My Imaginary Car

It seems that I have been under a huge delusion over the past few days that have manifested themselves as vivid highly sensory hallucinations! No! I’m not taking anything! However, If I’m to believe what I’m being told by Californian and Federal Motoring Agencies, the car I’ve been driving around in doesn’t exist here in the States!

I still insist that I can see it, touch it and more to the point, sit in it and drive it around. The DMV on the other hand tell me that my car can’t be here because it doesn’t show up on the computers here and it doesn’t carry any Californian or Federal stamps. Ah I tell them. That’s probably because it isn’t a Californian car. And further, it’s the reason I filled out the paper work before I brought it in stating I was temporarily bring the car in from the UK. I see say the DMV. Pay us $260.00 and we’ll inspect your car and start the registration process.

I pay the money, they check the car. The result? “Sir this is not a Californian car”. Am I surprised? No! That’s why I did the paperwork in the first place!!!!

So what do I need to do to register it here? Apparently, even though the car may still pass the emissions tests, I need to take it to a Federal Lab who will most likely recommend modifications in order to get a federal stamp so that I can take a smog test. As I prepare to go through satisfying this requirement, I’m additionally advised that it could take months and would probably cost in excess of $20.000!

You know what – I’m going to ship the car back home to the UK. Hopefully it will exist again once it gets home!