Jim, I had the same ill feeling. But the inspection and title/registration actually only took about two hours because I had all the paper figured out and in my hands and did it in the correct sequence. And everyone was polite .. and I was polite and emphasized my desire to comply with the law.
Just another thing .. if you want to be totally legal as you motor down to the Waiver Site .. stop by the tag office as soon as you have your insurance card and ask for a temporary paper tag. $15. The DPS inspectors were appreciative of that. And I did have to do some test driving to make sure it was reliable enough for a 30 mi round trip.
I just got mine running again last week and took in to the DPS for an inspection. They remembered me from last year and were tickled to see the car again. The inspector has an 8x10 picture of it up on his office wall that I gave him last year
Sam