Bought my IS350 out of state. When I went to the California DMV they said that I need to have the car smogged even though it is a new car. I showed them the Statement of Origin stating that it is a 50 State legal car and they still say it must be smogged to register it.

I am wondering if anyone else has had to get theirs smogged?

 

Yes even if it's a new car, because you bought the car out of state, it must be smogged and obviously pass CA emissions to be registered in CA. This is regardless of the car being 50 state smog legal or not. Everyone whether new or used vehicle that originates outside of CA and is being registered in the state for the first time, it must be smogged.

 

BOO!!! That Sucks!

 

yeah that's how it is.... just curious, why bought it out of state?!

 

I wanted a Nav/Lev Luxury Package car. None in California! Most dealers I talked to said that Lexus doesn't make a car with those options and probably won't for another year.

Because of this site, I knew otherwise!

I gave the DMV a check yesterday for $4061.00 (8.25 tax, license and reg.), I guess another $40-$50 doesn't matter!

As much money as California collects, our streets should be paved with gold and we should have real diamonds in our stop signs.

I should have put the check in a Christmas card, when I paid the DMV.

 

ah gotcha. yeah the IS options are pretty darn weird sometimes, too restrictive

and dmv in cali? man i gave up on them

 

It's no big deal, the car is new, it is legal, you will pass, so no worries. Just go to a smog place and have it tested, fork over your $30 and you will be good. Takes 15 minutes.

 

your IS350 is probably one of the first, if not THE first, IS350 in CA to go through Smog Check

 

now you have to do smog every 2 years....

all the new cars now don't have to do smog for the first 6 years...


sucks for you

 

What, your neighborhood doesn't have them?

 

coz' his is considered out of state "used" car?

 

Welcome to CA, skip. CARB ( California Air Resources Board ) is one of the strictest regulatory organizations in the country. With few exceptions, you pretty much have to meet their terms or you don't register a car in the state.

However, to be honest, many other states are the same way. In areas where emissions tests are required by the EPA, you must pass either a roller or tailpipe-sniffer test before you can register your car......and you must have any former parking tickets or moving violations in the state paid up as well.

The following may or may not apply to you, but if you have any all-wheel-drive vehicles besides your IS350, DO NOT allow the emissions inspector to put them on a single-set of rollers that drive only two wheels at a time....this will tear the hell out of the AWD system, especially the center differential. If he or she balks at this ( most inspectors are competent and know what they are doing but there ARE a few boneheads ) then get back in your car, drive off, and find another facility to do the testing.....and report that station to the DMV. That inspector won't have a job for long. Many states, by law, grant waivers to AWD vehicles from the single-roller tests...they use the simple tailpipe sniffer instead. If an emission station's rollers are not working, sometimes even 2WD vehicles can also get a waiver and just have the tailpipe sniffer instead. Of course, some stations have adjustable double-rollers for AWD vehicles.....but not many. Obviously, they are quite expensive.