Be Warned All Rotories!
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From: 3rd rock from the sun
hm... actually when i went to a meeting with a couple of people from the BAR and actually asked them about this. Heres what he had to say...
They do have smog check check points on the road however they were not to catch ilegally modified cars. They simply ask you if youve have your car fail smog then repiared. If the answer is yes... they ask you when, and ask you if youd like to volunteer to get it resmoged for free to see how well of a reapir the shop perfomed. Lately a lot of shops have just been throwing cats on cars to get them to pass and if u try to remog it a couple of months later... it will most likely fail. Those shops get penalized for impropper repairs.
I was asked to volunteer to smog cars on the road but i said no thanks. However you guys are in socal and they would do some **** like that. We norcal peeps should not worry about this
They do have smog check check points on the road however they were not to catch ilegally modified cars. They simply ask you if youve have your car fail smog then repiared. If the answer is yes... they ask you when, and ask you if youd like to volunteer to get it resmoged for free to see how well of a reapir the shop perfomed. Lately a lot of shops have just been throwing cats on cars to get them to pass and if u try to remog it a couple of months later... it will most likely fail. Those shops get penalized for impropper repairs.
I was asked to volunteer to smog cars on the road but i said no thanks. However you guys are in socal and they would do some **** like that. We norcal peeps should not worry about this
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From: Chino Hills, CA
And what happens if you refuse the "free' test? Or agree, but then fail it for some stupid reason?
The less interaction withthe BAR, the better, in my book - - and I run legal!
The less interaction withthe BAR, the better, in my book - - and I run legal!
dj aztek
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From: lake elsinore ca
SOME SAY....
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From: ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 15FWY, NEAR THE 215
arizona is a **** hole. just because u dont have smog laws doesnt make ur state any better than ours. california has laws, arizona has diabetes. fair trade
I moved to Gilbert AZ in 07 and moved back 6 months later. Nothing to do. seems like scottsdale or phoenix was the place to be but either way...... boring. I'll take the risk of smog check points for living in a place where you can snowboard and go the the beach in the same day if you wanted to.
Sacramento does not conduct roll up smog checks, i live in sac, they do it a different way. one of my hook ups got busted cause he traded his is300 for a ls1 powered volvo wagon that needed smog, he ran a smog station, so he forged the results, went to renew registration and got slapped with it being a undercover sting car owned by the popo's.
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From: Germany
I'm from So Cal (riverside) but right now im in Germany (go Army lol). I know if i take my car back to CA ill get pulled over in 3 seconds flat. the exhaust system i have is legal here in Germany, but not in CA (tears). maybe ill have to go to Arizona.
sorry buddy, but prepare youself. arizona was 1 of the 23 states involved in the discussions of bringing california laws into the rest of the country. this talk about your state not having any laws is pretty much null and void. by the end of 2015, every state is supposed to have smog checking in some manner.
Lloyd
Lloyd
I just got my smog check. Better than average smog for an '87 vehicle. But I still have to get it smogged every year 'cuz of fools like you guys :P. Says right on my registration that's why; high smog profile for my vehicle model.
