California: What to do after you purchased your Type R out-of-state?

[rivers2mathews]

When they inspect the car at the DMV do they care about your tint percentage and lack of front license plate, etc.? What exactly do they do when they inspect it?

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[romuhhhr]

When they inspect the car at the DMV do they care about your tint percentage and lack of front license plate, etc.? What exactly do they do when they inspect it?

Just purely emissions.

 

[rivers2mathews]

Just purely emissions.

Excellent. Thank you!

 

[dasb44]

• Go to that lady I mentioned in San Jose (off of Stevens Creek/ Winchester). She'll take care of your VIN Verification for you. Best $25 you'll ever spend.
• Go with All American Trucking and Transport in Burlingame (Bay Area Company- all 5 stars with 400 reviews). Ask for Patrick Connor
• Avoid the Montways, Direct Ship, etc. companies. Heard too many horror stories and their reviews are all over the board and inconsistent.
• Go to my buddy Francis Bui in Sunnyvale for a $38 Smog check but before you do, run a drive-cycle on the vehicle. Do the following Honda Drive Cycle on your new car or else it will fail the test for sure.
  • https://antiochstarsmogcheck.com/honda-acura-drive-cycle/#:~:text=Drive Cycle for the Honda,car idle for 20 seconds.&text=Rev the engine to 2000,50-60mph for 20 minutes.

Read my Yelp reviews for more info below on where to go. Where exactly in the Bay Area are you located?

https://www.yelp.com/biz/auto-registrar-san-jose-4
https://www.yelp.com/biz/all-american-trucking-and-transport-inc-burlingame
https://www.yelp.com/biz/sunnyvale-discount-smog-star-certified-check-station-sunnyvale

I've had my car for almost 3 weeks now and the stupid-ass DMV folks wanted to see a copy of my sales contract before they could release the registration to my Credit Union rep. My rep has already presented to them the Smog test certificate, MSO, VIN Verification, but they're being stupid and asking for more information than what's really required.

He's trying again tomorrow to provide them with this info so that he can finally get my sticker/plates the same day at that DMV location. In the meantime, they game me one of those temporary papers with the number in large font that you stick on the window. It's good for 30 days of driving without the registration/sticker while it's still being processed.

Thanks for your post. I got my car yesterday and went to Shar to do the registration and Sunnyvale discount smog to smog the car today. Everything is smooth. Shar is able to do all the DMV work for me so that I don't have to go to DMV to experience the infamous DMV wait time during this pandemic time.

 

[MrTuckers]

Thanks for your post. I got my car yesterday and went to Shar to do the registration and Sunnyvale discount smog to smog the car today. Everything is smooth. Shar is able to do all the DMV work for me so that I don't have to go to DMV to experience the infamous DMV wait time during this pandemic time.

Congrats!! I hope you enjoy your car and I’m glad everything went smooth for you!!

 

[rivers2mathews]

I just got off the phone with someone at the CA DMV and they said I don't need to smog the car. Seems to go against everything I've read here. Was the rep just uninformed?

 

[longthaitran91]

After reading all of the posts, California seems like a different country because they have unnecessary strict emission standards. Seems like every car will fail smog and exhaust there

 

[danfg2]

First of all, you need to pass smog here in CA before you can register it. Then my assumption after that is you'll have do it again after 6 years just like a brand new car.

I bought my used 2019 Si in May 2020 and never had to get it smogged. I just renewed my registration 2 weeks ago and didn't need to get it smogged. All I had to do was pay a smog abatement fee and thats it.

 

[danfg2]

I just got off the phone with someone at the CA DMV and they said I don't need to smog the car. Seems to go against everything I've read here. Was the rep just uninformed?

People just don't know what theyre talking about. You just pay a smog abatement fee and thats it.

 

[rivers2mathews]

I bought my used 2019 Si in May 2020 and never had to get it smogged. I just renewed my registration 2 weeks ago and didn't need to get it smogged. All I had to do was pay a smog abatement fee and thats it.

Purchased out of state, right? Would make my life easier if that's all I had to do, that's for sure.

 

[danfg2]

Purchased out of state, right? Would make my life easier if that's all I had to do, that's for sure.

No, i bought mine here in California maybe thats why I didn't have to do it. In that case if it's purchased out of state then yea you might need it get it smogged.