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annoying car things
So it turns out I nicked the paint on some teenager's brand-new Lexus in the parking lot this morning. I looked when I got out of the car and didn't see any damage, so I didn't leave a note, but she apparently could see it when she emerged, and then couldn't find me, so there were police and gah. No big deal now, because once I came out (she'd gone) and said yes, I own this car, what seems to be the trouble, they put us in touch and it's all going to be a pain in my ass but hey, that's why we have insurance, right? (She's going to call me with the estimate, but who am I kidding, of course I'm going to let her insurance make a claim against my insurance -- I can't really afford to look at a Lexus, much less fix one.)
More crucially, before I realized the police wanted to talk to me I noticed that my front license plate was missing. It was nowhere around, and it's not in my parking lot here at home, which pretty much maxes out the places I could expect to find it if it had fallen off there. So I need to get a new one, obviously. Trouble is, my registration expires in August, so I have to renew it to get a new plate at this point. In order to renew the registration, I have to do the safety and emissions inspection. I'm not worried about emissions, but until I get the windshield replaced, I won't be able to pass the safety. In short: at least using the online ordering system, I can't get new plates until I get the windshield fixed. But I have to keep driving the car -- so tomorrow's first call is to the DMV to say hi, please can you send me a replacement plate, and also put me on a list of people not to give tickets for driving without one until it gets here?
God. If I'd left work at five, only half of this would have happened. :-P
More crucially, before I realized the police wanted to talk to me I noticed that my front license plate was missing. It was nowhere around, and it's not in my parking lot here at home, which pretty much maxes out the places I could expect to find it if it had fallen off there. So I need to get a new one, obviously. Trouble is, my registration expires in August, so I have to renew it to get a new plate at this point. In order to renew the registration, I have to do the safety and emissions inspection. I'm not worried about emissions, but until I get the windshield replaced, I won't be able to pass the safety. In short: at least using the online ordering system, I can't get new plates until I get the windshield fixed. But I have to keep driving the car -- so tomorrow's first call is to the DMV to say hi, please can you send me a replacement plate, and also put me on a list of people not to give tickets for driving without one until it gets here?
God. If I'd left work at five, only half of this would have happened. :-P
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