> > > 
> > > Quick question.  I have an '80 vanagon which recently
> > > passed Virginia emissions with flying colors.  I am moving
> > > to Sacramento, CA in two months.  I am assuming I may
> > 
> > Welcome to my stomping ground Joseph.  Are coming here to work or
> > go to school.  Either way, California is not cheap.  The smog require
> 
> The best solution is to buy a pre-'66  ( a REAL bus by any standard :)
> 
> There are shops that can help you get it passed, though....
> 
> Another caveat - California charges some $300 fee to register your
> vehicle here, in addition to the normal extravagant fees.  It might be
> easier overall to just keep it registered in Virginia.

Don't do this!!  The fines that you will have to pay when the men in blue
catch you (and they *will* catch you) will make the $300 smog abatement fee 
look like small potatos.  And you will end up paying the fee as well.  This
happened to a friend of mine, and it ain't pretty.  

> 
> Welcome to Sacramento!  Welcome to California!

Yes - welcome to California!  It's a great place (despite the earthquakes,
crime, and outragous fees/fines/taxes/housing prices).  Just wait 'til you
see the coastline (Big Sur, yum!!)

Dave

(A recent California addition - who did *not* ;-) bring his car from here
from Massachusetts)

'80 Scirocco (gonna buy me a Westy one of these days)

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