Juncture II

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:18 pm

Here's another problem:

1. I got Colorado plates.
2. They're expired.

So, like, here are my three main choices:

1. Risk it, and wait until I get to CA to register there.

2. Spend the time and money to register in Virginia, even though I'm only going to be here for three more weeks.

3. Try to somehow obscure or fake the "month" tag, making it seem like it expires in October instead of July, which it currently does.

Again, I ask: WHAT SAY YOU?

Jack Straw · Post by **Jack Straw** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:27 pm

Oh, quit whining and sack up.

";)"

Casual Observer · Post by **Casual Observer** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:31 pm

#2, don't fuck with a cross country trip with expired info.

k. roo · Post by **k. roo** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:46 pm

From own experience, don't rely on cops in other states having any clue what license plates and registration tags of your home state look like or where they are affixed (windshield or on the plate, or wherever).

You'll be paranoid the whole trip if you're going with expired registration, so buy yourself some peace of mind.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:55 pm

I should note that I made the trip from South Carolina to Colorado with expired tags, with no ill effect.

What do you get when they catch you? A ticket? Or do they immediately impound the car and take you to the pokey, or what?

gsdgsd · Post by **gsdgsd** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 4:13 pm

pinback wrote:What do you get when they catch you? A ticket? Or do they immediately impound the car and take you to the pokey, or what?

They take your license, on the spot.

Greg · Post by **Greg** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 4:18 pm

Actually, amend that-- I've had a few and got my past traffic problems mixed up. When they catch you with expired plates, you get a ticket. It's when you don't get the plates up to date, and then they catch you AGAIN, that's when you get the license taken away.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 4:29 pm

Well, I've had 'em out of date for a month now, and many other months previously, and never got a ticket. What are the chances I'm gonna get TWO in the space of five days?

Pretty low, I'd guess.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:18 pm

Check the registration rates and make that your sole factor in decision making. If it's more expensive to register it for a year in CA then do it in the District. In California, I understand that they don't care if you have out-of-state plates so long as your car is properly registered.

In Colorado there is xenophobia which masks a hunger for dollars. They say you have three -- 3!!! -- months to get your car registered in Colorado after you move here and BOY YOU'D BETTER DO IT! When really what it is is that they want the money.

Corruption, essentially.

I guess there's too many people in California who think they are going to make a hundred times what you will make in a year because they're so talented when really they have to shift that decimal point over four slots and divide by four and that's what they get before tips.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:24 am

Yes, but I'd much prefer to have Cali plates than Vagina plates.

Because, well... come on. Cali, man.

ChainGangGuy · Post by **ChainGangGuy** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:11 am

Let's explore the possibility of Option #3...

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:25 am

ChainGangGuy wrote:Let's explore the possibility of Option #3...

Yes. Option three offers the situation most ripe for comedy. Please do this. In fact, let's ALL do this.

CO · Post by CO » Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:15 am

For option #3, Ben, I would suggest that you find a junkyard that lets you walk into the yard (bring a razor blade). Just find a car with appropriate stickers and peel them off. Tape them into your car and you're all set. I've done this several times in the past with inspection stickers so it ougt to work for registration stickers too.

Worm · Post by **Worm** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 6:53 pm

Maybe Ben should quell his hate for n!33rs and learn all that CO has learned from them.

Casual Observer · Post by **Casual Observer** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 6:59 pm

Worm wrote:Maybe Ben should quell his hate for n*****s and learn all that CO has learned from them.

What can I say, N****r rigging is an art.

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:20 pm

What can I say, N****r rigging is an art

I thought that was a bunch of white guys in bedsheets hanging a african-american from a tree...

THE
ROPE TRICK
AARDVARK

Worm · Post by **Worm** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:50 pm

**** ******* *** **********, ******* ****** **.

Bugs · Post by **Bugs** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 7:09 am

Is moving cross country really worth a trip to the DMV?

Knuckles the CLown · Post by **Knuckles the CLown** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:54 am

I'd be more worried about a cop pulling you over and seeing the 14 bottles of empty Zoloft on the floor.

If you would like, to end all this speculation I can have an actual officer of the law tell you what he would do if he saw a crying man in his mid 30's driving cross country with expired plates.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:10 pm

Please do!