Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!amd!jimb From: jimb@amd.UUCP (Jim Budler) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Helpful Hints for moving to California Message-ID: <407@amd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Oct-84 01:26:27 EDT Article-I.D.: amd.407 Posted: Wed Oct 10 01:26:27 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 10-Oct-84 06:11:04 EDT References: <4343@fortune.UUCP> <169@ttidcb.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: AMD, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 49 > > Cars and Licenses : > > > > 1. If your car needs any work done, you may want to do it before you > > come here. Labor charges in the Bay Area are around $50 per hour. > > Nowadays it seems like labor costs more than the parts. > > True for L.A. too. > > > 2. You may want to renew your license plates (tags) in your current > > state. The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) told me that I didn't > > have to purchase California plates until my current ones expire. The > > cost of plates is based on the value of your car. I paid $195 for my > > 1982 Mazda 626. > > While I don't have a California Drivers' Handbook in front of me, I > believe that there is a time limit (like a month or two) for registering > in California, that begins the day you establish residence. When I bought > my Plymouth Volare new in 1977, I paid a 97.00 registration fee. This was > for a 6000.00 vehicle. It decreases each year as your car depreciates in > value. I just got a renewal notice asking for about 35.00. > Although this *is* the written law California, by agreement with other states *does* allow your current plates to expire. They are considering changes to this *policy* due to the large number of cheaters who have friends or relatives in their home state continue renewing their plates in that state. > > It is necessary to pass the SMOG (exhaust) > > inspection before you can get your license plates. This can be done > > at many local gas stations ($25-$30). > > This will be expensive for out of state cars that don't have catalytic > converters. Platinum does not come cheap. > The policy allows people moving into the state meat their old state requirements rather than the applicable California requirements to some extent as their is provision for cost limits. This means some extra paperwork and a certification by the mechanic as to the cost of the changes. It is usually worth it. ($20-$50 for the mechanic and I believe $5-$7 for the waiver certificate vs. $$$$$$$ for the changes). > > -- Michael Bloom --- {philabs,trwrb,cadovax,randvax}!ttidca!mab -- Jim Budler Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (408) 982-6547 UUCPnet: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra,intelca}!amd!jimb Compuserve ID: 72415,1200