I have about $150 worth of outstanding parking tickets.
The DMV keeps telling me that if I don't pay their tickets, I won't be able to re-register my car or have it taken in for inspection.

I've got 2 years left on my registration and inspection, and I have a 16 year old American car with 150,000 miles on it. Needless to say, I won't be paying the tickets.
(raulduke, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 18:20, 7 replies)

You do realize
that DMV can track you and prevent you from registering a different car, right? And that they can suspend your license besides?

I'd recommend paying them.

(Of course, if you really want to make a statement, buy a Hershey's Crackle bar, warm it a little, then wipe the ticket across the back where the rice crispies are exposed to leave a nicely textured brown streak and then mail it in.)
( Wanderer, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 19:02, closed)

yeah. and for 150bucks, just sort it out
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 19:17, closed)

If I had $150 to pay my tickets
I wouldn't be driving such a shitty car.

And yeah, they can probably get me if I get a new car, although my city is so backwards it wouldn't surprise me a bit if they didn't.

Because of the aforementioned poverty though, a replacement is not really in the cards when my car finally dies.
(raulduke, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 15:57, closed)

What does
2 years on your registration mean?
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 10 Feb 2011, 19:20, closed)

I assume you are from the UK? In the US you have to pay a fee to own your car, similar to your tax discs. You pay a fee and get a sticker for your windshield/license plate that says you are all paid up. If you don't have it you get a ticket. Registration is good for a year, two if you pay extra.
(raulduke, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 15:41, closed)

Sounds just like tax discs indeed.
Thanks for clearing that up.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sat 12 Feb 2011, 15:05, closed)

So, in summary...
You can't seem to follow simple parking instructions and you are driving around in a clapped out death trap?

Epic win!
( Sonic James Doom forgetting the date since... umm..., Fri 11 Feb 2011, 0:04, closed)