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> pay 20% more but get it all done in minutes online instead of hours at the local office A AAA membership in California does this for you for some things. Ze

> pay 20% more but get it all done in minutes online instead of hours at the local office A AAA membership in California does this for you for some things. Zero wait to register a purchased vehicle in silicon valley, possibly Mountain View I don't remember it's been a couple of years. On the other hand I look like an axe murderer on my CA drivers license as the convoluted process took three hours and required starting over twice due to mistakes by the clerks.

asdff 3y ago
I always here people having such trouble at CA DMVs and I wonder how that ends up happening. I don't have any problem and I go to pretty busy big city DMVs too. I think its because I book an appointment ahead of time online, because whenever I show up they usher me right in to the clerk past the line of pissed off people outside. One time when this happened the person first in line nearly fought the DMV worker for letting me in, people behind him had to try and calm him down and I got inside as soon as I could.
- solardev 3y ago
  There is a lot of variance between different DMV offices in California, between different services, and between the individual staff members who are helping you. I've had no-appointment things get done in 5 minutes as a walkup, and also 3-hour waits despite having an appointment. Total crapshoot =/
solardev 3y ago
I used to think California's was bad, then I tried to move my license to Chicago... that took 8+ hours (literally... got there before opening and stayed until after closing) at the local office there, 4-5 different sets of lines (3 of them in the same office), and I think a total of 12 bureaucrats, queue watcher, and security guards. Then I tried had to do the same thing in Oregon a few years later. That took one person about 20 minutes to finish. It's just crazy how much variance there is between states & offices.

asdff 3y ago

I always here people having such trouble at CA DMVs and I wonder how that ends up happening. I don't have any problem and I go to pretty busy big city DMVs too. I think its because I book an appointment ahead of time online, because whenever I show up they usher me right in to the clerk past the line of pissed off people outside. One time when this happened the person first in line nearly fought the DMV worker for letting me in, people behind him had to try and calm him down and I got inside as soon as I could.

solardev 3y ago
There is a lot of variance between different DMV offices in California, between different services, and between the individual staff members who are helping you. I've had no-appointment things get done in 5 minutes as a walkup, and also 3-hour waits despite having an appointment. Total crapshoot =/

solardev 3y ago

I used to think California's was bad, then I tried to move my license to Chicago... that took 8+ hours (literally... got there before opening and stayed until after closing) at the local office there, 4-5 different sets of lines (3 of them in the same office), and I think a total of 12 bureaucrats, queue watcher, and security guards. Then I tried had to do the same thing in Oregon a few years later. That took one person about 20 minutes to finish. It's just crazy how much variance there is between states & offices.