[Porsche-O-Phile]

Thinking about this some more...

Years ago I ran into a similar issue with my car (registered in Massachusetts). The car really was out of state (Florida) since I was attending school down there and I was unable to get the state inspection sticker normally required to get the registration renewed. I filled out a similar form which did allow me to get the registration, but it came with a stipulation that the car HAD TO BE inspected within 7 days of re-entering the state (punishable by all kinds of nasty stuff). I eventually did bring the car back to MA and had it inspected like I was supposed to. I wonder if the CA "exemption" being discussed here comes with a similar stipulation? If so, I suspect you could be setting yourself up for nasty surprises... Lots of automated license-plate checker things on police cars now, etc.