The Cellar - View Single Post

OnyxCougar · 03-11-2004, 09:29 AM

This probably doesn't go here, but I'ma put here anyway, because I'm free to do that.

I recently moved from Nevada to North Carolina. OK, not so recently, it's been 7 months now. Well, I finally got the income tax refund check, so I can afford to register/tax/title my car and pay my speeding ticket (FTA in December means warrant out on me now, which I must pay before I get my NC Driver's License.)

I realized last weekend that my car's plates expired in February, so I've been driving on expired tags. Warrant for FTA + expired tags = Oh shit, I really gotta go take care of this.

So I go pay the fine, and get my receipt. I go to the DMV (a very small joint in the strip mall) and tell them I need to register the car in NC. She asks for the title. Since I was stupid, I left the title in Vegas, and God knows what's happened to it now. (I also realized yesterday I left my passport, but that's another story.)

I tell her I don't have my title, but I have every other Nevada document (old registration for the past 7 years, insurance cards for the past 5 years). She says it doesn't matter, I need the title to register the car. Well, that's fair, I mean, I'm the dumbass that doesn't have the title to her car.

I tell her I will get a duplicate title from Nevada. However, my plates have already expired. I asked her for a temp tag until I get my title. She said no. They don't do that. I tell her, "Look, I'm driving on expired plates, I live in North Carolina, and I'm trying to do this legally. Is there anything I can do?"

She looked at me calmly and said, "No."

I asked her what happens if I get pulled over, she says, "You'll get a ticket for driving on expired plates." I said, "Exactly. So even tho I'm in here, asking for plates, temp tag, 30 day extension, whatever, I can't get one to drive my car legally?"

"No."

SoOOooOOo.. Needless to say I'm pissed. I went to the Nevada DMV site and downloaded and printed the "request for duplicate title" form. It's going to take 4 - 6 weeks to process.

I've done this with Nevada before, and to get a duplicate title last time took 6 MONTHS. And that was calling once a week. All I can do is keep proof in my car I was down at DMV and have applied for the plates and hope I don't get pulled over, and if I do, take time off work to go down there and tell the judge the situation, and hope he's sympathetic.

All this so NC can start taxing me on the vehicle PLUS get a registration fee PLUS my driver's license fee PLUS the gasoline tax I pay. So I can drive on crappy, potholed roads that don't get a pass-by with the snowplow on the (3) days it snows here a year. Yeah.

Freedom comes with a price. Money = freedom. If I had MONEY, I could fly to Nevada, pay a guy to stand in line for me at the DMV (they have those in Vegas, because ANY time you go to DMV you're there for 3 hours) while I go out to a nice long lunch at Emeril's in the MGM, and when I'm done, I pick up my tags, and fly back to NC, put the tag on my car, and be done. Of course, if I had MONEY I wouldn't have left in the circumstances I did, and would have had furniture and all my documents and this still wouldn't be a problem.

But even after all that, I'm not a materialistic person. (believe me, if I was, I'd have furniture...and a nice house. with decorations.) I don't need stuff to be happy. But I do need money to be free. Freedom means that you don't have to deal with this bullshit buracracy (sp). How does paying the state of NC $213 A YEAR (taxes and tags) help me? They aren't fixing the roads here. Someone is getting paid with that money, and they aren't doing a damn thing for me.

grrr. And don't get me started on how places here don't take cash for stuff. My apartment complex will not take cash for payment. So, in essence they are saying that United States issued Currency is not a valid payment method. Says on the dollar that it is "legal tender, for all debts, public and private" but you won't accept it? No, you want to discriminate against me, force me to have a checking account, or pay extra money for a money order. ARRRGH!!

*sigh* ok.... [/rant]

03-11-2004, 09:29 AM	#5
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	This probably doesn't go here, but I'ma put here anyway, because I'm free to do that. I recently moved from Nevada to North Carolina. OK, not so recently, it's been 7 months now. Well, I finally got the income tax refund check, so I can afford to register/tax/title my car and pay my speeding ticket (FTA in December means warrant out on me now, which I must pay before I get my NC Driver's License.) I realized last weekend that my car's plates expired in February, so I've been driving on expired tags. Warrant for FTA + expired tags = Oh shit, I really gotta go take care of this. So I go pay the fine, and get my receipt. I go to the DMV (a very small joint in the strip mall) and tell them I need to register the car in NC. She asks for the title. Since I was stupid, I left the title in Vegas, and God knows what's happened to it now. (I also realized yesterday I left my passport, but that's another story.) I tell her I don't have my title, but I have every other Nevada document (old registration for the past 7 years, insurance cards for the past 5 years). She says it doesn't matter, I need the title to register the car. Well, that's fair, I mean, I'm the dumbass that doesn't have the title to her car. I tell her I will get a duplicate title from Nevada. However, my plates have already expired. I asked her for a temp tag until I get my title. She said no. They don't do that. I tell her, "Look, I'm driving on expired plates, I live in North Carolina, and I'm trying to do this legally. Is there anything I can do?" She looked at me calmly and said, "No." I asked her what happens if I get pulled over, she says, "You'll get a ticket for driving on expired plates." I said, "Exactly. So even tho I'm in here, asking for plates, temp tag, 30 day extension, whatever, I can't get one to drive my car legally?" "No." SoOOooOOo.. Needless to say I'm pissed. I went to the Nevada DMV site and downloaded and printed the "request for duplicate title" form. It's going to take 4 - 6 weeks to process. I've done this with Nevada before, and to get a duplicate title last time took 6 MONTHS. And that was calling once a week. All I can do is keep proof in my car I was down at DMV and have applied for the plates and hope I don't get pulled over, and if I do, take time off work to go down there and tell the judge the situation, and hope he's sympathetic. All this so NC can start taxing me on the vehicle PLUS get a registration fee PLUS my driver's license fee PLUS the gasoline tax I pay. So I can drive on crappy, potholed roads that don't get a pass-by with the snowplow on the (3) days it snows here a year. Yeah. Freedom comes with a price. Money = freedom. If I had MONEY, I could fly to Nevada, pay a guy to stand in line for me at the DMV (they have those in Vegas, because ANY time you go to DMV you're there for 3 hours) while I go out to a nice long lunch at Emeril's in the MGM, and when I'm done, I pick up my tags, and fly back to NC, put the tag on my car, and be done. Of course, if I had MONEY I wouldn't have left in the circumstances I did, and would have had furniture and all my documents and this still wouldn't be a problem. But even after all that, I'm not a materialistic person. (believe me, if I was, I'd have furniture...and a nice house. with decorations.) I don't need stuff to be happy. But I do need money to be free. Freedom means that you don't have to deal with this bullshit buracracy (sp). How does paying the state of NC $213 A YEAR (taxes and tags) help me? They aren't fixing the roads here. Someone is getting paid with that money, and they aren't doing a damn thing for me. grrr. And don't get me started on how places here don't take cash for stuff. My apartment complex will not take cash for payment. So, in essence they are saying that United States issued Currency is not a valid payment method. Says on the dollar that it is "legal tender, for all debts, public and private" but you won't accept it? No, you want to discriminate against me, force me to have a checking account, or pay extra money for a money order. ARRRGH!! sigh ok.... [/rant]