Hey bro, I've had my car since Jan '02. Still no plates. I just keep the car looking as clean (new) as possible.

 

that's hilarious!! i take it you haven't contacted DMV to remedy the situation? so what're you going to say when the officer asks you for license & registration? also, when you claim that you don't have your registration/plates yet, how will you respond to the inevitable "how long have you had the car?" question?

 

I have current plates and registration of course. I just dont put the plates on. Random people can get your info off plates, and besides if a cop wants to know my plate # all he has to do is pull me over and ask. (Surprisingly I have never been pulled over for no plates yet).

I do this to avoid those retarded "red light cameras" and other stupid photo-enforced B.S like these smog sensors.

 

Yeah, I got a buddy who does that. The thing is, if a cop does pull you over for anything, you can recieve an additional fine for not displaying your plates, especially for how long you have owned your car. Just FYI.

Fingers crossed for you for your good luck so far

 

I'm 100% with you.

 

i've seen the same van with several tri-pods set up at the Watt Avenue southbound / 50 East on-ramp in sacramento several times.

 

so any sightings of these vans in the bay area yet? i'd like to see one of them!

 

I wouldn't =p

 

See van, pass at 90 creating vacuum sucking clean air from behind van into sensors, causing wind that knocks them over and damages them, slow to 65 to pass the chp...
or not worry about it at all cause you have cats.

The wackiest part of this whole idea, is that at highway speeds the smog test laws dont always apply, the rules are like for idle, 2500 rpm, and now accelerating under low load to 15mph in 2nd and then 25mph(up to 3000rpm for our cars). If you are flooring it even in a stock car at 80, you could blow enough to trigger it, then they dyno you and you pass and sue them for wasting your time and being stupid.
It would probably kill this whole system if all stock cars floor it when passing them, get dyno'd and pass, and complain.

 

Oh I'd love to take a wrecking ball to the C.A.R.B. building, with everyone inside.

These guys are too stupid to affect real change to our environment...

Oh and about the dealer plates, I had mine on my '02 WRX for over a year...

 

I met a chick about 5 years ago that worked for CARB, I used to yell at her all the time for her department being stupid.

If they do start the roadside checks, that would be a big bonus, as hopefully it will cut down on the anual smogs, or I am hoping thats the direction they are headed

if you see signs, coast on by if you are that worried.

 

hmm... I will be moving to a OBDII state in 2006.

Cheers

Nick

 

uh your in one now

 

Sorry I meant in a State that conducts their emissions via the OBDII port info and not via money making schemes like CA.

Regards

Nick

 

Just a heads up

Until January 1, 2005, private passenger vehicles registered in urbanized areas of California are required to submit a smog certificate every other year at the time of vehicle registration; vehicles four model years old or newer are exempt, and their owners pay a $6 annual smog-abatement fee instead.

Beginning January 1, 2005, vehicles six model years old or newer will be exempt from the smog-check requirement and will be assessed a $12 annual smog-abatement fee. The additional revenue will fund the Moyer Program, which subsidizes emission-reduction programs for high-polluting diesel engines such as locomotives, ships, large trucks, and agricultural equipment. The goal of the program is laudable, but the Auto Club opposed the proposal because charging motorists who drive newer vehicles to clean up highly polluting industrial diesel engines violates the state's constitution.

Also effective January 1, 2005, vehicles four years old or newer will be exempt from the change-of-ownership smog-check requirement and its attendant fee. Instead, their owners will be assessed an additional $8 transfer fee. This change will increase state revenues without increasing overall costs for motorists. Revenues will help the Bureau of Automotive Repair pay for the costs of administering the Smog Check program. The Auto Club did not oppose this change.