There goes my hope of they would just mail us the RED stickers and the new cert. I wonder what kind of "instructions" would there be if the form is pre-filled? Sign, date, and include a $22 check?
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California DMV - Plates & HOV Stickers
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There goes my hope of they would just mail us the RED stickers and the new cert. I wonder what kind of "instructions" would there be if the form is pre-filled? Sign, date, and include a $22 check?
Cheburashka
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It's California DMV. They will make it as inefficient as possible and make you pay for it, too.
About 3 weeks for our Model 3, but it was mailed out by Tesla instead of DMV. When we took delivery of our Model X last year, the plates and reg were mailed out by DMV I think.. and it took like 5 weeks.
K3Man
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Took about 4 weeks for plates to show for me. Mailed out by the California DMV. They were not vanity/specialty plates, just the "normal".
Litigate28
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Ulmo
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I received this letter via USPS today:
I used to own a Tesla Model S with white decals. I bought it and registered it around December 16, 2016. I had to wait for the plates to come in for me to swap the plates to my specialty plates (which I had to visit DMV to do), and I had to have plates to apply for the decal program, so I selected my specialty plates as the plate I applied under (so that I wouldn't have to reapply in a week), so I had to put on my specialty plates in order to apply for the decal, so that was some time later in 2017 (maybe February or March), since the government sucks and takes forever for everything. Note that the car is no longer registered to me and has been sold and registration transfered to the new owner out of state. Furthermore note that the license plate was disassociated with the car at that time. Note that the sale and those registration changes happened more than a year ago.
I used to own a Tesla Model S with white decals. I bought it and registered it around December 16, 2016. I had to wait for the plates to come in for me to swap the plates to my specialty plates (which I had to visit DMV to do), and I had to have plates to apply for the decal program, so I selected my specialty plates as the plate I applied under (so that I wouldn't have to reapply in a week), so I had to put on my specialty plates in order to apply for the decal, so that was some time later in 2017 (maybe February or March), since the government sucks and takes forever for everything. Note that the car is no longer registered to me and has been sold and registration transfered to the new owner out of state. Furthermore note that the license plate was disassociated with the car at that time. Note that the sale and those registration changes happened more than a year ago.
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Nosken
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Got my Re-Application today. Car was delivered February 6, 2017-Looks like I have the sweet spot on timing-glad to have an additional 3 years!
Original White HOV Stickers were for original, standard plate--Switched to DRV SELF Personalized plate this year--Pre filled, Re-Application reflects the new plate.
This is actually a case of the state government doing something right -- they noticed your stickers were issued in 2017 and so the stickers are eligible for a swap to red. Even though you've sold the car and transferred it, I'd put this in the "just in case" category as the new application makes you ineligible ("must match registration" is boldly printed on the form).
Better to ensure folks get an opportunity to apply for the new stickers than not....
I got the letter and form in back too. Why do they spell TESLA TESMR? It is the same on my letter.
Nosken
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FlatSix911
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Ulmo
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Yes, I think so, much like airports:
TESla MotoRs
It's really quite dumb. They ought to just call it TESLA. But anyway. I'm sure they call Ford "FDMNY" and GM "GEAMR" and such things. Ferari must be "FERAR", and Jaguar must be "JAGUR", and such. Who knows! Remember, those are not our papers, but the Government's papers that they use to do accounting; what they do is up to them, and has no reflection on us, so don't take it personally; those are not our papers and do not reflect who we are nor what we do nor the choices we make. Ignore them. Just politely inform them when you think they are confused beyond what could sensibly be handled as you go about your life. Never look upon an IRS record or a DMV record as YOURS; it is THEIRS, and THEY own it, so all you ever do is inform them when they are wrong; you never inform them that YOU are wrong, nor that YOUR records are wrong, since those aren't YOURS. They produce what is theirs and all errors of their records belong to them, and your errors belong to you, and neither must blame the other for their own faults, nor blame themselves for the faults of the others.
Litigate28
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Anyone still waiting on this pre-filled form that was supposed to get it? I was issued new stickers a few months ago, but I bought a CPO so I don't know if it had stickers before. No renewal form yet... 
Mark Z
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After receiving the partially filled out form, I filled out all the blanks I could and sent in the form today with $22.
Fortunately, I never requested the state rebate.
Fortunately, I never requested the state rebate.
Anyone still waiting on this pre-filled form that was supposed to get it? I was issued new stickers a few months ago, but I bought a CPO so I don't know if it had stickers before. No renewal form yet...
I am...not fun waiting.
I have an odd situation - my CAV decal cert says 1/27/2016 under "date issued," which is a typo - it should be 1/27/2017. However, the time stamp on the bottom clearly states 02/02/2017. To be clear, the car was purchased in 12/16 and I applied for decals in 12/16, ended up receiving them 2/17.
Have not received a pre-filled form - concerned that a simple script sweep would of course miss this error. Any ideas on what to do here? Calling the DMV is an obvious one...but I've tried 11x and can't get through (high call volume, all back again).
Thanks all!
Have not received a pre-filled form - concerned that a simple script sweep would of course miss this error. Any ideas on what to do here? Calling the DMV is an obvious one...but I've tried 11x and can't get through (high call volume, all back again).
Thanks all!
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