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Originally Posted by Noah930 View Post
but FWIW, in CA it's the seller's responsibility to smog the car prior to sale. So--to a certain extent--this is not your friend's problem. Realistically, looking at the costs involved (replacing a cat in a $500 car), I'd say keep looking.
Yes, that's another part of the deal that stinks which I forgot to mention. The guy wants to sell the car as a "parts car" to get around the smog. I know about the pre-sale smog, but I had never heard the "dealer must install the cat" thing before.
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