Keeping tabs.

[entelein]

Eighty dollars and fifty cents later, I now have a square piece of paper-thin plastic affixed to the lower-right side of my car's windshield, guaranteeing that I won't get ticketed for not having a city sticker sometime after midnight tomorrow.

Yeah, I waited until the last second. But at least I did it today, instead of trying to deal with the madness that will surely inhabit every currency exchange in Chicago proper all day tomorrow.

I had to peel off three stickers before putting this one on. I didn't have any Goo Gone or anything like that, so I've got a bit of a ghetto windshield effect, what with all the adhesive left behind, clear and bubbly-looking. I was worried about having four total sticker on the glass, though. I can imagine one of Chicago's finest taking offense and writing a ticket for that alone. I also had to use one of my handy-dandy utility knives to scrape off the stickers, which sucks because the blade ends up being at an angle to the glass. I thought I had a straight razor in with all my art supplies, but it was not in the case, so oh well.

And, because I bought my car 9 years ago around this time of year, I get to do plate renewal as well.

When it rains, it pours.

Any Chicagoans out there wanna share how many old stickers they peeled off this year before putting the new one on? Didja leave any? How many?

Comments

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

Dude, I had ten years of WA tabs on my license plates, one on top of the other, when I sold the car. I salute the manufacturers of that adhesive.

[zombiehousewife.livejournal.com]

This sticker business is a bitch. I have zone parking so I had to buy a city sticker before I could get my permit, even though I am getting a new car next week and will have to do it AGAIN! I also have to renew my plates and pay my insurance. Hate.

[kouzoufuyutsuki.livejournal.com]

I had to peel off about 5 university parking stickers one year. It turns out that the glue they use has an unlikely foe: isopropyl alcohol. The folks who sold me the stickers actually gave me the thought to use the alcohol pad to get off the glue. After the alcohol, I applied a bit of windex for that squeeky clean feeling.