving toward our $2000 first installment. […]