Ca race car dmv rules
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Ca race car dmv rules what happens if i have a registered car and i want to make it for a track only car and will never drive it on the street...what will my local dragstrip say with a car with expired reg since i wont be paying that...
You do not have to have current vehicle registration to run your car at the track. But if you are that worried about it... register your car with the DMV as an "Inoperable Vehicle Registration".
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Register non-op before your current tags expire. otherwise you'll start to rack up late fees. After you register non-op, do not get caught driving it on the streets. You risk impound and owing back fees. Same could apply if you're on the streets 6 months or more expired. Non-op keeps it easy for you and if you ever decide to sell, the buyer won't have to deal with any back fees.
Register non-op before your current tags expire. otherwise you'll start to rack up late fees. After you register non-op, do not get caught driving it on the streets. You risk impound and owing back fees. Same could apply if you're on the streets 6 months or more expired. Non-op keeps it easy for you and if you ever decide to sell, the buyer won't have to deal with any back fees.
sounds like someone is speaking from experience.
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Also a Non-op means you can still drive on the street a very limited amount of miles. Check first but I believe it is under 100/year. I had an old pickup registered non-op in like 2004 so the rules could have changed.
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There it is, yea permit. I only had it on cuz no-op because I was mid motor swap when the reg came due. Which was admittedly poor planning on my part but hell I was 17 what did I know. Never needed it moved but I remember seeing something about being able to drive it without needing full registration.
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Does my car have to be garaged with it on non op....I hear that the city doesnt want to see non running vehicles in view......just like I will get fined if I dont cut.my grass in front of.the..house....we.cant even leave our garbage cans in front of the house...this is Ontario...I got a letter in the mail.stating this...not the vehicle part.tho..I heard somewhere else I believe
Well how can they prove it hasn't moved in your drive way? I would say get out there every now and again and clean around where it's parked so it doesn't look like it is gathering dust...
Does my car have to be garaged with it on non op....I hear that the city doesnt want to see non running vehicles in view......just like I will get fined if I dont cut.my grass in front of.the..house....we.cant even leave our garbage cans in front of the house...this is Ontario...I got a letter in the mail.stating this...not the vehicle part.tho..I heard somewhere else I believe
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this is the car ....its not too bad ...i would be driving it but i know it wont pass smog...wouldnt 2 years ago not even with a new cat....had to pay that extra just to get it to pass...so now 2 yrs later...i did pay its registration ..i just never got the smog ...so im deciding now if i should fix the problem...pay the man...or make it my track only car..its an 81 first year of the computer controlled emissions i believe...the shops around here act like i dont speak english and dont want to help me the right way...its always..."its your cat its clogged"...and im like no its not the ******* cat
