OK SO IM GETTING SENT TO THE REFEREE AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IF I SELL MY CAR THAT THE TICKET WILL DROP. ALL I HAVE TO DO IS TELL THE JUDGE THAT I CUD NOT AFFORD THE REPAIRS SO I HAD TO SELL. ANYONE KNOW AN ANSWER ON WHETHER THIS IS TRUE OR NOT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW THANK YOU. GOT PULLED OVER FOR MODIFIED EXHUAST AND EMISSIONS, DIDNT HAVE MY INTAKE ON WEN PULLED OVER. Y? CUZ IM A DUMBASS...

 

That is true, kind of.

In California, the seller has the responsibility to smog the car before transfering ownership. So if you're trying to sell the car, whomever the new buyer is will say "Great, I'll take it - go get it smogged and I'll pay you once it passes".

And since you obviously cant get it smogged, you're pretty much stuck arent you?

If you can find a person who is willing to take the car, as is - then you're good. You can take the Bill of Sale to the judge and inform him that the car is gone. He'll certainly dismiss the ticket.

The hard part, of course, is finding someone who would be willing to buy a car that can't be smogged.

 

Thank you, just the confirmation i needed. And fast. And yes car will b sold as is

 

lol. gotta love the beautiful state of California... minus the terrible emission laws and strict law enforcment

 

Huh lol beautiful state, whack *** emission laws and very strict

 

The judge may think you're copping out, so just to be safe - you should inform him that the cost of repairing the car to pass emissions was not worth it. So you chose to sell the car instead.

In reality, you shouldnt have to provide a reason but it's best to make your story believe as opposed to saying "Yeah, I just didnt want to pay the ticket so I sold the car".

 

Don't know how much has changed in the past couple years, but when I got a REF ticket, I just waited til I got the notice in the mail and paid the fee. Went to a regular smog station and passed, then showed the judge the smog certificate and that was that..

 

my fine is 666.00 hahahaha yea wat a number, n e ways idk about n e one else but im not to thrilled about paying that much, on top of a few speeding tickets i got too. screw that

 

just change the title to one of your family members.. show the judge.. then switch it back.. LOL.. that would be funny..

 

Please learn how to use this key on your computer keyboard:

 

Ive been told it cant b family cuz they might know, but if family member has diffferent last name then i dnt see how theyll know.




And yes i know to use caps lock, as well as a few more buttons u might not know how to use. Post is just very important and urgent to me that is all

 

you have a $600+ ticket for an exhaust and emissions, yepp I am NEVER moving there my car would never pass

 

yup, and they harass us like crazy. to have a legit turbo its gotta b CARB legal, CARB legal turbo kits r very expensive, i think CARB legal edelbrock kit is like 4k+ and they r not as powerful due to emission laws of course. idk about other states but california is hellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll A strict wen it comes to smog and engine swaps. and JDM motors r not legal due to higher emissions, from wat i was told

 

u could always put everything back to stock then go to ref pay their smog fee take the smog slip from reff to the judge and theyll drop all charges thats exactly what i did 2 years ago got pulled over with a swap put my stock **** back in n i was good to go

 

true. i was doing this too. but im having to pay my mechanic to test n make sure everything is legit n will pass both visual n smog. but had issues on buying a legit ecu, had to get a cat, welding of stock exhuast, electrical issues, small little bullshit....but needed and im runing outta money =(
plus i gotta pay $8 for smog certificate they said.......and $108 for exhuast certificate on top of $50 for the ticket fine. stupid ****. and if i fail and cant pass $666 ugh. bullshit i tell u

and on top of that i have a 95 obd1 gsr head on my 2000 obd2 gsr block. if they check the stamping they cud fail me due to the head being older. i was just gonna cross my fingers n hope they didnt check. but no worry for non of that now

 

Update

 

gonna sell car and have all this crap dropped