I bought my '02 WRX in March '02. I just got my '06 registration bill... no smog check required. Huh? 4 years, right? Or, maybe its supposed to be the 4th registration payment not including the original title year (which would then make the first required smog check for '07) or something like that? Is it in full calendar years and not exact years registered? Did I get lucky on someone's error?

Anyone other '02 owners get the same?

jason

 

have an '02 and just got my registration renewal slip, which DOES NOT require smog either. i thought it was weird too, but I ain't complaining. my ride would pass, but saves me the hassle + $$$ of getting the check done.

 

well I think it has something to do with the last digit/character on your lisence plate.

I think its odd plate #'s get smogged in even #'d years and even plate #'s get smogged in odd #'d years.

I don't know where the letter T falls in though

 

Its because Arnold changed the smog laws. 2001+ model year cars are exempt for like 6 or 7 years. You just have to pay a smog abatement fee.

 

This is the same gub'ner that nixes exemptions for kits and replicas. Apparently some lobbyist out there has more $$$ than SEMA.

Guess I'll have to sell my WRX before '08 and get something else!

 

It got bumped to 6 years.

The abatement fee (which already existed) also got bumped from $6 to $12 (or something like that).

My 2001 WRX hasn't needed smog yet either. I think my car's first smog will be required for its 2007 registration renewal.

 

http://www.smogcheck.ca.gov/StdPage....ck/doineed.htm

"Beginning January 1, 2005, vehicles 6 or less model-years old will be exempt from the biennial Smog Check inspection requirement. For vehicles with registration renewals due in the 2005 calendar year, this exemption includes model-years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. "

 

Come April and my WRX will be 5 years old. Yikes. 1 more year.

 

my moms camaro is a 2000 and had to be smogged last year and then again this year ... some sort of random drawing they have along with random drawings for going to a smog only station when youre smog time does come around.

 

i got my 03 in aug 02... is it by year you got it or model year?

 

Model year.

 

wish i would have read into this topic earlier, me being a smog tech i could have answered these questions easily. sorry guys
p.s.
pm me with other smog questions and i will attempt to answer them the best of my knowledge

 

quick question, is it true that 04s dont have smog till 2010?

 

yup, six years so if your manufacter date is '04 then it would be 2010

 

nm...i still gotta smog my POS 01 RS when i sell it...argh wtf is the difference...i dont have to smog it when it comes to renewing registration, but i have to smog it when i transfer the title...pretty homo if u ask me