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    05 LGT manual wagon/Mazda 2
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    The world needed another lawyer, I'm just answering the call

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  1. Yes. Not legal either, but would be harder to enforce and I'm not sure anyone actually cares. Note that if you park in an urban area, it will likely prevent your ability to get a local parking permit. Sacramento requires the vehicle be registered to an address in the area of the parking restriction.
  2. Where do you work? Where do you vote? Where do you pay income tax? Do you have a CA license? See Cal. Veh. section 516 How often is your car operated in CA? cal. Veh 4004.4 If the vehicle is operated more in CA than any other state, EVEN if you are a Nevada resident, you must register in CA. More to the point, in your post, you advocated getting a P.O. Box, not a residency, which is easily seen through. That is a criminal violation of Vehicle Code section 8804, a misdemeanor for evading fees and taxes, punishable by up to 6 months in the county jail. And, yes. California cares about this a lot. So much that they have created a snitch website. https://www.chp.ca.gov/Notify-CHP/Cheaters-Out-of-State-(Out-of-State-Registration-Violators) Piss off your neighbors? They may just report that out of state plate they see pull up to your CA house every night. Some of this changes if you're in the military. This stuff may be somewhat difficult to prove (though not that hard if you admit or a neighbor snitches you out), but it will require hiring a criminal defense attorney and having a misdemeanor hanging over you. This isn't to sya that registering at a non-SMOG address isn't illegal. It is. But no one will really care and your neighbor won't know he can snitch you out. ---- I'd also note that passing a SMOG sniffer on an AWD car is easy. A warmed up catless car might squeak by on a good day. It doesn't actually mean your exhaust is clean.
  3. Registering out of state is much more likely to get you into trouble as it is essentially tax evasion. The police and the DMV actually cares about this.
  4. I have this too. Someone else try oven cleaner and report back. I wonder what a new dash cover costs. . . .
  5. You left the tune on, I assume? Cobb AP?
  6. Apparently wheel bearing wise, I am very lucky. I've done a bunch of track days and 138k mi and the only rear wheel bearing I've replaced was because of an ABS sensor ring. Meanwhile, my fronts last ~2 years or something stupid (and my engines seem to last about as long). Maybe using small light wheels helps?
  7. Yeah, the pain in the ass part is readiness codes.
  8. Alright, we need a sacrificial lamb. My SMOG isn't due for a year, so not it
  9. Did you do this with the sniffer or the rollers?
  10. You can drive a few miles on a stock cat on a tune. Means you avoid the whole readiness code thing.
  11. Has anyone done the OBDII scan with a tune still installed?
  12. I recommend sitting in the car for the whole thing.
  13. I will say if you can't find someone local who really knows what they are doing and fancy a roadtrip, this guy is amazing http://www.thealignmentguy.com/ When I lived in Minneapolis, all the quick cars went there.
  14. If you get -1.5 degrees out of the front, don't bring your rear beyond -0.5 unless you like understeer. I'd keep about 1 degree of difference until you get to 0 in the rear. This is what I have and it is fairly neutral, but I have a front LSD, which increases understeer a bit. Honestly, the real value in having an adjustable rear camber kit is being able to equalize the camber in a corner balanced car.
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