Where do you keep your car registration?

Platapus · 02-11-11, 08:01 PM

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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, 08:15 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.

Rockstar · 02-11-11, 10:46 PM

My registration is stored in the car's center storage box. I do have a LoJac and kill switch in car. The other security feature I use is the address on any documentation is not my home address but my mail forwarding street address.

I had a GPS for my car once. Neat gizmo those GPS but having been a driver for a little over 30 years prior to getting one. I soon realized it's just an expensive dash ornament that I didn't really have a use for.

Another security problem I found. As a passenger ferry operator people would sometimes forget and leave their keys on the boat. If they had one of those plastic key chain cards like you get from your grocer. I could go over to the local stop and rob, scan it and find out who they belonged to and where they lived.

Gerald · 02-11-11, 08:09 PM

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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.)

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, 08:02 PM	#2
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 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, 10:38 PM	#7
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	#8
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,255 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

02-11-11, 08:25 PM	#4
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	#5
Tribesman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	They are all in the strong box.

02-11-11, 09:16 PM	#6
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, 10:46 PM	#9
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	My registration is stored in the car's center storage box. I do have a LoJac and kill switch in car. The other security feature I use is the address on any documentation is not my home address but my mail forwarding street address. I had a GPS for my car once. Neat gizmo those GPS but having been a driver for a little over 30 years prior to getting one. I soon realized it's just an expensive dash ornament that I didn't really have a use for. Another security problem I found. As a passenger ferry operator people would sometimes forget and leave their keys on the boat. If they had one of those plastic key chain cards like you get from your grocer. I could go over to the local stop and rob, scan it and find out who they belonged to and where they lived.

02-11-11, 08:13 PM	#11
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.)