Sounds like you had a really rough day. My husband is from Virginia and he always had to go through the inspection mess. Lots of cussing on those days. Thankfully in TN there aren't any inspections, you only have one license plate for the back, and you can renew online for $24.00 a year. I lived in 3 different states and always kept TN tags just so I didn't have to deal with inspections and having to have a second license plate for the front and double the fees.