A blessing in disguise
- Vehicle engine is throbbing badly, bring to shop
- Sorry, sir, you need a replacement engine, something broke badly inside; this is understandable at 290k miles. Authorize repair.
- Repair completed. I’m very sorry, sir, we made a bad mistake, it was not the engine but the catalytic converter.
- Free engine! Catalytic converter back ordered indefinitely but go ahead and pay for it.
- Inspection and registration due; failed inspection. (I live in one of the 22% of counties in my state that require an emissions test.)
- DMV website allows for cases of (1) part not available and (2) repair attempted, but I do not quite fit either case.
- Show up at license office, sorry sir, we can’t help you until your registration is overdue (?!)
- Return to license office, sorry sir, I don’t know why they told you that, but you need to talk to the license and theft bureau
- Sorry sir, you need a second failed inspection to get the attempted repair waiver, even though we all know nothing has changed with your vehicle since your last inspection
- Second failed inspection
- Meet officer and receive waiver code
- Bring waiver code to inspection station; code does not work
- Delays waiting for DMV to return calls to inspection station
- License and theft officer works with inspection station and advises them I should take vehicle to license office
- License and theft officer advises me that I should work with inspection station
- License and theft officer advises inspection station that I should take vehicle to license office
- License office — sorry, sir, we can’t help you with a waiver code, you need to work with inspection station
- License office confirms with license and theft officer this is the case
- License and theft officer advises me to work with inspection station . . . oh, wait, that inspection station? You are good to go, I overrode your inspection manually.
- Pay registration at license office
I gotta have my orange juice. 
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