@JR_1979 posted:You said 7 weeks, but I think you're referring to the whole phone/email/physical process combined?
Yes JR, 7-8 weeks for the "whole" BAR process. When I got to the point of actually making a face-to-face appointment with the spyder, I did BEG and got an appointment the next day!
However, I did have to drive 120 miles round trip to chase the open appointment. But after 5 months, that was small potatoes -- and it was a nice day.
Interestingly, we (my wife and I) got to the BAR Referee about 50 minutes early. There was nobody in line ahead of us and nobody came in behind us. We were the ONLY car in the parking lot the whole time we were there. So stalling around for 7-8 weeks isn't because the Referees are backed up. In our case the Referee was available on a next-day basis.
In fact every step (VIN inspection at CHP, Brake and Light inspection, and BAR inspection) was done within a few days of making each appointment. The other 5 months was spent in black holes of time waiting for the "bureaucratic administrative process" to wind its way through the ether.
JR: If all your info was emailed to the BAR a week and a half ago, you should get notification by email within the next week or two from BAR with a phone number to call and make appointment for final Referee inspection (which in my case I made for the next day). Also in my case, I was able to barge into the DMV without an appointment on by way home from BAR Referee and complete the final Title changeover, same day.