[Jamo]

Good summary, Randy, though we respectfully disagree on what the problem was.

My own personal take on this is that there was no excuse, and the OBVIOUS "side benefit" of lower fees/taxes is dismissed rather quickly by many who got caught.

I had an SPCN that I had to comply with smog rules about...many others did. If your engine couldn't be smogged...tough. Get one that will. I dealt with smogging a 69 Cleveland...damn difficult, but I paid to have the right equipment and kept it tuned within the guidelines for the motor. It wasn't impossible, and the degree of difficulty certainly did not create a defense to fraud.

Really no excuse for those that used TU...they KNOWINGLY failed to follow the law (those that claim ignorance in this situation have little credibility...they knew what they were doing when they had a new car registered as a "65" and paid little tax money). The only folks who got caught up in this and were for the most part innocent of criminal intent were subsequent purchasers of fraudulently registered vehicles.

I was against the use of SB100 numbers to provide a fix for fraud via SB1578and still am. And I agree with imagine2frolic...all back taxes, fees, fines, etc. ought to be paid before a valid registration is given.

This unadulturated bullsh!t caused the folks in Sacto to start giving our hobby infinite crap.

California, like any other state, has its laws. Registrations in other states have little to do with each state's right to set its own procedures and collect its own taxes...same out of state BS was used in the 70s and 80s for grey market cars that could not be registered here, so it certainly was not a new fraud...simply used for another purpose, in this case...kit cars.

I remember those that took that route laughing and bragging about it to those of us who simply followed the law. And then came crying when they got caught up in it and proclaimed how innocent they were. Bullsh!t.

If you don't like the law...either change it (which a cobra-owning legislator finally did) or simply...GTFO of California.

JMHFO as a law abiding taxpayer of California. And as to those who live elsewhere...STFU. If it wasn't for California, you'd all be living in the stone age.

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