What is with this thread on a near daily basis?

If you are buying through a dealer, they may be able to handle the process for you.

If you are buying private party there is not an easy way to do it without making 2 trips or towing\trailering the car home.

It LOOKS from a quick 30 second google, that florida has a process to issue a temporary registration and tag, but i can't find any official sites that detail how you go about that, they all seem to be the same cut and paste about going to the county tax collector.

And while i feel NJ is somewhat insulated, if you are buying now, or recently bought, its not crazy to think housing prices can pull back pretty quickly, and suddenly any equity you have that you were planning on using to deal with the solar stuff if it comes up, is no longer there when you wake up one morning.

Here is the thing. What do you plan on doing with the house 5 years, 10, years, etc from now.

Is 1k a year in POTENTIAL savings, worth you having a nightmare selling the house, and either having to just eat the cost out of pocket to pay it off and remove it, or drop the price to the point where a buyer will look the other way.

Like i said, it didn't deter us from putting an offer in on a house we otherwise liked, but i wasn't about to assume someone else's decision without some backing, and the fact that they weren't happily going, "Hey here is a check we get from PSE&G every month!" was enough for us.

And this isn't to shit on solar, like i said, we have looked into it. But the way to go isn't through these companies, and requires you to get out your checkbook.

When we bought about 10 years ago, we looked at a house that had solar. The system was maybe 5 years old at the time, and the owner wouldn't disclose the utility numbers to let us decide if it was something that was worth having (which means it wasn't).

We put an offer in contingent on them removing the system and a roof inspection, OR giving a concession for 10k, and another 10k in escrow for 5 years in case we needed to replace the roof.

Surprisingly they told us no. That house sat on the market for about 6 months, when everything was flying off the shelves at the time.

A couple of things:

1. You have no guarantee the solar company will be around to honor their claims down the road.

2. Those panels are tied to a lien on your house. If you plan on selling, you either need a buyer who is cool and will assume your payments (you won't find one), or you need to pay out the solar company. You will also have people who outright won't want solar roofs, because they are concerned about leaks, maintaining the roof moving forward, etc.

3. What they are telling you they will generate assumes peak conditions. I'm going to assume you use electricity on cloudy days, at night, etc. Are YOU selling the power back to the grid, and in such an amount that your nighttime costs are covered?

I've looked into it a few times, and ONLY if you have the right type of land and roof, and ONLY if you outright buy the system, and not finance it through some rando solar company, have the numbers really made sense. Otherwise the ROI is so far out on it that by the time you get half way there, a better technology would have stepped in.

DMV. You just hand them to someone at the front desk, they toss them in a box, and give you a receipt.

That said while i have heard stories of people getting hassled for not returning them, i must have a half dozen sets down in my basement from over the years, and have never had an issue.

i was so disappointed to see that post on here....

Good luck, i've had success in the past.

If that site doesn't let you pay it, the "main" site does, (https://portalnjmcdirect-cloud.njcourts.gov/prweb/PRServletPublicAuth/app/MuniPay_/wQ2guhy8lqKPggD8pVI7RLYVZ9vxwNMF*/!STANDARD?AppName=NJMC&fromBrowserHistory=true) but you need the full ticket number there.

Yes, you should be able to find the ticket using the DL number of whomever the car is registered to:

https://portal.njcourts.gov/webe41/MPAWeb/

It may take a few days to get into the system.

Edit: I forget if that site lets you pay the ticket direct, but it should give you all the info you need to put the ticket into the OTHER site.

There are a few down south, it isn't like the good old days (the one that used to be by willowbrook mall kept many a car of mine running in the mid 90s) where you get a good selection and great prices.

The only one i know of further north is in Somerset. It isn't a huge place, maybe 150 cars tops, and they usually strip them of the good stuff (lights, trim, etc) before putting them out.

The couple of times i've called asking if they have an XYZ when looking for stuff, i've never been able to get a straight answer to know if its worth the trip.

So sadly you probably have to make the trip to PA, or Upstate NY for what you are after, and even they tend to run through the cars for good stuff to toss on ebay before letting you have at them.

actually less under the "basic" policy option that was recently introduced (the concept being SOMETHING is better than nothing for people).

https://www.state.nj.us/dobi/division_consumers/insurance/basicpolicy.shtml

Regardless of how much they end up paying back, they will end up with a judgement against them (destroying their credit), bank accounts and paychecks garnished, etc.

The state really needs to raise the minimum liability amount.

It is not that much more expensive to move to a 100\300 plan from the pitifully low minimum limits, and people fuck themselves financially in the long term because they think they can save a few bucks today.

You will spend the next 20 years with garnishments\etc if you carry minimum insurance and get into an accident with even a modest newer car these days.

If you don't live someplace with rent control, generally it is, unless you can demonstrate the landlord is raising it that amount specifically to get you to move out. (ie, its considerably above market rate for a comparable place).

Landlord costs have gone up considerably the last few years.

I honestly couldn't tell you, more the wife's department these days. In my single days though i was a fan of the Hotel Collection stuff that macy's sells (or sold). They felt good, held up really well, and were moderately priced.

Cooking stuff is one of those things that i like to actually get hands on before buying. If i want a new frying pan or the like, i want to be able to take a swing with it like i'm braining someone. Not buy half a dozen online, only to send 5 back, or spend an entire saturday going to 4 different specialty cooking stores because they each only carry a brand or two of good stuff.

Same story with knives, grill stuff, etc.

Hell, even something relatively simple like every day sheets for the guest room or pillows, is absolute crap at bed bath now.

I sort of get how they found themsleves in this boat, because for a lot of that stuff, a middle ground no longer exists. Its like a couch or a major appliance. You can get a 1k one that might last you a few years, or get a 10k one that will last the better part of your life. Nothing really exists in between if you are willing to put an investment into it, but can't cut the check for top of the line.

They, and linens n things, used to be solid stores. Now everything in them is basically "as seen on tv" junk.

I went in there looking for a good filet knife that matched the set of Henkles I had, and all they had was the cheap ass chinese steel versions. Figured, well, i'm here, we need a new coffee maker, and same thing, was all cheap crap or gimicky ones.

Late to the thread, but Van Saun Park in Paramus has outdoor ice skating. Google Bergen County Winter Wonderland. 10 bucks, includes rentals for an hour and a half.

Its pretty chill, they have food trucks, and booze (i think the food trucks and booze split after this weekend though). They also do bumper cars on the ice certain days.

Ice quality will vary with the weather obviously, but the rental skates are good if you need them and its pretty tame on the ice, plus its nice to be outside and they usually have good tunes on.

Stop and think about how that works for a second.

I don't think you appreciate how strong a train is.

trains can actually get through that. They are heavy, made to get wet, and get their power either from a locomotive or overhead wires.

Obviously they have to move a bit more cautiously, and you will have platforms that you may\may not want to use.

Part of the problem i feel is not all dealership people are good sales people. You know this when they pull out the 4 square, they are just relying on tactics someone else taught them.

Be up front and honest, don't try and get something past them, and its a whole different experience.

And the second you don't get that vibe from them, walk out the door.

Just deal with the online side of them. Our last 3 cars i bought were that way.

Find something you want optioned the way you want, send them an email with the VIN, say, "This is the exact build i want, these are the MUST have features and these are the ones i don't care about.

I'm not interested in anything else that isn't on this list.

My bank will give me the following finance terms, i'm happy to go through you if you are in the same ballpark (dealers make some nice coin off the financing). I am ready to buy today\next week\next month (whatever you want). Looking at a few places, here is what I believe to be a fair offer. I have a trade, here is its mileage, VIN, and condition, I expect to get X for it based on Y, and i will not be interested in doing business with you if you tell me that is possible, only to come back with different numbers unless something substantial is found during inspection.

Please respond with your best and final offer, and the VIN of the vehicle you have in mind, I'm not interested in back and forth or anything that differs substantially from what i wrote above.

Take that, clean up the language a bit, plug in your numbers, and then copy and paste it in an email to every dealership that is under an hour drive away.

I think i spent a grand total of like 3 hours, including signing papers, when i bought our last car.

Just be honest in what you want, reasonable in your expectations, and ready to move on stuff. Its silly to spend days and back and forth over a couple hundred bucks on a trade in price or getting "the best" price you can. If the dealer knows you aren't going to eat up their time, and they will make a quick buck on the transaction, they are happy to have your business and move on to the next guy.

The more of their time you eat, the less likely you are to get a good price, because now they have to recoup that time they could have spent on other customers.

Repeat the process once or twice and then your dealership knows you are a quick and easy customer, and it only gets easier.

Bergen has been doing it for a year or two longer.

I must have about 50 of them. Someone forgets to put them back in the car, or puts the ones from one car back into the other car, only for me to discover i have none once i'm at the store. Or we randomly decide to buy a few things when we weren't expecting to and don't feel like hiking back to the car for a bag. Also for some reason our local chinese place was putting orders in them for a while, so i have a bunch of those.

The law should allow for paper\plastic with a nominal charge, maybe like a quarter each or something. Enough to strongly encourage their use, but where you don't end up buying yet another reusable if you find yourself in a pinch.

Its also somewhat self defeating, because now we just buy little plastic bags for the various trash cans around the house anyway, which we previously reused the plastic store bags for.

Nobody is going to give you a hard time unless you are doing it for pay, or like every other day, or are making a giant mess in the process.