by Pa Rock
Old Fart
Old Fart
Yesterday I received my annual car tags dun from the state
of Arizona. Actually, if a certain
Arizona car dealership had any sense of honor, I would not have received the
aforementioned dun for another year.
But when I purchased the automobile last year part of our purchase
agreement was that they would tag it. I
had been away from Arizona for a couple of years and had forgotten that cars
here can be tagged for two years – an oversight that the slick salesman took
advantage of. He also delivered the
car without floor mats or a remote key – along with only one standard key.
My only other clear memory of the car salesman on that
scorchingly hot August afternoon was that he was free and easy with the Jesus
talk. I’m sure there is a special room in Hell for
car salesmen, but those who have practiced their craft in Arizona will probably
enter it with a sigh of relief.
But back to the tag renewal story: I managed to get the state mandatory
emissions testing after work yesterday and still make it to the office where the tag renewals take
place. Both are conveniently located
within a few miles of where I work. When
confronted by the one-year-or-two question by the clerk in the licensing
office, I chose the one-year option.
Can you guess by that bold move what lifestyle change I am
contemplating in the next year? I’m
beginning to burn a few bridges!
1 comment:
They must have changed the law. When I got to Arizona the cost to tag the car was about what you'd expect to pay for sales tax at the time of purchase in other states. But the tag went with the vehicle, so if you sold the car, it was already tagged. And believe me, I saw people stunned when they learned the tag was in the thousand dollar range. Talk about sticker shock!
As to your question the speculation triangulates from KC to Noel to West Plains. Of course you've always claimed Noel as home.
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