kaj

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*Half a dozen or so really, really good race tracks.
*I live two hours from the beach
*I live only slightly farther from LA, SF, the state capital, Yosemite
*The weather
*Race tracks
*The weather
*Race tracks

I don't mind paying extra for all that. Dealing with law enforcement's B.S. sure is trying, though. Hell, I can't even import a 25yr old car like people in the other 49 states.


When I moved from Washington, I had CHP threaten to impound my car since I had a CADL and out of state plates. They can really hassle you, if they want. Local PD too, according to him. Not that I believe everything CHP says, I have had them be completely wrong on many occasion.

LetsGetThisDone

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Yes, and if you paid attention to the midterms, all the new California transplants here did a fine job of ****ing this state with their choices in voting.

None of that outweighs the lack of freedom and reckless squandering of tax revenue. I'm already considering leaving Nevada if things don't turn around after the next eelction.

zeRep85RA

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So......have any of you thought about "moving" to a city that doesn't require smog?

Couple people in the Evo FB groups are claiming they have done it...and they have gotten their tags without a smog....

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Pal215

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It's not perfect to say the least and a lot of people who live here are actually awful, but on a day to day basis I don't personally feel any lack of freedom against anything other than my car stuff. I really did hate the curfew that some of the cities set for minors though. That really, REALLY sucked.


Please elaborate on this "moving" technique if possible. I'm interested.

kaj

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My sister used to live in a town that didn't require smog, but she wouldn't let me use her address. Now, smog isn't really my problem. I put on the cat and it passes fine. My issue is passing visual, at any other time. If an LEO decided to look under my car, right now, and see no cat, I'm busted, no matter where my car is registered. The car still has to meet smog requirements. Or so I'm told.

Lumpy Sticks

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Ever been out to Needles? They dont have smog. But its also in the middle of nowhere.... I have heard of people buying a small piece of land for next to nothing and use that as their registration address. But what happens when you get a noise violation ticket? Still has to go to a state ref.

All factory smog equipment must remain on the vehicle to be federally legal. So it must still have a cat but I dont think it says it must be an OEM cat. That meaning a 100 cell is still legal since its still a cat.

kaj

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I guess that would be better than nothing. Then again, you could hollow it out and be mostly good to go.

zeRep85RA

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Yeah unfortunately visual inspection is still a problem...

​​​​​​The people who are posting these in the groups are trying to charge people $200 to do it.

What do they do that one can't? Not sure...just change your address on the DMV site and change your ins and viola?

Need to look into it further

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zeRep85RA

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I dug up the convo my buddy had....

and she wants $350 not $200

Pal215

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Yeah, that's how much my friend pays as well with his contact. Apparently there are certain ways to get the registration for your car (which is all we really care about) without following the smog every 2 years rule. They just approve your registration and hit the snooze button on the smog requirement for your car over and over.

unkn0wn.

This is my solution for a cop getting on all 4's to see if i have a cat lol. Its a test pipe with a cat heatshield, its not fool proof but at a quick glance I would say it looks legit.

seven10

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No doubt, cops or chp are both make mistakes or bend the interpretation of the law to hassle people. In the past when I've come up against situations like that I just rolled with it and didn't confront them and then immediately got any citation thrown out after. I'd probably be more likely to argue if it came down to impounding my car on false pretenses.

kaj

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whtrice

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I ran one of those too.....but if you get pulled over the smell is a dead giveaway...

unkn0wn.

Yep, you're right. We cant win em all /: *knocks on wood*