[urq] California Vehicle Registration Law

[Andrew]

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It sounds as though you brought the car into the state ... correct?  Funny,
for some reason I thought that you bought your car from someone in
California.  You have to be very careful ... I'm pretty sure that California
law requires that you need to notify the DMV within 10 days of bringing a
car into the state.  Make sure you fully understand the rules before doing
anything official at the DMV.
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Trust me, they will hit you with a penalty for every day you did not notify
them of the car in the state. As Steve says, you have 10 days to notify
them...then the penalty starts. They'll get that info from the bill of sale.


As for modified cars, I'll know more after the V8 project is 100% complete.
You don't take it to a smog shop, as Steve states, you take it to a smog
referee, who goes over the car and makes sure you took ALL of the original
car's emission controls with you when you swapped. Then they register the
car as the model year of the engine. 2Bennett has taken a great deal of care
to get the V8 conversion right from a smog standpoint. For example the '98
A8s have a connection to the fuel filler door with a pump that samples the
air in the fuel filler neck. '97s do not have this. So a '97 motor is most
desireable. Do your research before you swap a motor in California.

Andrew Finney
1985 UrQ V8.