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**COBALT** · 08-02-2002, 12:11 PM

Call me "Clueless Joe".

Two months ago I get my licence renewal for my truck, at which I promplty pay and get new tabs because I actually am very good about that sort of thing. Not once did I:

a. Check the VIN
b. Question why the Washington State Dept. of Vehicle Licencing sent me the renewal two months early.

This last week I get another license renewal in the mail, and I realize my mistake. I accidentally bought tabs for my parts truck, which was supposed to expire at the end of May. I never wanted to licence my parts truck! It's coming apart!

So now the new tab is on my daily driver, but belongs on my parts truck. The renewal I got this week is for my daily driver. Since they're both 1969 3/4 ton trucks and the VINs are so similar I got them mixed up!

Moron. I'll be on the phone today.

**1971Stepside** · 08-02-2002, 12:17 PM

It's the Matrix!!

**COBALT** · 08-02-2002, 12:32 PM

LOL

I just keep saying to myself "THERE IS NO SPOON".

**oldiron** · 08-02-2002, 02:44 PM

Looks like you will be driving the parts truck. LOL

Gordo · 08-02-2002, 03:19 PM

Hey now, nobody said you were fat! (LOL)

RipMeyer · 08-02-2002, 06:57 PM

If they wont do it free of charge just use the ones you have now. no big deal I guess.

**COBALT** · 08-02-2002, 07:51 PM

Well, I called them and they told me the big danger is getting pulled over and having to explain why my license plate has tabs but my plate runs as not being renewed. An obvious alternative is to swap license plates, but then the VIN won't match and I don't even want to go there.

They basically told me I'm screwed. I'll have to pay to have the current tabs renewed even though new tabs are on the vehicle.

Payment for being a moron.

PanelDeland · 08-04-2002, 07:18 AM

I went to register my wifes 2000 Blazer in Tx last Nov. and the lady at the tag office told me I had the wrong insurance card.I looked and it didn't match the VIN. I finally figured it out.The morons at the insurance company cancelled my wifes Blazer insurance instead of my Daughters who had insurance under us when she grad from TX A&M. She had traded her Blazer and we cancelled the INs. because she's educated and makes more than us now so she could do her own.I spent over an hour on the phone with my ins. agent then gave up and went to the nearest Allstate office where the lady at the receptionists desk hooked me up in about 10 min.
It pays to check the VIN against the paperwork whenever you are doing any bussiness dealing with vehicle ownership. Guess I'm lucky there wasn't an accident with my wifes Blazer,the Insurance would probably have refused to pay since it wasn't covered.They would probably have paid on the other one though but likely only to the new owner.

08-02-2002, 12:11 PM	#1
COBALT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 5,817	I am a BIG FAT IDIOT :( Call me "Clueless Joe". Two months ago I get my licence renewal for my truck, at which I promplty pay and get new tabs because I actually am very good about that sort of thing. Not once did I: a. Check the VIN b. Question why the Washington State Dept. of Vehicle Licencing sent me the renewal two months early. This last week I get another license renewal in the mail, and I realize my mistake. I accidentally bought tabs for my parts truck, which was supposed to expire at the end of May. I never wanted to licence my parts truck! It's coming apart! So now the new tab is on my daily driver, but belongs on my parts truck. The renewal I got this week is for my daily driver. Since they're both 1969 3/4 ton trucks and the VINs are so similar I got them mixed up! Moron. I'll be on the phone today. __________________ '69 3/4 ton C20 2wd-350ci/TH400 '69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd-350ci/4sp Manual '99 2wd 5.7 Chevy Tahoe Seattle, WA.

08-02-2002, 12:17 PM	#2
1971Stepside Almost Satisfied Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 2,932	It's the Matrix!! __________________ 1971 C10 Stepside. LSx 6.0 with BTR Stage IV, Speed Engineering Headers, 4L80e transmission w/3200 Circle-D Stall. 3.73. Posi. Purchased this truck when I was 17. I started the rebuild (or take apart) in 1993. I have drug it around all over the country in pieces. Finally back on the road in 2021. "I can't complain, but sometimes I still do. Life's been good to me so far."

08-02-2002, 12:32 PM	#3
COBALT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 5,817	LOL I just keep saying to myself "THERE IS NO SPOON". __________________ '69 3/4 ton C20 2wd-350ci/TH400 '69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd-350ci/4sp Manual '99 2wd 5.7 Chevy Tahoe Seattle, WA.

08-02-2002, 02:44 PM	#4
oldiron Designated Grumpy Old Man Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: arlington, washington usa Posts: 3,094	Looks like you will be driving the parts truck. LOL __________________ Never let the truth get in the way of a good story 71 Chev 1/2 ton 4X4 LWB Fleetside SOLD http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=361222 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LgREwtDfaA 68 Chev 1 ton flat bed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bO8szzlD4A 56 Chev Handyman Wagon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y-6ddpBTkM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbLzZ7zY8wA 56 Chev Belair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=410667 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoW0Ei7ZNIg

08-02-2002, 03:19 PM	#5
Gordo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Killingworth, CT. USA Posts: 3,378	Hey now, nobody said you were fat! (LOL) __________________ 1971 C10 swb stepside 350/700R4/3.73posi (retired as of 4/22/03) 1998 S10 short bed 2002 S10 Blazer 1942 Oldsmobile 1958 Massey Harris Pony 1951 Wife Killingworth, Connecticut May those who love us, love us, any of those who do not love us, may God turn their hearts. And if God is unable to turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we may know them by their limping. A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.

08-02-2002, 06:57 PM	#6
RipMeyer Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Southern New Mexico Posts: 649	If they wont do it free of charge just use the ones you have now. no big deal I guess.

08-02-2002, 07:51 PM	#7
COBALT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 5,817	Well, I called them and they told me the big danger is getting pulled over and having to explain why my license plate has tabs but my plate runs as not being renewed. An obvious alternative is to swap license plates, but then the VIN won't match and I don't even want to go there. They basically told me I'm screwed. I'll have to pay to have the current tabs renewed even though new tabs are on the vehicle. Payment for being a moron. __________________ '69 3/4 ton C20 2wd-350ci/TH400 '69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd-350ci/4sp Manual '99 2wd 5.7 Chevy Tahoe Seattle, WA.

08-04-2002, 07:18 AM	#8
PanelDeland I am a Referee of life. Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Greensboro N.C. Posts: 13,992	I went to register my wifes 2000 Blazer in Tx last Nov. and the lady at the tag office told me I had the wrong insurance card.I looked and it didn't match the VIN. I finally figured it out.The morons at the insurance company cancelled my wifes Blazer insurance instead of my Daughters who had insurance under us when she grad from TX A&M. She had traded her Blazer and we cancelled the INs. because she's educated and makes more than us now so she could do her own.I spent over an hour on the phone with my ins. agent then gave up and went to the nearest Allstate office where the lady at the receptionists desk hooked me up in about 10 min. It pays to check the VIN against the paperwork whenever you are doing any bussiness dealing with vehicle ownership. Guess I'm lucky there wasn't an accident with my wifes Blazer,the Insurance would probably have refused to pay since it wasn't covered.They would probably have paid on the other one though but likely only to the new owner. __________________ The 47-present Chevrolet and GMC Truck Message Board Network,it's owners,moderators,members,and associates of any type should not be held responsible for my opinion. You can't fix stupid,not even with duct tape. "My appearance is due to the fact that "GOD" does punish you for having too much fun!" Barrett-Jackson has perfected alchemy,they make rust into gold! "You can lead a horse to water but you can't saddle a duck" "Cleverly disguised as a 'Responsible Adult' "Sometimes your Knight in shining armor is just a retard in tinfoil"



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