It's That Time of Year Again
By MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (82811)
United States
January 19, 2016 9:42am CST
It's time for my car to go in for the state inspection and registration renewal.
I already did the renewal by mail but now my car has to go in today for state inspection and it's a bitterly cold day to have to take it there. At least it's just cold and not snowing.
Every year it's freezing cold (well it's January!) and I wish I had purchased my car during the warmer months so I could stay in my warm house and not have to venture out and freeze.
Oh well, once it's done I won't give it another thought until next January when it's freezing cold once again 
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15 responses
@kevin1877uk (36988)
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19 Jan 16
That the smog test over there, nothing like out MOT test.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
19 Jan 16
@kevin1877uk Oh really? So they could be rattling about in unsafe vehicles?
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@Marilynda1225 (82811)
• United States
19 Jan 16
@jabouk we do our cars yearly in our state regardless of the age
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@Marilynda1225 (82811)
• United States
19 Jan 16
Hopefully I won't need to purchase another car but yes, it would be a warm month that's for sure
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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19 Jan 16
Just the smog test, here in the UK have a MOT test for car and it a nightmare, everything got to be working on the car.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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19 Jan 16
@Marilynda1225 Oh just like the MOT here, the people I know and when I was in California it was just the smog test and nothing else.
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@Marilynda1225 (82811)
• United States
19 Jan 16
our state inspections require everything to be working properly
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@hostessman (11871)
• Tucson, Arizona
19 Jan 16
es I just took my truck to be inspected and it passed. I really like that you can renew on the internet and not mail it in any more
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@Marilynda1225 (82811)
• United States
19 Jan 16
Registration renewal online (or by mail) is so much easier than a trip to DMV. However, inspections still need to be done in person.
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@mom210 (9117)
• United States
23 Jan 16
@Marilynda1225 Good idea, no lines. Gotta love that. Going to the DMV is one of my least favorite things, right up there with going to license bureau for driver license stuff, yuck. Our state changed their requirements a couple years back so on their renewals EVERYBODY had to go in and show marriage licenses, birth certificates social security cards, you know everything that shows you really exist. The lines went around the room TWICE. We were in line for hours. It was awful.
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@Marilynda1225 (82811)
• United States
19 Jan 16
@mom210 guess there are states that don't require inspections (wish mine didn't). I did my registration by mail which saved a trip to the DMV
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@Marilynda1225 (82811)
• United States
23 Jan 16
@mom210 I can't imagine having to go through all that red tape and paperwork just for a renewal. Gosh what a headache!
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
20 Jan 16
I'm glad mine is due in the summer (august) so then it's warm. I always walk around outside while waiting for my car to be inspected. I hope it passes and then you can go back home where it's warm again
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
19 Jan 16
I am not missing those inspection trips, nor the expensive cost of the registration. I think the last time we paid registration (2000) it was about $80, I can only imagine what it is now. Here we pay $26 and there is no inspection. Have fun....
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@Marilynda1225 (82811)
• United States
19 Jan 16
@abbygreehill wow I didn't know that there were some states that didn't require inspections. I learn something new here every day!!
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
19 Jan 16
Luckily we don't have annual inspections here but we do have to renew our licence and registration annually. stay warm
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@Marilynda1225 (82811)
• United States
19 Jan 16
@freelanzer our inspections and registration are yearly but our drivers license is every 4 years
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@Marilynda1225 (82811)
• United States
19 Jan 16
@boiboing bringing the car for state inspection in the winter is definitely not something I thought about when I was buying it. All that was already done at the dealership so I had no worries until the following jan when it was due and soooo cold out.
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@isabelamorena (6)
• United Kingdom
19 Jan 16
i need buy one day when i can and i will think about that 
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
21 Jan 16
I am glad, I don't have to worry about that. My husband is the one who drives and takes care of the car. He always complains about having to do it.
