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Tom
January 10th, 2015, 08:23 AM
My dl expires on Monday. The Longmont DL office is notorious for horrendous service. Anyone know of one to the North of Denver with shorter wait times and better service so I can get it renewed?

Can't do it by mail or online as I did that last time.
flashboiler
January 10th, 2015, 08:57 AM
Make an appointment. You walk in with 50 people in line and in about 5 min they call your name.

at least that's how it worked for me.
RidgeRunner
January 10th, 2015, 10:34 AM
Make an appointment. You walk in with 50 people in line and in about 5 min they call your name.

at least that's how it worked for me.

This. Worked for me last time too.
Jim
January 10th, 2015, 11:28 AM
Huh - didn't know of the appointment option!! SWEET

FoCo, last I went, wasn't terribly long for a wait.
Tom
January 10th, 2015, 11:47 AM
Make an appointment. You walk in with 50 people in line and in about 5 min they call your name.

at least that's how it worked for me.1st available appts. are two months out. Grace period is only 30 days.
Max
January 10th, 2015, 01:03 PM
Get there first thing in the morning on the slowest day of the week.
Tom
January 10th, 2015, 01:26 PM
Get there first thing in the morning on the slowest day of the week.Don't know what the slowest day of the week is, but yeh definately 10 min before they open.
ZukiTony
January 10th, 2015, 02:58 PM
I have always had good success with the one in Golden. It is a bit of a drive but there is never much of a wait.
fredrok
January 10th, 2015, 11:45 PM
Yea, the Jeffco Taj Mahal generally isn't too bad. Avoid Mondays (doesn't help you now) and Fridays and avoid first thing in the am, lunch and end of the day.

Advice straight from the DMV horse's mouth....
newracer
January 11th, 2015, 12:03 PM
I have heard that the office out at I-25 and 119 is not usually busy.
alexb
January 12th, 2015, 02:05 PM
Here's what I did when I needed to renew at the Longmont office.

1. Show up
2. Curse that the line is so long and take a seat for a long, long wait (2 hours?)
3. Listen to their audio loop about the dmv and what documents you need. I heard about online renewal.
4. Pull out my smart phone and renew online, from the DMV. http://www.dmv.org/co-colorado/renew-license.php
5. Leave after 10 minutes there and get my license in the mail a week or two later.


From the state online renewal guidelines:

OnlineTo be eligible to renew your CO driver’s license online, you’ll need to meet all of the following requirements:


You are a U.S. citizen.
You are over 21 years old.
You are under 65 years old.
Your regular adult CO driver’s license is valid OR expired less than 1 year ago.
You received your current driver’s license in person, or have not renewed online the past 2 renewals.
You’ve had an eye exam with an optometrist within the last 3 years.
Your name has not changed.
The DMV has your Social Security number (SSN) on file.
You are not required to take a written or road test.
You have no medical restrictions, outstanding tickets, or pending actions on file.
You have not submitted any bad checks to the Colorado DMV.
RidgeRunner
January 12th, 2015, 02:36 PM
Can't do it by mail or online as I did that last time.

From first post.
alexb
January 12th, 2015, 04:04 PM
Tom previously posted:
"Can't do it by mail or online as I did that last time."

From first post.

Clearly I can't read... :( Also, they apparently keep changing the rules because I had a 10 year license and renewed online and now it says that's disallowed.

Good luck Tom!
alexb
January 12th, 2015, 04:19 PM
And I found this....



You may renew online or by mail two times in a row if your photograph is less than 10 years old


I've renewed once online, but my photo is now ~11 years old so I'll have to go in person next time.