you just log onto the dmv website and renew online now to get just the sticker.Yeah, but 17 larger counties weren't exempt. I guess too many people probably complained and they eliminated all safety inspections across the state which makes more sense.
maybe I misunderstood it then. They made it sound like nothing had changed for the larger counties listed.
They sold me a few sets of wipers over the years that weren't really needed. I'd imagine if you show up with a bulb burned out, they'll sell you one of those too. That's all they care about is the lights and wipers. I had bald tires down to the threads once on my trailer and they never noticed lol.
Yeah, that is true. Those stations have sold plenty of overpriced wipers, bulbs, and gas caps. Your comment about bald tires being missed reminded me that the quality of safety inspections can be quite variable. I just hope that the future Darwin Award winners don't take others with them. When cars crash they usually crash INTO something.
This is confusing. I didn't see a $7.50 fee. It was the usual $75 for the registration sticker, only this time I didn't have to pay for the safety inspection which is like $7 Is the $7.50 fee supposed to be added to the usual registration renewal cost?
They're tough on the emissions testing though. Every time I go there, they're talking to someone who failed the test.
No clue. Not due for any of mine until spring. It’s the government of course it’s confusing.
This is on my tandem axle trailers. You get like 10k miles out of a set of tires, so they're always worn because they scrub the pavement on every turn. I no longer run them down completely bald anymore though, because I don't want blame to come back on me if an accident occurs even if the accident wasn't my fault. You can run a tandem axle trailer tire flat and not even notice it until the tire is nearly on fire, so I don't want to hear anything about loss of control nearly killing someone. Although I suppose the tow vehicle has a lot to do with it too. Personally, I wouldn't tow anymore than about 3,000 pounds with a half ton truck. Anymore than that you need a 3/4 ton or bigger. I pulled a 16ft trailer with a side by side once with a ram 1500 hemi and it towed it better than my ram 2500 diesel, but stopping it was another story. The larger trucks have bigger brakes. It was pathetic how much that light of a load pushed that truck.
I always went back to the same place every year and they remembered me. They were really laid back and very fast. Half the time, I couldn't even find that green renewal form and they would just take a picture of the plate and vin number and they could still do the inspection for me. Now that I think of it they only required a wiper replacement once.
Well surely it's not going to go from $75 to just $7.50 for a replacement sticker. They arent giving up that kind of revenue.
The way I read the change is the inspection itself is going away, but there will still be an “inspection program replacement fee” of $7.50 added to the registration cost.
