quote:Originally posted by Joules5:quote:Originally posted by Murph:
David,
A smog shop no matter how nefarious they are will not be able to give you what you want.
Your car is not registered in CA and thus not in the system there is no connection for them to issue you a smog certificate. You will need to go through the BAR sticker registration process that I linked to in my previous post.
I know this is not what you want to hear but I went through this process with several post 1975 imported vehicles. The only option around this is to register outside CA. You will see grey market exotics Boxers, Countachs etc... down here with Oregon plates. California makes it very hard to own imported vehicles like ours.
I am not in CA but wonder whether that is really true as it implies that any car not previously registered in CA cannot get a smog certificate and I doubt that is true. Either DMV gets the VIN in the system first and you go for smog or the smog station manually enters it. Here in NV you need a smog prior to going to DMV so the station manually enters out of state vehicle details.
There are loads of Oregon plated cars here in Reno, I'm told OR registration costs are very low.
Julian
If the Montana thing works out ok, but two things come to mind.
First, vehicles registered to a business rather then an individual pay Commercial insurance rates. That is usually around 300% more the an individuals insurance.
Second, make sure what the states minimum corporate income tax is for that state.
In NY, the minimum tax would be $950, whether or not the corporation had any business or not.
The attorneys here don't refer to it as an income tax, which it is, they refer to it as a franchise fee.