I registered my 25-year exempt BJ42 this morning here in California. Was nervous that I was going to be crushed under a wave of idiocy, but actually seemed to go OK. Plates have to come from Sacramento, so there will be some additional scrutiny, but so far so good.
Anyway, as far as the inspection/verification was concerned, people have posted that the absence of the EPA sticker (even though its smog exempt) was going to be an issue. I solved it like this:
I took the EPA exemption form from customs, (along with the FMVSS exemption) folded them up so the logo's were outward and made them little "pockets" in the door jamb. When the DMV went looking for stickers they found those forms instead.
Thus, rather than checking "Missing" on the EPA sticker inspection, I got a "None: N/A". With luck this will satisfy everyone, we shall see, and I'll update it here. The inspector also noted it was a diesel, so hopefully there will be no issue.
The rest of the registration went fine, but took forever, as no one knew how to handle NZ paperwork. THey got it done, though.
Anyway, as far as the inspection/verification was concerned, people have posted that the absence of the EPA sticker (even though its smog exempt) was going to be an issue. I solved it like this:
I took the EPA exemption form from customs, (along with the FMVSS exemption) folded them up so the logo's were outward and made them little "pockets" in the door jamb. When the DMV went looking for stickers they found those forms instead.
Thus, rather than checking "Missing" on the EPA sticker inspection, I got a "None: N/A". With luck this will satisfy everyone, we shall see, and I'll update it here. The inspector also noted it was a diesel, so hopefully there will be no issue.
The rest of the registration went fine, but took forever, as no one knew how to handle NZ paperwork. THey got it done, though.