Today brought another sad good bye. This time I was parting with a relatively new friend – my trusty car. Though I’m not a big car person, my Honda Civic has been a partner and party to many fun adventures this past year and so I am sad to part with a good friend.
As part of the plan to divest myself of most of my worldly possessions my mother is kindly giving it a good home. The process to do this is surprisingly involved. It’s not simply a matter of handing over the keys. In order for a daughter to gift a vehicle to her mother in Ontario you have to:
- Get insurance on the car in the new owners name
- Get the car “Safety Standards Certified”
- Fill out forms and find all your current paper work
- Then present it all at Service Ontario.
Of course it helps if you know all the parts and you have all the pieces of paper ready. Unfortunately, I conveniently forgot I needed to pay off the car loan first which caused some running around. Then we didn’t know about the Safety Standards Certificate so had to find a garage that could do this on the spot (this is apparently not needed when the car is transferred between spouses!).
Anyway, after a few hours of running around we got it all sorted out and my mother is now the proud owner of a new car.
After all this hard work we rewarded ourselves with a pint and some yummy food at the Brew Pub. Since they had Pooh’s Brew (which brings back lovely memories of student days) on tap this just added to the relaxation and enjoyment.