Originally Posted by
PatrickGSR94
Oh, must be a CA thing haha. Here we have separate plate registration renewal (sticker issued by county and state), visual inspection sticker for $5, and then auto insurance which in my case renews automatically every 6 months, and a pay a couple dollars extra to make monthly payments on that policy.
It is likely a BC thing. Since the province runs the insurance system they just do the registration and insurance at one time and you need to come in to do it. The old office of my company across town used to offer a neighborhood drop off service. They knew us would always offer to stay late or drop it off since I was a few minutes from the office. I never took them up on the offer since I felt like it was an inconvenience for them and it gave me an excuse to skip out early. But once they did just swing by to drop off the new tenant policy stuff.
If I recall in NY I could do insurance over the phone and registration and DL (if you had a recent eye exam) online or through the mail.