In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 14 Dec 2018 01:11:12 -0000 (UTC), arlen
holder > wrote:

>Does your OUT OF STATE vehicle (car, mc, truck) have a 49 or 50-state
>sticker?
>
>There is some disagreement on the Android/Apple newsgroups related to the
>proposed 5-year retroactive California texting tax where someone brought up
>the fact that they "thought" you could register a *new* out of state car in
>California, that you bought with fewer than 7,500 miles on the odometer.
>
>According to this reference, you can NEVER register it in California
>(if they _know_ you bought it with fewer than 7,500 miles, that is):
> <https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/brochures/fast_facts/ffvr29>
>
>Everything boils down to what the *sticker* says.
>If the sticker does not have (literally) the word California, then it's a
>goner. You can _never_ register it in California.
>
>The sticker is all they care about (it can pass emissions, and it will, but
>that's not what they care about).
>
>Since I only have California vehicles, I want to ask others out there.
>
>Does YOUR non-California vehicle literally have the word "California" in
>the emissions label?

I have no experience with this but wouldn't be suprised. New cars sold
in California have to meet its emission standards. That's how they got
rid of smog in LA. They did get rid of it, didnt' they?

So how would it be if people from California could fly to some other
state, buy a non-Cal car there, have a one- or two-week vacation drive
and end up back in california, and then register the car in Cal,
avoiding the law requiring higher emission standards.

Or, maybe they could just get dropped off right across the border and
drive 5 miles back to Cal.

Clearly 5 miles aren't enought to stop this, and the miles from a 2-week
car trip aren't enough, so what is? I say 7,500 or bust. Seventy Five
0 0 or fight.