Chapter 4, The Following Week...

The following week,

I got my insurance paperwork in order by Wednesday afternoon. The broker was even kind enough to fax me a copy so that I might be able to take my vehicle on the road the same day. The next day, my Boss offered and took me to the licensing office near work during work hours mind you. Previously I had made sure all my paperwork was in order and even went through the Ontario Car Licensing checklist via their own website. After waiting in line for about 5 min I walk up to the clerk all smiles with my paperwork in hands.

“I m sorry sir but I m in training and I can t help you. Please go back in line and wait for the next qualified clerk.”

So I went back in line and waited another 5, 8 min while my boss was waiting in the parking lot in his own car. Finally my turn, I walk up to the so called qualified clerk, hands out my safety, emission and insurance paperwork. She then looks at me while holding on to my ownership paperwork and requested my integrity check paperwork.

 ------- Flash back to my Subaru Dealership Inspections and Qualifications ------

“touloulou touloulou touloulou touloulou”

“Afternoon, I would like to make an appointment for an integrity check and emission if you guys also offer it. I just moved from out of province and need to bring my car up to code your Ontario Car Legislations”

“No problem sir, we can do both the safety test & the emission test but this last one will have to be done off location.”

So you can do the integrity check or what you call the safety check by mid next week? Oh and while you are at it could you also take a look at my breaks and co. ? ….”

Of course sir, how does Thursday sound?

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Imagine my pleasant surprise when the clerk informed me it would cost a min of 500 dollars to get the integrity check done on my car and that until it was done I could not get my car registered in Ontario. Of course this verification was already done in Quebec years ago as is required for all rebuilt cars. I told her as much but she plainly refused to hear any of it claiming Ontario had different norms than Quebec when it came to licensing cars on the road. Ya cause across the river yonder we often still use horse drawn carriages to get to work and at church on time. Hence we are bound to have different norms, obviously!!  So after yet another heated verbal exchange where I requested the validity of charging me 500 dollars for something I already had I left slamming the door out of my way as I left. My Boss simple could t believe it but then remembered a similar situation where he had to replace a new tire in case it was damaged due to a bump on the related mechanics. A 800 dolard deal as I recall just to be up to code with Ontario norms.