What don't you understand? It costs more to make the cars compliant, so Ford only sells Cali emission cars in states that require it...
You mean... not registering a car? Seriously?
No... God No... I thought you were talking about registering out of state.
Oh, registering out of state. Yeah, that should actually be fine; I don't think a cop would give you too many problems about that at all. I know somebody who's been driving a Michigan-registered car in New York for the last 18 years. As long as the mailing address in the other state is current (in that case, she goes to Michigan once every two or three years), it shouldn't be a problem.
I'm not giving you legal advice here, but... the way I read that first part, "Previously-registered vehicles with more than 7,500 miles at the time of sale"... would imply that you can't just wait until you get to 7,500 and re-register the car; you'd have to transfer the title to a different person who'd be purchasing the car, so that it would have more than 7,500 miles "at the time of sale." You could transfer the car from, say, your own name to your wife's name, but since it would have to be a "sale," you'd have to pay transfer tax on the full market value of the car... at least in New York, you can't do $1 title transfers between family members until cars are at least 10 years old.
But you can do "Gifts" to family members. I'm going to the DMV right now to clarify things but you do bring up a good point! Wording on laws are tricky.. haha. I was just told that from the lady at the DMV. Also she told me they never received the title for 2 months but when i called complaining saying the dealer mailed it a month ago with a signature required they manically found it at another desk... So the level of competence i'm dealing with at that DMV can speak for itself. So I'm gunna go down there and ask for a manager to get answers i can actually use.
I believe that's it.
