Hi Bruce (tenfoot ) ,
Thank you for the kind words you said

I appreciated reading them ....
Yes, when I saw the new offer in the e mail Cakewalk sent out , it pretty much made my day ...
Today when I went to DMV to re-register my two vehicles and renew my drivers license I was having an absolute blast

A couple of the females that worked there were even flirting with me ....that Cakewalk e mail I got today sure put me a real good mood and it seems to have done wonders for my love life ...
Please Cakewalk send me more e mails . You have done for me what I could not of done for myself in that one area of my life

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The main reason why I brought this whole thing up is because I wasn't sure if I had to smog my car this year ...
The county where I live in WA has a thing where if for any reason your vehicle does not pass the State emissions you then have go to a DMV approved Auto Shop and pay the shop to prove to DMV that you tried to fix your car ...
That will get you a wavier good for 2 years .....
This whole thing reminds me exactly of how the Music Biznez can operate depending on where you are in the food chain ....
Essentially what I will end up doing is driving my car over to a DMV approved shop , hand the fella behind the counter a couple of papers that say's my car failed the smog check .
If he's in a good mood that day he may decide to offer me a free cup of coffee .
He may even pop the hood of my car ....then we negotiate a price between $150 to $200 ....
I will then hand the guy almost $200 dollars for the honor of him filling out a receipt that I can bring over to DMV to prove that I tried to fix my car
If I even need air in my tires it's gonna cost me extra

I'm not kidding man ...they wont fix nothing .....
That is unless we hit the mid $300 + range ...( this is my 3 rd rodeo w this whole song and dance )
SO Yeah , I think Cakewalk is offering me a great deal ..Lifetime updates for $199 ....
I'm very happy with SONAR ..I have total confidence that Cakewalk is gonna give me more than what I'm paying for ....
They always have
If I didn't have to jump through this little extra hoop w the car I would have upgraded my SONAR to lifetime today .....
thanks folks for listening ,
Kenny