Last month, after I received the plates for my new GX, I called the California Department Of Motor Vehicles with a question about the process for getting a Clean Air sticker for the car. (Clean Air stickers on the car allow just the driver to use car pool lanes.)
I was told by a local (L.A.) office something like, don't waste your time, we sold out of the stickers in February, they're all gone, period! I knew and asked if that was just for hybrids, or CNG vehicles too? Same story. Forget it!
I called back later and asked another DMV employee the same questions. He started off with the same song and dance. When I asked about CNG vehicles, he paused and said, "I'm not sure." He gave me a number to call in Sacramento.
When I called Sacramento, it went a little bit easier. I was still told initially, they're all gone. After I convinced the employee I didn't have a hybrid and that the stickers ARE still available for CNG and electric vehicles, she checked. Lo and behold it's true! She said it would take about 60 days to get them. Evidently, with the mad rush over to get 86,000 hybrid stickers out the door, they have some free time. It took one month for me to receive my stickers.
Also, I got a kick out of the instructions for placing the stickers on the car. It states to be sure to put the stickers on with the state seal "up." If you do all the stickers will be up-side down.
Bill
I was told by a local (L.A.) office something like, don't waste your time, we sold out of the stickers in February, they're all gone, period! I knew and asked if that was just for hybrids, or CNG vehicles too? Same story. Forget it!
I called back later and asked another DMV employee the same questions. He started off with the same song and dance. When I asked about CNG vehicles, he paused and said, "I'm not sure." He gave me a number to call in Sacramento.
When I called Sacramento, it went a little bit easier. I was still told initially, they're all gone. After I convinced the employee I didn't have a hybrid and that the stickers ARE still available for CNG and electric vehicles, she checked. Lo and behold it's true! She said it would take about 60 days to get them. Evidently, with the mad rush over to get 86,000 hybrid stickers out the door, they have some free time. It took one month for me to receive my stickers.
Also, I got a kick out of the instructions for placing the stickers on the car. It states to be sure to put the stickers on with the state seal "up." If you do all the stickers will be up-side down.
Bill
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