Sunday, August 21, 2005
"Q" code on registration
PriusChat -> Who's mailed it? Clean Air Vehicle Sticker applications: "I learned about the 'Q' here on Prius Chat. The designation was changed last year/early this year because they realized that not all hybrids would be easy to identify. Yes, your vin should help, but I took my window sticker in to the DMV when I went to fight my battle and showed them.
After a confab between the person that I was talking with at the counter and her superior it was decided that an inspection would be necessary to verify that I did not have the only non-hybrid Prius in the world.
You might need to cruise to another larger DMV station where they have someone on duty just for inspections. You could also see if you could get an appointment for this so that you don't wind up wasting gobs more of your time.
I did not need a 'title' on my car to have the change made as it is a coding on the registration that needs to be changed and I don't have the title to my car (the Credit Union we borrowed from does). Unless you paid in full for your vehicle, I am assuming that you have a lienholder as well and that you don't have a title to your car either.
Sounds to me like your DMV reps were not interested, willing or informed enough to help you. After the inspection on my car it took them all of 2 minutes to print out a duplicate corrected registration for me and I was on my merry way.
The change in coding came about because the registration certificate only says Toyota not Prius and, as such, it could be a lot of different non-hybrid cars.
Bottom line, either go back to your local DMV or go to a larger, better equipped office, bring your current registration and your Prius, plus any other supporting documentation you have for your specific car (the window sticker is great because it is specific to the car that it was placed in and identifies the vehicle by VIN as well as make and model) and be prepared to stay put until they fix it and then you should be able to mail in your application for the HOV sticker.
Here in Southern California (Claremont in Los Angeles County) they will take the application and payment in our local DMV in person but still only issue a receipt for the payment and tell you that the sticker will be mailed out. "
After a confab between the person that I was talking with at the counter and her superior it was decided that an inspection would be necessary to verify that I did not have the only non-hybrid Prius in the world.
You might need to cruise to another larger DMV station where they have someone on duty just for inspections. You could also see if you could get an appointment for this so that you don't wind up wasting gobs more of your time.
I did not need a 'title' on my car to have the change made as it is a coding on the registration that needs to be changed and I don't have the title to my car (the Credit Union we borrowed from does). Unless you paid in full for your vehicle, I am assuming that you have a lienholder as well and that you don't have a title to your car either.
Sounds to me like your DMV reps were not interested, willing or informed enough to help you. After the inspection on my car it took them all of 2 minutes to print out a duplicate corrected registration for me and I was on my merry way.
The change in coding came about because the registration certificate only says Toyota not Prius and, as such, it could be a lot of different non-hybrid cars.
Bottom line, either go back to your local DMV or go to a larger, better equipped office, bring your current registration and your Prius, plus any other supporting documentation you have for your specific car (the window sticker is great because it is specific to the car that it was placed in and identifies the vehicle by VIN as well as make and model) and be prepared to stay put until they fix it and then you should be able to mail in your application for the HOV sticker.
Here in Southern California (Claremont in Los Angeles County) they will take the application and payment in our local DMV in person but still only issue a receipt for the payment and tell you that the sticker will be mailed out. "
# posted by Donn Lee @ 12:31 PM 
