I knew a few from Florida that went to California & they not do anything about their exhaust as they were driving their classic 1986 Camaro IROC-Z modified as Florida has no emissions & inspections. If your vehicle is 25 years & older it's exempted from emissions as its federal. Why would you want to live in California? as it's a tax hell hole there & things way overpriced. They did however got pulled over in the San Francisco area & got 2 tickets for one for speeding & other for out of state license & registration. They told them I am not a resident here & went to court to fight it. They did rent a apartment but you not have to claim it as a residence. They got charged for speeding $450 + court fees & lucky the points did not go on their record in Florida. You can own a vehicle in multiple states & have license to home state. Hope this info helps you folks out. -Cheers!
I just watched a video of a cop pulling over a 2023 BMW M2 in California, the car had 1,800 miles and the reason was cause he didn't have a front plate, but then directly told the driver to pop hood and directed him and the passenger to step out the car and 😢went to check if the car was modify without any probable cause and to make it short, only cause he wanted to make sure it wasn't modify!!!
Yeah man. You ever heard of 49 state models of vehicles? They literally make California specific models for emissions and then they make a 49 state model for sale in the other 49 states. They can’t just “not allow” those vehicles to drive in their state. No matter what they say, they can’t do that legally.
I live in CA, and I agree. Know your rights. The police officer didn’t have the right to pull you over and demand your ID. You weren’t breaking any traffic laws. The part about the judge ordering you to get state refed also makes zero sense if you don’t live in the state. Your car is not registered in CA, so you should not be required to get state refed in order to have it registered. The 10 days period IS actually a thing. There are forms at the DMV that have that stated on them. The US Constitution states rights to own private property and right to modify property. You technically do not have to have a driver’s license as long as you are not transporting people or goods in the act of commerce. The public roads were supposed to be for the public to travel on. Just tell the cop you are traveling and not driving in your personal property. Never admit to driving anywhere or anything. By doing so, you’re self incriminating yourself. 90% of tickets written at traffic stops are self incriminating.
A cop pulled me over in Florida and question me about my emission sticker that goes on the windshield, mind you Florida doesn't do emissions so why question me about my sticker if I'm from New Jersey, how are you going to write me a ticket for that 🤷🏻♂️ gave me a hard time just to feel good and big about himself before letting me go 🤦🏻♂️
It was cheaper for me to pay for 2 plane tickets back home and register them there than Cali…..I’m looking up that book, I need to see the black and white on this. No way they can gate keep out of state cars
yeah i just got state ref'd over a carb legal intake, cop didnt even care i had a carb sticker he said it doesn't matter if it has a carb sticker its illegal if its not enclosed. just lied, i did nothing wrong to warrant the stop he had to fish for reasons to justify the stop after the fact. didnt have a loud exhaust or anything. just profiled me. glad i have the whole thing on dash cam, dont think he realized he was on dash cam so im just gonna let him lie when cross examining him and then bust out the dash cam evidence to show how the stop really went.
I just found and watched this video today. I didn't see any follow up video for this one... Did you ever find it in Black & White, about being state ref'd with out of state license & license plates?
Per Ca dmv 12.080 Military Personnel (VC §6701) Military personnel, including California residents, who are military members or the nonresident spouse of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces returning from active duty in a foreign state and military and civilian members of NATO who are not citizens of the United States are permitted to operate a vehicle (including trailer coaches) in California with valid license plates from either the: Individual’s home state or country. State or country where the individual was regularly assigned and stationed when the license plates were issued. For military personnel assigned to Washington, D.C., consider Maryland or Virginia the state where stationed. The requirements are: The vehicle must be owned by the military member or their spouse. The vehicle must be currently registered. The vehicle must display valid license plates issued to the military person or their spouse by the foreign jurisdiction where the military person was last regularly assigned and stationed for duty by military orders or by a jurisdiction claimed as the permanent state of residence by the nonresident military person. The vehicle cannot be a commercial vehicle used in a business manner from which the military member or their spouse receives compensation.
I live in California in Los Angeles I have like 15 cars all modified. Only once I got pulled over by the chp and only because he wanted to see my truck his dad used to have one. I think just don’t push it don’t make your car straight pipe don’t do burnouts. If they want to open your hood just say no, they will scare you that they will tow it but they need a warrant to inspect the car and always film the interaction..
Cops are on power trips its sad . I live in commifornia think if they put that kinda effort in stopping some real crime. I'm in the process of installing a hell cat blower in my 5.7 hemi 2018 challenger but I'm gonna re-register it Nevada and my it so it can be switched back if needed . It's a joke California didn't give 1 dollar when I paid cash 2 yrs ago. It's all about the $$$
Definitely agree with the 3 things about California. Also the places that really it. But definitely going to leave out of California soon and modify my car how I please to do so. And really hard to make a living there it really expensive
^^This..…. ChrisB15679 is right with that comment….. You are in the military and obviously not actually required to register your stuff in California. You can obviously keep the car and driver’s license out of state. Here is where it gets tricky. If you have actually removed FEDERAL emissions equipment off of your car, an officer in California can site you for it. The people that I keep seeing have some violation for the officer to put their foot in the door and then they see the Federal violation and they get ticketed to see a Ref. This is the part where people don’t put two and two together when they are being written up. There are actually federal violations that can be identified by an officer without even opening the hood….. This includes DEF and DPF’s on diesels. Also no cats from things like a cat less cross over pipe when you buy long tube headers. People also don't realize that a CLOSED PCV system has been a federal law for 20+ years. That is why catch cans with a breather on them actually violate the federal law because they are now running an "OPEN PCV system" on a car that came with a CLOSED PCV system from the factory. These are federal emissions devices that have been removed from the vehicle and can actually be written up in any state if someone chooses to. I remember that kid with no hood going to the car meet. It made me wonder if that car had zero cats on it because you can clearly see that area when the car has no hood. If anyone knows more info on that car’s cats at the time of the ticket, please post up. I am blown the fuck away that after all of that you have still not physically seen this rule in writing. Judging by your mustache and haircut…….Bro…..we deal with this type of shit at work ALL the time. If it’s not in writing, America will band wagon absolute BULLSHIT because of social pressure until someone actually looks it up. Once you look it up, you hold all of the cards. Please look at the ticket or your court paperwork and post the specific verbiage/vehicle code/law that this is. Don’t take this the wrong way, but it sounds like the court LET YOU plead guilty to a law that does not actually apply to military people or it is meant for commercial vehicles coming into the state. The lawyer does not sound like he knows about 49 vs 50 state requirements and how that ties into military service….. Unless your ACTUAL violation was for a federal mandated emissions part being removed/bypassed/modified. Like I said, don’t take this the wrong way man…....it just sounds like they said we can find you guilty of more things, or you can just plead guilty to this one thing and all this can go away. These is a lawyer that goes onto “The Diesel Podcast” that specializes in vehicle EPA/emissions equipment violation cases. Give him a call to see if you got screwed on a play of words or if your violation was for federal equipment. For everyone reading this in the military with out of state cars/DL’s, make sure that you get the catted/49 state legal cross over pipes when you get headers. California does not allow you to use any cat that the state has not physically tested and approved, but being registered in another state allows you to register and drive the car as 49 state compliant with cats not falling under the California CARB testing banner. Also…..if they don’t use a numerical value of how loud your exhaust was at the time of the ticket then they literally have ZERO way of proving that you violated that legal noise threshold in court. That is why it gets dropped as people get to court and know the right questions to ask. FYI……Lemoore’s base instruction had paragraphs explaining that you must get your car a smog check in order to be operated on base because the base was in California. It might have finally gotten cut out, but it was always one of those “not enforced” rules of the base because there was bigger shit to worry about. The post about 49 state legal vehicles is true. You can register a 49 state legal vehicle in California and NOT have to convert it over to a California Emissions/50 state legal emissions system. It's not a requirement to conver it..... This is another reason why I am curious about the law that was pushed onto you. If they legally could not force 49 state legal vehicles to be converted in order to be registered IN California......how in the fuck can they have a law governing personal property (comercial is different) that is registered in a different state? **AT THE TIME OF YOUR TICKET, DID YOUR MUSTANG HAVE A CAT-LESS OFFROAD CROSS OVER PIPE ON IT?**
I thought the Montana thing was a loophole because the cars are registered under LLC and not "connected" with the owner and their ID's location which in this case would be CA. Kinda like how DDE does their thing but stateside
You need a new lawyer. Stated can’t dictate what’s legal in another state. ARTICLE 1. Exemption of Nonresidents [6700 - 6703] ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1322, Sec. 7. )
@@Hardwaretuned what where the VC & ARB’s that you violated? The ICC & DOT should have covered you. Most of not all of the VC stuff requiring CARB compliance for out of state vehicles is for heavy duty or fleet vehicles. No mention personal. I had to deal with this before. ‘Your honor according to the vehicle code for where this car is registered in is compliance with XYZ. The court has yet to show it has authority to impart its will onto another states rights.” Everything but an improper lane change. Did your lawyer press for the law that allowed the powers they’re using?
i live in California this is a CARB california air research board rule they talked about this a few years back it is a Money Maker for CARB I WENT TO WORK ONE DAY THEY HAD MOBILE SMOG CHECK ON THE street the CHP WAS DOING THIS ON THE STREET I WAS ASKED IF I WOULD BE OK TO PUT MY CAR ON A SMOG CHECK MACHINE I DECLINED I INFORMED THEM ALL MY SMOG WAS INTACT MY CAR IS A RETIRED CROWN VIC AKA Law enforcement vehicle this happen in Anaheim Calif
Thats crazy to hear, i always heard that out of srate cars dont have to follow cali laws and regulations but i guess cali is in charge now Did they end up dropping the state ref?
So... I have a stock 49 state emissions law that doesn't meet California laws - so to drive in California I have to "Update" my car? Yeah, they need to understand what Federal Preemption is. If there's a Federal Law that conflicts with a State one, the Federal one preempts and takes precedence. You are within Federal law because they cover interstate commerce. Now, you have to fight that and it cost money so... Your mileage may vary. Now, if you live in CA - i.e. you spend 181 or more days there, you have to "move" there and get your license and plates in CA. I don't know about military but for everyone else you are playing a dangerous game because they want the state tax. If they find you they will hunt you. I know a few people who legitimately left and CA has harassed them over state tax. Also, If you pay the state tax and try and claim out of state license and registration they will destroy that in court and probably add more charges. California is a beautiful state and I'm fortunate I was able to see a lot of it from north to south. However, the government is full of lunatics. Sadly the answer is simply to leave. 1980's and 90's LA and San Diego was amazing though. Spent a lot of time there to the mid 2000's. Even spent time in San Fran and Oakland in the 80's. I miss that time and place, but it's been destroyed by the lunatics in government there. As for the blow off valve, I've seen people make a muffler as well as route them to an airbox on the inlet side of the turbo. The airbox also helps cut noise down.
It's revenue generation. That's all it is. They can't make you comply with California law when you leave. They can't make you comply with California law when you don't live in the state, but they can write you a ticket and the majority of the people will just pay that ticket. That's revenue generation. It's a a law specifically written in a way to generate revenue has nothing to do with emissions. It has nothing to do with noise. Pollution has nothing to do with any of that stuff because it doesn't stop it if it stopped it. They wouldn't be making any money on it and they wouldn't have police officers out there writing tickets on it so it's all for revenue generation. And I'm sorry you got caught up but I am glad that you had a fairly favorable outcome. I haven't been to California since I was 15 years old. I will never go back to California. I could care less about that state. That state could fall off into the ocean and I would not even give a care. I wouldn't warn for it. Will that state threatened to leave the US I waved by? See you later. Have fun by yourself. I hated being in that state and I told my parents about it and we never went back I stated in your other video this is not a problem that has just started up. This is a problem that's been going on for a couple of decades. My ex's Aunt went to California in a minivan. They got a warning ticket with a list of things they had to fix. They packed up and left that day. They were going to be there for a couple of weeks because of some something they had to do with her mom. I think she'd been in the hospital or something but I don't remember. They packed up and left and never went back to California. The Auto industry has to make cars that are California compliant and then cars that are the rest of the country compliant there is nothing that is worth a flip in California. Why people want to go there. I have no idea. I can't see it other than good weather that California state sucks in every way imaginable. We were there for 2 weeks and I hated every freaking minute of it you go to California. You go at your own peril not even a risk. Get your own peril
Clifornia emission & noise laws apply only to Cal registered vehicles. If your mod is legal in the state where you reside, then it's legal in Cal. That's why we have 49 state legal cars. I think you're spreading incorrect info. The state ref only applies to Cal cars, not ones from out of state.
Former californian here now in Nevada since 2018. They need all the money they can get their hands on to support illegals and homeless population. Having said that. I've had modded cars for 15 yrs. I've been pulled over for no front plates and window tints, never for modified exhaust. What would they do? CA can't cancel out of state registration. So you're WA resident living in CA? Where is your 'home'? Were you visiting CA? Even if you're 'out of state' resident, if you've been staying in CA they will get you. Sounds like you are 'living' in CA with 'out of state' drivers license. I feel safe taking my Tesla to CA. CA can suck it! Can't wait for CARB to fall off the map
Couldn't finish watching this nonsense. All rhetoric and no fact. I'd debunk the video but it's nothing more than an Ad Rev grab. Why did RU-vid even recommend this garbage?
