Sb100 01/02/2007

Bluedog · #1 (**permalink**) 12-03-2006, 12:19 AM

Unbelieveable! I tried to setup an appointment in Los Gatos for 8am on January 2nd and I got the message "Date nor time is available". So after a few more tries I decided to cut bait. I selected Santa Clara and got an appointment at 8.45. The time was 12:01am.

Apparently, not all DMV offices are open the same day. This really ticks me off but I hope I got a shot at it still.

Dinobyte · #2 (**permalink**) 12-03-2006, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Bluedog

Unbelieveable! I tried to setup an appointment in Los Gatos for 8am on January 2nd and I got the message "Date nor time is available". So after a few more tries I decided to cut bait. I selected Santa Clara and got an appointment at 8.45. The time was 12:01am.

Apparently, not all DMV offices are open the same day. This really ticks me off but I hope I got a shot at it still.

I just booked in at Santa Clara for 8:55...my local office, San Mateo, was not taking appointments, and the others in the area were after 9am.

jmarsey · #3 (**permalink**) 12-03-2006, 09:08 AM

Guys,

You need to be at your respective DMVs when the doors open, period. Don't walk in at 8:30 or 9:00ish saying I have do a sb100 please. This sb100 "window" is open for only a few short hours a year, then it closes....numbers gone. Don't screw around with appointments. Get there at 2am with a folding chair and a blanket and try to be the first one in the door. It is totally worth a little discomfort and giving it your best shot at getting a one of these, hard to aquire, sequence number. Seriously, this is dog-eat-dog and you should be in attack mode. I heard some crazy stories from good friends getting their numbers last year. People were loosing it in line and in the dmv. Every year it gets more intense and the numbers go quicker. They will probably group you guys together so it is very important to be there when they start calling Sac.

Good luck and may the force be with all of you,
John

Got the Bug · #4 (**permalink**) 12-03-2006, 06:41 PM

Seems totally bizarre that only a handful of DMV offices are open on 1/2/07...your tax dollars at work! I would call on Monday to confirm the DMV's Holiday schedule.

I've got no "skin in the game" this year, but I'm wondering if this might actually work to your advantage. If those folks who are applying for SB 100 don't band together, the number of calls to Sacramento will be spread out over a period of time based on the time that people have appointments.

Best of luck to all! I'm hoping to either find an SB100 car in Q1 or order a new Superformance. If I order a new car, I'll be in your shoes in 2008.

Doug

jdog · #5 (**permalink**) 12-03-2006, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by jmarsey

Guys,

Seriously, this is dog-eat-dog and you should be in attack mode. I heard some crazy stories from good friends getting their numbers last year.

Good luck and may the force be with all of you,
John

Oh boy, "dog-eat-dog"!

Sounds like my kinda game!

I have an 8:15am appointment at the Carmichael office!

The earliest I could get for the Sacramento office was 9:00am.

I will have my camper in the parking lot around midnight!

There will be hot coffee and restroom for all CC members that show up at Carmichael!

Good luck everybody!

jdog

Mr Monster · #6 (**permalink**) 12-19-2006, 11:43 AM

According to the thread it looks like it's going to be only 8 or 9 of us. I somehow think it's more than that. I'm getting my propane heater filled up for a long wait as it's been really cold.