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Originally Posted by djdsc
The less the testing station knows about a Porsche the better. Choose wisely.
Good luck!
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I have a 49-state 99 Miata bought from a Bay area used car dealer - passed Ok
a year later it came up for smog test & failed due to visual - no CARB tag on the header which had previously been OK'd as exempt 'cuz it was a 49-stete car
- cost me $600 for replacement manifold parts to make it CARB legal, not to mention the labor & testing fees
as above - FIND a Porsche shop that has a friendly relationship with a SMOG Test guy that will listen to them for "advice"
- then every 2 yrs go back to the same outfit - just pay the money
problem is that the CA rules get changed during every legislative session
- the BAR clean air anti vehicle bicycle rider crowd wants all our cars off the road
so 2 yrs from now your car might get scrutiny against new rules that it previously was not required originally to meet
lately - we are seeing complaints from 3.2 carerra owners that their cars are not passing - even tho they passed for yrs b'4
yeah - keep it registered in ME if you can - the only risk to that is if the CHP catches you doing 135 on the 405 some night and you have a CA drivers License & a ME car in the exact same name
that's why my Porsche is reg in NV
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