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1badav · #1 02-18-2006, 09:38 AM

Might want to check fuses. I noticed while in my fuse box yesterday that there were separate fuses listed for high beams right and left.

Lycoming-8 · #2 02-18-2006, 11:29 PM

Sailor15015,

A previous poster said: "Just smile alot, chat with the guy a little bit, and come well dressed..."

Well I would agree with the first item, but here in Okla you know the "Tag Offices" are usually run by women who typically know nothing about cars and would prefer to stay that way. I certainly would never dress in greasy or dirty clothes for a trip to the Tag Office, but I sure would not dress well. They will think you are rich and try to stick it to you.

boneheaddoctor · #3 02-18-2006, 11:49 PM

Don't get temped to go out driving till you are legal.....the punishment for driving without a liscense is mighty steep in some states. I've seen people taken out of the courtroom in handcuffs after being convicted of driving without a valid license here in VA.

Nate · #4 02-18-2006, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by boneheaddoctor

Don't get temped to go out driving till you are legal.....the punishment for driving without a liscense is mighty steep in some states. I've seen people taken out of the courtroom in handcuffs after being convicted of driving without a valid license here in VA.

Dont be stupid when driving illegally... Go the speed limit, make sure all your lights work, and your tags are current.

Ive never taken anything out illegally... Especially not my dearly departed mazda, the benz, or the honda shadow.

~Nate

JimmyL · #5 02-19-2006, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Nate

Dont be stupid when driving illegally...
~Nate

Doesn't something seem wrong with that statement????

sailor15015 · #6 02-19-2006, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by JimmyL

Doesn't something seem wrong with that statement????

Yeah it does but several of the "adults" I work with do this every day. I work in a grocery store out in the sticks and the adults that work here full time aren't exactly the most sucessful people in the world. Don't get me wrong, they're really nice, they've just had their licenses suspended for DUI's and the like. A friend of mine's mom drove for eight years with no license, just took it really carefully. I, personally, am terrified of even getting a speeding ticket. I couldn't imagine driving w/o a license.

Nate · #7 02-18-2006, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Lycoming-8

Sailor15015,

A previous poster said: "Just smile alot, chat with the guy a little bit, and come well dressed..."

Well I would agree with the first item, but here in Okla you know the "Tag Offices" are usually run by women who typically know nothing about cars and would prefer to stay that way. I certainly would never dress in greasy or dirty clothes for a trip to the Tag Office, but I sure would not dress well. They will think you are rich and try to stick it to you.

Yeah, i didnt mean suit and tie... but dont show up in a wife beater, jeans, and a mullet... extra points for greasy spots...

decent shirt, clean jeans, and cut hair... Yeah, goes longer than it should, but it does.

I couldnt see registering cars with no knowlage to them... wtf?
~Nate

dunl · #8 02-19-2006, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Nate

decent shirt, clean jeans, and cut hair... Yeah, goes longer than it should, but it does.

I fought against things like this for years, but the above is a good piece of advice. Just because you understand that the way a person dresses doesn't tell what type of person they really are, it doesn't mean that some yahoo out there (most, you'll come to learn) - DON'T understand that.

Good luck, and be a responsible and sensible with your driving as you have been with getting this vehicle roadworthy.

Hatterasguy · #9 02-19-2006, 01:55 PM

One of my nightmears well other then smacking a dear is getting smacked by someone without a license.

I can just imagin it now I am cruising in my freshly painted SDL and some pos Honda smacks me. Driver gets out oh sorry no license and insurace.

Well other then then the satisfaction I will get out of punishing them to the full extent of the law what else can I do? I'd sue them if they had anything worth me taking but chances are they are broke, so that would be a waste of time.

Don't drive without a licnese and insurance, because if you hit me you will be hurting.

1badav · #10 02-20-2006, 12:28 AM

If driving and worrying about being hit by someone without insurance is a fear of yours, you certainly wouldn't have the requisite stones to drive here in WI then. There's a large illegal hispanic population here that not only doesn't have insurance---they don't even have a license! When they have an accident they take off back to Mexico 'cause they know the cost to pursue them and prosecute them is so high they won't ever be held accountable. Best thing to do is back off and give 'em pleeeenty of room

Hatterasguy · #11 02-20-2006, 01:05 AM

Dude I drive to New Haven 6 days a week. 50% of the cars where I go to school are probably un registered, and driven by people that have no insurance ect.

My dad works with a lot of New Haven cops and the going joke among them when they run a plate is if it even belongs to that car.

I did Bridgeport for a couple of years as well. Bridgeport isn't as bad because everyone is just poor, they don't want to hit you. If you don't belong their you just run the stop signs and keep going and no one bothers you. As long as you stay by the water you are ok as well. Just don't go into the projects...

In certain areas of New Haven like around the Hamdon line they are not that poor. Just stupid, annoying and drive like crazy. Passing a line of cars on the sidewalk is simply SOP.

Thats why I drive the SD, let them hit it.

I think I probably average a few hundred bucks worth of damage a semester driving to SCSU, between door dings and minor "bumps". Recently cars have been getting broken into left and right. The police are going nuts trying to figure that one out. Thats why the SDL doesn't go their but once in a blue moon.

Nate · #12 02-20-2006, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by 1badav

If driving and worrying about being hit by someone without insurance is a fear of yours, you certainly wouldn't have the requisite stones to drive here in WI then. There's a large illegal hispanic population here that not only doesn't have insurance---they don't even have a license! When they have an accident they take off back to Mexico 'cause they know the cost to pursue them and prosecute them is so high they won't ever be held accountable. Best thing to do is back off and give 'em pleeeenty of room

Here in middle left WI, its not the hispanics to worry about, its the mong popluation that has me worried. The condition of their vehical (glass, tires, and genral POSness), and their appreance goes a long ways in telling if theyve got insurance or not...

Whys it legal to drive without it here? I swear to god we have some expensive vehicals too, but medical bills are $$ anywhere
~Nate

sailor15015 · #13 02-19-2006, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Lycoming-8

Sailor15015,

A previous poster said: "Just smile alot, chat with the guy a little bit, and come well dressed..."

Well I would agree with the first item, but here in Okla you know the "Tag Offices" are usually run by women who typically know nothing about cars and would prefer to stay that way. I certainly would never dress in greasy or dirty clothes for a trip to the Tag Office, but I sure would not dress well. They will think you are rich and try to stick it to you.

Oh man when I went in there I recognized one of them because she worked at the deli in my grocery store not six months ago! To give them credit, there is one really nice lady who knows a lot whose line I always try to go through. The rest don't know much besides how to give out sticker tags.