{"id":17489,"date":"2026-10-21T10:35:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T17:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=17489"},"modified":"2026-10-21T10:35:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T17:35:54","slug":"faster-deq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=17489","title":{"rendered":"Faster DEQ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"17490\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=17490\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2026\/10\/image-5.png?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2026\/10\/image-5.png?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2026\/10\/image-5.png?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2026\/10\/image-5.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2026\/10\/image-5.png?resize=360%2C270&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2026\/10\/image-5.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oregon DMV and DEQ times were horrendous during COVID. They&#8217;ve improved but are still not as good as they were before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s 3 ways to make your DMV\/DEQ experience experience better:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dmv2u.oregon.gov\/eServices\/_\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/dmv2u.oregon.gov\/eServices\/_\/\">Schedule an appointment with the DMV<\/a> for your paperwork. I can attest this is the best way to go if you need anything from the DMV.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/deq\/vehicle-inspection\/pages\/web-cameras.aspx\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/deq\/vehicle-inspection\/pages\/web-cameras.aspx\">DEQ clean air testing webcams<\/a> to see how long the lines are in realtime. Saves you from driving over and realizing you&#8217;ll never make it through over lunchtime.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to a <a href=\"https:\/\/deqtoo.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/deqtoo.org\/\">DEQToo station instead<\/a>. These are alternate locations (car repair shops, gas stations, oil change shops, etc) that can run DEQ tests. You still need your entire DMV registration renewal form with sections 1 (insurance information) and 2 (signature of owner) completed\u00a0to receive renewal tags.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"430\" height=\"219\" data-attachment-id=\"17491\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=17491\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2026\/10\/image-6.png?fit=430%2C219&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"430,219\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2026\/10\/image-6.png?fit=430%2C219&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2026\/10\/image-6.png?resize=430%2C219&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2026\/10\/image-6.png?w=430&amp;ssl=1 430w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2026\/10\/image-6.png?resize=300%2C153&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oregon DMV and DEQ times were horrendous during COVID. They&#8217;ve improved but are still not as good as they were before. There&#8217;s 3 ways to make your DMV\/DEQ experience experience better:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-automotive","category-cool"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4WECr-4y5","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17492,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17489\/revisions\/17492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}