Friday, May 26, 2006 - - Car Day

Got car from Matson & registered it
Funny process for registration:

1. compile lots of papers (current registration, Hawaii proof of insurance...not the same as CA insurance, vehicle title, proof of shipping...like you got it there some other way, and a few other things)
2. get "safety inspection" at local mechanic (turn on headlights, turn on windshield wipers, right turn signal...you get the picture)
3. get paper saying inspection was done
4. go to DMV (though not called "DMV")
5. stand in line (of course, its the DMV)
6. give stack of papers to clerk who checks them all meticulously
7. DMV clerk takes away all your papers and a check and in return gives you HI registration, HI title and HI licence plates .... yay!
8. you return...yes, return...to the local mechanic who you turned your lights on for (i.e. "safety inpection") and he puts two stickers on your bumper
9. now...and only now... you are good to go
   

Lots of overhead and running around, but went very smoothly
It took and hour and a half from the time we got to Matson to when we put the new plates on and were on our way back to Volcano, sans fuel-guzzling rental car.

Photo: Subaru with flashy new Hawaii licence plates