Where do you keep your car registration?

Platapus · 02-11-11, 07:40 PM

I am involved in a discussion on another forum concerning safety and security.

There we were discussing the hazards of programming your car GPS with your home address as anyone stealing your keys gets access to your car and your house.

One of the respondents stated that it would not make any difference as the thief could just read your address off the registration.

My response was "who would keep their registration in their car instead of their wallet? Well, evidently pretty much everyone on that forum keeps it in their car.

It would never occur to me to store something that as my address in my car. So I would like to poll the members here.

When driving your car, is your registration in your car (glove box or other location) or in your wallet/purse?

Inquiring minds want to know.

DarkFish · 02-11-11, 07:43 PM

my car (yay I've finally got one

) registration is usually at home with my car keys. If I take the car I take both of them with me in my pocket.

Feuer Frei! · 02-11-11, 07:44 PM

Glove box. Always has been, always will be.

Gerald · 02-11-11, 07:59 PM

In a safe box,I do not have it available which is good.

kiwi_2005 · 02-11-11, 08:00 PM

Come to think of it I have no idea where mine is. We don't carry round our rego especially not in our car that would be a plus for a car thief. car + rego = a sale. Here only time its needed is if selling the car. If getting pull up by a cop only important thing to have is drivers license they never ask for the registration.

Platapus · 02-11-11, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vendor

In a safe box,I do not have it available which is good.

you mean you don't carry it when you drive? In my state it is the law that it must be carried when the vehicle is being driven.

Platapus · 02-11-11, 08:02 PM

Just to clarify for those out of the US. I am asking about the state registration certificate, not the title (which should be locked up safe).

There might be some confusion based on locale.

Gerald · 02-11-11, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

you mean you don't carry it when you drive? In my state it is the law that it must be carried when the vehicle is being driven.

In "normal circumstances" there shall be in the car, but because the car is registered under different conditions so this is not necessary, but you're right, the law provides that there shall be in the car, under normal conditions.

Ducimus · 02-11-11, 08:13 PM

Glove box. I got enough crap in my wallet. Typically you don't plan on your car getting broke into, though growing up in Southern california, ive learned not to give them a reason to break into it to begin with.

Center console, ash tray and the like? I leave them wide open at night - and empty. No CDs, no money, nothing worth stealing. Ive had my car broken into at current apartment and since then i have never left ANYTHING in my vehicle except the registration in the glove box. (edit: where as before i always had some spare change in the center console, but it was out of sight. Now I don't even carry that.)

Gerald · 02-11-11, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

Just to clarify for those out of the US. I am asking about the state registration certificate, not the title (which should be locked up safe).

There might be some confusion based on locale.

Not at all!

breadcatcher101 · 02-11-11, 08:25 PM

I keep a copy in my truck along with my insurance card, drivers permit, copy of birth cert, fishing and hunting permit, medical insurance card, social security card, hair sample, DNA sample, sperm sample, dental X-rays, current passport type photo, votor ID card, tag receipt, gun permit and of course blood type card.

Ahh, the land of the free.

02-11-11, 08:42 PM

They are all in the strong box.

Takeda Shingen · 02-11-11, 09:16 PM

I keep mine in the glove compartment along with my insurance card.

TLAM Strike · 02-11-11, 10:38 PM

No car; no registration

AVGWarhawk · 02-11-11, 10:44 PM

Mine is safely tucked away inside the manual that comes with each of my vehicles. The insurance card and last emissions check paper is also found there. These are in the glove compartment. As far as coming to my house because they saw my address on a registration seems a bit stupid. Anyone could go to the phonebook, internet or just drive on by your house casing the place. I do not think a registration will spurn a car thief into become a home invasion professional. He is busy making a few drug deals , joy riding and pimping in your vehicle. Then dump it somewhere 6 miles from your address.

View Poll Results: Where do you keep your car registeration
Always stored in the car e.g., glove box or other location in the car	20	76.92%
In my wallet/purse i.e., it is on my person not stored in the car	6	23.08%
Voters: 26. You may not vote on this poll

02-11-11, 07:40 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Where do you keep your car registration? I am involved in a discussion on another forum concerning safety and security. There we were discussing the hazards of programming your car GPS with your home address as anyone stealing your keys gets access to your car and your house. One of the respondents stated that it would not make any difference as the thief could just read your address off the registration. My response was "who would keep their registration in their car instead of their wallet? Well, evidently pretty much everyone on that forum keeps it in their car. It would never occur to me to store something that as my address in my car. So I would like to poll the members here. When driving your car, is your registration in your car (glove box or other location) or in your wallet/purse? Inquiring minds want to know. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-11-11, 07:43 PM	#2
DarkFish Sea Lord Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Stinking drunk in Eindhoven, the Netherlands Posts: 1,844 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	my car (yay I've finally got one) registration is usually at home with my car keys. If I take the car I take both of them with me in my pocket. __________________

02-11-11, 07:44 PM	#3
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	Glove box. Always has been, always will be. __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

02-11-11, 07:59 PM	#4
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	In a safe box,I do not have it available which is good. __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

02-11-11, 08:00 PM	#5
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Come to think of it I have no idea where mine is. We don't carry round our rego especially not in our car that would be a plus for a car thief. car + rego = a sale. Here only time its needed is if selling the car. If getting pull up by a cop only important thing to have is drivers license they never ask for the registration. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

02-11-11, 08:02 PM	#7
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Just to clarify for those out of the US. I am asking about the state registration certificate, not the title (which should be locked up safe). There might be some confusion based on locale. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-11-11, 08:13 PM	#9
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Glove box. I got enough crap in my wallet. Typically you don't plan on your car getting broke into, though growing up in Southern california, ive learned not to give them a reason to break into it to begin with. Center console, ash tray and the like? I leave them wide open at night - and empty. No CDs, no money, nothing worth stealing. Ive had my car broken into at current apartment and since then i have never left ANYTHING in my vehicle except the registration in the glove box. (edit: where as before i always had some spare change in the center console, but it was out of sight. Now I don't even carry that.)

02-11-11, 08:25 PM	#11
breadcatcher101 Captain Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Southeastern USA Posts: 546 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I keep a copy in my truck along with my insurance card, drivers permit, copy of birth cert, fishing and hunting permit, medical insurance card, social security card, hair sample, DNA sample, sperm sample, dental X-rays, current passport type photo, votor ID card, tag receipt, gun permit and of course blood type card. Ahh, the land of the free.

02-11-11, 08:42 PM	#12
Tribesman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	They are all in the strong box.

02-11-11, 09:16 PM	#13
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I keep mine in the glove compartment along with my insurance card.

02-11-11, 10:38 PM	#14
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	No car; no registration __________________

02-11-11, 10:44 PM	#15
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Mine is safely tucked away inside the manual that comes with each of my vehicles. The insurance card and last emissions check paper is also found there. These are in the glove compartment. As far as coming to my house because they saw my address on a registration seems a bit stupid. Anyone could go to the phonebook, internet or just drive on by your house casing the place. I do not think a registration will spurn a car thief into become a home invasion professional. He is busy making a few drug deals , joy riding and pimping in your vehicle. Then dump it somewhere 6 miles from your address. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road