So yesterday I planned to rush over to the DMV bright and early and stand in a short line (since it’s so early in the morning) to get my paperwork done REAL QUICK! Yeah right. So I got to the Redwood City DMV at 8:20am… I left at 12:30pm (4hrs later) because I was going to be late for a staff meeting. Yeah that’s right, I didn’t even finish what I was there to do!

One more time… 4 hours later I had accomplished NOTHING!

So today I tried my luck again. This time I knew the Fremont DMV wasn’t opening untill 8:30am (yesterday they opened at 7:30am which was part of the problem). My plan: get there BEFORE opening, stand in line as if I were waiting for Britney Spears tickets, get out of there in 2 hours.

So I got there at 8:00am sharp. What time did I leave? 8:45am. What the… yeah, so there was that much difference. So let’s recap:

Tuesday morning
-Redwood City DMV
-50min after opening
-4hr wait and nothing accomplished
Wed morning:
-Fremont DMV
-30min before opening
-45min and I’m done

Now to make this even more absurd, I checked the average wait times for those 2 offices. On Tuesday morning the average wait time at the Redwood City DMV was 4hr30min. Even better, the Hayward DMV had an average wait time for 6hr10min. The Fremont DMV? 1hr10min.

In case you’re at all curious, here’s a list of California DMV offices where you can pick your favorite office, and during the day check what the wait times are like. BTW, the average wait times if I had made an appointment? 2mins… but the earliest appointment tends to be 3-4 weeks away.