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I know that I could do a search, but I'm lazy today. Does a car have to be re-tested when the ownership is transferred? If I pick up that TII and decide to drive it I may register it in my GF's name here in CA instead of in NY.

Any time a car is sold or transfered it is required to be smogged unless it has been recently smogged in the last 60 or 90 days, I forget which. It's the seller's responsibility to smog the car.

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Originally Posted by turbo dan' date='Oct 22 2002, 05:19 PM

Any time a car is sold or transfered it is required to be smogged unless it has been recently smogged in the last 60 or 90 days, I forget which. It's the seller's responsibility to smog the car.

Ok, thanks Dan. I'm thinking that maybe I'll keep any RX-7 I use registered in NY. It gives me diplomatic immunity. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/BURNOUT.gif

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Originally Posted by 13BAce' date='Oct 22 2002, 07:31 PM

[quote name='turbo dan' date='Oct 22 2002, 05:19 PM']Any time a car is sold or transfered it is required to be smogged unless it has been recently smogged in the last 60 or 90 days, I forget which. It's the seller's responsibility to smog the car.

Ok, thanks Dan. I'm thinking that maybe I'll keep any RX-7 I use registered in NY. It gives me diplomatic immunity. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/BURNOUT.gif[/quote]

I think the way the laws are though whatever car the state is registered in, you have to follow that state's inspection laws. So if you feel like driving from cali to NY every year or 2 for inspection.......

My plan right now is to get a few people together to buy just enough land in PA to put a mailbox post. Thisway we can reg. our cars there, have cheap insurance, ect.

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Originally Posted by turbovr6' date='Oct 22 2002, 05:53 PM

[quote name='13BAce' date='Oct 22 2002, 07:31 PM'][quote name='turbo dan' date='Oct 22 2002, 05:19 PM']Any time a car is sold or transfered it is required to be smogged unless it has been recently smogged in the last 60 or 90 days, I forget which. It's the seller's responsibility to smog the car.

hell yeah.. ill give 20 buck towards a pa mailbox lol damn ny insurace bullshit

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Originally Posted by 90_GTU_jeremy' date='Oct 22 2002, 06:00 PM

hell yeah.. ill give 20 buck towards a pa mailbox lol damn ny insurace bullshit

In some states you can just use a PO box, but I never confirmed that. My friend registers his car in FL, and it's really cheap.

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Originally Posted by turbo dan' date='Oct 22 2002, 05:19 PM

Any time a car is sold or transfered it is required to be smogged unless it has been recently smogged in the last 60 or 90 days, I forget which. It's the seller's responsibility to smog the car.

really, oh **** im screwed

This whole smog thing here is a real pain in the ass.

I thinking about getting a spare motor and keep it as a "smog" motor just to swap out when needed. I don't have so many mods now that I can't ready the car in a day for a test but one of my cars will be getting rebuilt soon and I don't want to build it back stock.

i had a whole car for smogs, it used to to every rotary with a distributor.

if you need, i know a shop that doesnt care about the visual, as long as it passes out the pipe, its cool

mike