Blue Plate Special!

Posted by nuxi on 2008-Jul-09 at 21:52:43 in SNAFU (Login to reply)

Okay so a while ago I noticed that a car in the parking lot had a blue plate. For those not from Michigan (do any of those actually read this blog?) up until January 2007 the basic license plate was blue with white letters. Like this:



Now for some reason (ie. money) starting in 2007, anyone with a blue plate was given a new plate that is white with blue letters and looks really gay. I believe people re-registering early for January 2007 was the last group allowed to keep their old plates. So by the end of January 2008, no blue plates should be left. (With the exception of permanent plates for trailers and stuff)

So this car with a blue plate that expired in August 2007 was a curiosity. I didn't remember when it showed up, but after thinking about it a while I realized it hadn't moved in a long time either. I remember it being there all winter because it and my car always had huge piles of snow around them. I never used my car during the day when they plowed and always took the same spot when I did use my car.

So I notice a white pickup truck has parked directly behind that car and an official looking person was walking around while on the phone. When he got back in his truck and closed the door I could read the name of the company that owned my apartment complex on the door. He drove to the end of the parking lot, stayed down there for a bit (IIRC there is another car down there with a current registration sticker illegally stuck onto a blue vanity plate) and then drove back. Got out of his truck again, and wrote down some stuff while walking around the car. I assume he copied down the VIN and license plate numbers.

I'm now waiting for them to finally tow this car out of the lot. The complex has all our plate numbers and can easily determine if its one of our vehicles. I'm assuming they are gonna run a check on the VIN just to make sure its not a tenant's before towing it. Its a violation of the lease to park a vehicle in the parking lot lacks a current registration or is not highway driveable. They are pretty lax about rules, if its a tenant's car they will probably just tell him to hurry up and get a new registration. I bet its abandoned here though.

Is it me or does the rear seem a bit low? Are there bonus points if the cops show up and find bodies?




If you think I spent too much work on this post, you have to remember I'm trying not to go ballistic about another thing that happened today. Although if everyone wants a rant on that I'd be happy to oblige.


Also, see the puppy poop bag dispenser and trash can? Yeah the owners of the complex are awesome about having dogs. I'll have one RSN.