RE: Ca (80) Quattros

[c a l i b a n <caliban@sharon.net>]

	i too brought in a car from colorado to california.
	passed smog with absolute flying colors.

On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Buchholz, Steven wrote:

]> Does anyone know if there are major differences between the California and
]> 49-state 1988 80 quattros? I might be moving to the left coast and need to
]> know if it's worth bringing a non-ca car into compliance; both wrt cost
]> and
]> hassle.
]> 
]As long as your car has all of the standard emissions related equipment you
]should have no problem at all bringing your car into California and
]registering it here.  There was a difference at one time between the
]49-states and California cars, but that is rarely true today.  The only
]issue is that in order to fuel the bureaucracy in Sacramento unless your car
]has an emissions sticker (under the hood) that says that it meets California
]requirements you will have to pay a $300 smog impact "fee" [read: tax].  I
]believe that the emissions testing in parts of Colorado today is actually
]more strict than it is in California in some ways.  When I brought the '91
]V8 in from Colorado last year I didn't even check the state of the spark
]plugs or change the oil (my usual process before having a smog test) and the
]smog tech actually remarked that the car is one of the claenest he'd seen
]for a while ...
]
]HTH, and feel free to contact me if you have any other questions about
]bringing a car here ...
]
]Steve Buchholz
]San Jose, CA (USA)
]


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