Car Registration at FTI LTO

Last week was the first time we had our car registered. It was an experience we won’t forget as what was supposed to be accomplished for just a few hours dragged on to about two days.

We went to FTI LTO to get the requirements needed for the registration. First, we went to pay for our car insurance. We paid P850 for TPL insurance which I think was overpriced. Since it was our first time we had no choice but to pay it. Next we have to pay for the emission test. The emission test will test the carbon dioxide emitted by your car and determine if it is below dangerous levels. Although our car is already old it passed the emission test with flying colors. Of course, we have to pay for this too. We paid P410 for the emission test.

Next, we have to get the chassis and engine number of the car in a process called stenciling. It was a quick and easy process and we just paid the person who helped us P20.

Then with the papers finally complete we went to the evaluator to pass our papers. I thought we would be done by the end of the day but they suddenly announced their system went offline. All the jobs were halted at the LTO office since they can’t use the computer. We waited for an hour before deciding to go home.

The next day we came back but the system was still offline. So we went around to look for ford mustang accessories for a friend to pass the time. By the time we went back at 2pm the system was thankfully already online but the number of people has already doubled. So we have to wait a total of three more hours just to get our sticker.

I hope they do something to fix the system outages permanently so next year we won’t encounter the same problem.