Better off looking in Startford, CT. Bridgeport is a terrible dump

It might be a little noisy with the hospital nearby, and Harding High isn't far, so there will be some teenage shenanigans in the area, but otherwise, it's fine. It's far enough to the East.

Hey now. Couldn't grow nutmeg if it was a barren wasteland

Yeah, because hospitals can't be outsourced to China.

And actually the grocery store distribution around here fascinates me. "Space is always the issue" seems valid at times but there are some big stores in tight places. No Aldis west of Fairfield. "Well that's Fairfield County for ya" seems valid but ShopRite is more of an eyesore and the quality differential with Aldi is immaterial in my opinion.

You maybe in for an unexpected world of hurt. If the vehicle was uninsured and not registered, they my fine you for each day the car was on the road unregistered/ uninsured. And to boot, it will go against the registered owner’s license until the fines are paid before you can register another car in the state. They may suspend your license as well until everything is satisfied. It’s disheartening to read such a blatant disregard to ensure your vehicle was road worthy via inspections and no insurance.

Did you get any kind of paperwork that you no longer own it?

https://portal.ct.gov/dmv/vehicle-services/cancel-registration-plates?language=en_US

Cancel your registration. Towns get their information from DMV. Maybe wouldn't hurt to notify your town's assessor also

But where and how

I do!

Turn in your plates/cancel the registration.

Daniel Bielert at Coldwell Banker in Southington is who I used last year and he was very reputable, patient and knowledgeable in my opinion. Feel free to tell him that Katy referred you to him on Reddit if you want :) 860-628-2212

Use Redfin. Basically the realtor does not get a commission (they are salary and get a bonus per sale). You do more of the searching of houses but you have a lot more control of the process.

I recently bought a house through them and way easier and nicer than the realtors I was originally using who dropped me after 4 showings (about 2 weeks or so of showings).

I'm not an expert on it but I'd guess shipbuilding back in the day is what started it. Lots of wood and a fair amount of rivers to yeet the wood into.

I grew up eligible for and on free lunch. I think lunches should be free for all. The stigma around it and all of the lunch debt shame stuff is horrible.

That said, my entitled ass foodie kids hated when lunch went free and were happy when it went to paid again because the quality and selection was much worse. They brought lunch from home almost exclusively when the lunches were free.

I forgot to renew my registration one time and I woke up to find my car gone (I had been living at an apartment complex at the time). It was towed away in the middle of the night. I was convinced it was stolen. Came to find it was because my registration was expired. I was more pissed about the apartment complex allowing towing companies to take your car in the middle of the night.

So yeah, always remember to pay your registration fees.

From your wording, you didn’t know it wasn’t registered for 5 years? Have you had mail from state DMV? It seems weird for a car to potentially be repossessed unless you have had previous notice and just ignored it. An unregistered car especially one you are constantly using is…bold.

Manufacturing in CT has seen a renaissance. Although the state has remained a financial center- with growth in healthcare and education manufacturing has returned- not the heavy machinery of the past- but more of a specialized 21st century manufacturing. The state never strongly participated in the high tech internet wave of the last 20 years . Those regions that put all their eggs in tech are now seeing job losses.

If someone reports it they will

It sounds like your car was stolen. The cops wouldn't just tow a parked unregistered vehicle.

You didn’t know that your registration paperwork was either expired or missing? And that you hadn’t paid for it in years…? You’re lucky you weren’t pulled over. You’d have had your vehicle towed on the spot and some trouble with the police for sure.

I have never had AAA check my registration. Not their job.

While I agree use of the road needs to be legal, owning a parked unregistered car should not result in its theft. Cops should pull them over ON the road and arrest / ticket / impound then.

OP - unless you got notice of its impending impoundment, file a police report as it was stolen.

About five years ago the CT dmv got a new computer system and dropped a letter from my VIN when moving my car to the new system. I got a letter saying they screwed up, was told to return a slip with a check for registration, and all would be fine. I did this.

All was not fine. Ii turns out I never got another registration notice and ended up driving the car with invalid plates for over three years. I finally noticed that only our other car was getting tax bills and registration notices, so I got the first car emissions tested and re-registered it with a new plate last summer.

But what does this have to do with your car being stolen? Are you saying someone repossessed it? For this registration issue?

You can reregister your car but I think if it hasn’t been registered in 2 or more years it needs to go through an inspection

Have you ever heard of the Martingale Technique for playing Roulette? The idea is that you sit near a table and wait for it to red or black a certain number of times, then bet on the opposite color. The longer it lands on one or the other, the more likely it will flip.

But wait! This is based on the human conceit that the odds get better over time. They do not, the odds of the table going red or black at any given time are always 50% (slightly less for roulette). You're no better off waiting.

So you see, the odds of the cops catching up to you were always 50%, even though it seemed like over time things had swung in your favor.