Here is a quick chronology since the last post
Sept 21: NJMVC receives my document package
Call, call, call (those are weekly calls to check on the status)
Oct 22: Call again and it goes like this, "VIN", "xxxxxxxxxx", "Oh, that was approved last week and we sent it on to the inspection center", "Wow, thanks (thinking: and was anyone going to let me know?)". "Call them to make an appointment"
Oct 22: (Minutes later after I finished jumping around the house) I called the inspection station and spoke to the actual inspector. He seems to be the specialist and was very helpful. We spent about 20 minutes reviewing what he would be looking for and I had everything on his list. Furthermore, they weren't that busy so I booked for the following Friday, Nov 2. Hopefully just one more trip on the trailer to the station in Asbury Park, a
about an hour away on the Jersey shore.
Oct 29: Hurricane Sandy hits NJ. Pretty bad. We lose a few big trees and our power is knocked out. The shore is devastated.
Nov 1: I called the station but no answer. This is not good. And we still don't have power.
Call, call, call... (these are twice daily calls to the station) No answer.
Nov 7: Someone answers. They haven't been able to reopen yet and worse, the guy who does the specialty inspections lost his house and will be out for 2-3 weeks.
Well, that's where we are. It puts a lot of things in perspective. We have no lights, heat or power, and 7 inches of new snow, but we're safe and getting by. Here is a good guy who lost everything and there wasn't anything he could do about it.
Getting my car inspected isn't really that important.
