What Sachit Thinks

I own a Santro car, that has been immaculately maintained ever since I bought it in 2003. Love the car. While trying to renew the car's insurance, I was told that I would need to renew the vehicle registration (or RC book as its commonly known), since the registration validity is only for 15 years. So here's what I went through. Hope it helps anyone who want to renew their registration. It's also called the fitness certificate. 1. I went to the RTO website and noted down the requirements, listed here . 2. I first called the RTO (Yelahanka) to find out if this could be done online. They said no, I need to go there in person, along with my car. And that the process takes about 30 minutes. 3. So I went on a Monday morning, and the whole process took about three hours. And it was exasperating! 4. There's always somethings they never tell you upfront. They materialize slowly. 5. First, one needs a 'paper file' to keep all the documents in one place. On...