Originally Posted by bearphoto

Had one of my newer vettes smogged this morning and was talking to the tech about the new testing. Yes it was supposed to start Jan. 1 but the state was not ready at that time to implement it so they are still doing the tailpipe, obdII and the visual. He did not say when the state would get off their azz but he said it was typical Ca s#$t that they announce a start date and then are not prepared when that date rolls around.

Originally Posted by HellaciousA

The OBDII only testing won't be rolled out until August. The new DAD (data acquistion device) is still in development. There are rumors that it will be checking calibration IDs and cross referencing those back to what GM's factory IDs are and if it is different that equals a fail. Again, that's just a rumor, and we won't know anything until a tuned car gets scanned with the new device from the state.

Originally Posted by ILLUSHN

Thanks, I knew that, but I was surprised that I hadn't read anything from someone who went through it!

Mine is due in Oct. and I've been putting off getting tuned because of the uncertainty.

Any of you local tuners have any input as to how this is going to affect your ability to tune?

Originally Posted by TRBOKEV

If you have an 08 you wont need to smog till next year.

Originally Posted by ILLUSHN

Really, I thought that it was after 5 years? Mine was built in August of 2007. Guess I need to do some checking.

Originally Posted by Jerry Roubos

Two questions for someone out there:
Does CA have historic license plates?
Does the smog test apply to cars registered with historic plates?
I recently bought a winter place in southern CA. My car is still in Michigan. I plan to move to Southern CA full time in two years and have been dreading the whole smog test issue for my 86 which is currently licensed as a historic vehicle in Michigan.

Originally Posted by RanBurVette

I live in Tuolumne County and have no smog laws. I have a 98 C5 with many mods and
its only 25 miles to Yosemite. Love it!