Today, my car was impounded because I never registered it in California after moving here. In order to get it back, I need to register it. In order to register it, I need to pass a CA smog check. In order to pass the smog check, I need my car. FML
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Today, I let my dad borrow my car. I found out a few hours later that he has had a suspended license for three years. How did I find out? He got pulled over and arrested. My car was also impounded. I'm a college student barely making it as it is. Guess who can't afford the impound fees? FML
Today, I was pulled over for not having my car inspection up to date. I had my car inspected two weeks earlier. Since I'm at college my sticker was mailed to my home. My mother didn't want to pay the 42 cent postage, so now I have to pay $250 because my mother is cheap. FML
Today, my car broke down dead in the middle of the highway. As I was unable to get it out of the road, it was impounded, and my insurance won't help. Now I'm further in debt and struggling to get to work. FML
Today, I got pulled by a cop because I forgot to put my registration sticker on. I get nervous around authority and have nervous shakes. I ripped the registration sticker 3 times trying to put it on. The cop then gave me a ticket for "Improper Equipment". FML
Today, my roommate and I finally went to the DMV to transfer our vehicle ownership title to our names. On our way out, we joked that we were now responsible for any violations involving our car. We came back to a $35 parking ticket. FML
Today, I got in a car accident on the way to the DMV to take my drivers test. FML
Today, coming home from a trip in the mountains, I got a cracked radiator and my car overheated. My dad came to get me, he drove my car and I followed in his. I got pulled over and ticketed for his expired registration. FML
Today, I was driving to the DMV to take a test, after getting some points removed from my license. On the way there, I got a speeding ticket and got my license suspended completely. FML
Today, I went to pay my vehicle registration in person to avoid paying the $10.00 online service fee. After a long wait, I came out to find a $15.00 parking ticket on my car. FML
Today, I need money to fix my car, I need my car to get to work, and I need work to get money. FML
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headshotkillz 0
FML! That's what happens when you live in the most ****** up state in the country
notapplicable123 0
You should have done that all when you moved to California. Call me insensitive, but YDI.
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Comments (242)
MonkeySpeaks 4
This isk inda bogus. I mean I'm not necessarily SAYING the OP is lying, i've had to register in california recently coming from out of state. BUT what the OP said isn't true. You CAN register your car without a smog check, sort of. You can get a temporary registration (30 days) and you have the 30 days to get the smog check and turn it in to receive your tags. From the DMV site: pay the DMV your vehicles registration fees and get your "half way papers" (Not valid registration, but an attempt to show responsibility, plus not be charged late fees). You may then explain to the DMV agent your vehicle's repair/smog situation and ask for at least a 30 day Temporary Registration Tag. You can post this Document on your vehicle's rear window, and drive your vehicle legally for 30 days or more; depending on the Temporary Tags you are given. In the mean time you need to attempt to resolve your vehicle smog situation.
MonkeySpeaks 4
OH and BTW. Your car didn't get impounded because you didn't register your car. That doesn't happen. How do I know? Because, I didn't register my car for almost a year after moving. I waited until my tags expired. In that time, I received a few parking tickets and was even stopped at a regular DUI check point where the cop questioned my out of state plates and license. Not once was my car impounded. The only thing that happened was I Had to pay a late fee. So I may have to call bogus on this one.
cnewman 0
that is why you don't live in California. it's so gay...literaly
amy_shmamy 0
i hate when government shit gets ****** up like that
rebockaa 0
are you retarded or what? i would like to know what is going on with your brain.
intrepid00 0
You deserved it for moving there.
Seven7Seven7 0
Catch 22 much?
Jennydew 0
Don't you just love California? Damn hippies and their smog laws!!!
Nm_fml 10
umm....doesn't California have temporary registrations so you can do things like this? And why didn't you register it to begin with?
jollyjam1 2
I don't get all the dingbats on here who somehow think it's California's fault that YOU didn't register YOUR car. YDI for being lazy.
twindaddy 0
Why is this an FML? If you would've done what you were supposed to do, this wouldn't have happened. YDI for not following the law.