Three trips to the DMV and three smog inspection stations later...
I'll spare you the story and skip to the moral: If you're thinking of buying a car and plan on moving to California in the next few months, just wait until you get to California to buy the car.
Oh. I probably knew that, and I didn't think to caution you. But, heck, a brand-new car like that shouldn't have been such a ridiculous adventure. Oh, wait. DMV. That's right!
Or...have a brother-in-law who's a mechanic. Darrin's brother saved us tons of money (but I have no idea what he did to make our cars pass the emissions test).
ESM and JB: I kind of knew it but chose to ignore it anyway. We couldn't register in CA without an address and didn't want to wait.
Sam: Unless your b-i-l has a machine that's able to test my car, which is apparently rare, he wouldn't have helped much here. The problem wasn't passing but rather getting it tested in the first place.
Oh. I probably knew that, and I didn't think to caution you. But, heck, a brand-new car like that shouldn't have been such a ridiculous adventure. Oh, wait. DMV. That's right!
ReplyDeleteOr...have a brother-in-law who's a mechanic. Darrin's brother saved us tons of money (but I have no idea what he did to make our cars pass the emissions test).
ReplyDeleteIf only you'd known that a couple months ago. . . :(
ReplyDeleteESM and JB: I kind of knew it but chose to ignore it anyway. We couldn't register in CA without an address and didn't want to wait.
ReplyDeleteSam: Unless your b-i-l has a machine that's able to test my car, which is apparently rare, he wouldn't have helped much here. The problem wasn't passing but rather getting it tested in the first place.