Sorry Sasaki-san. It doesn’t go WoooWOOOOOOOOOOOO.

All this shit happened last time I parked here.

Here’s a link to a random BAR court proceeding where the tech is accused of falsifying smogs.

I’d more wager that the technician that passed the car on 7/29 later got themselves in trouble with the state and this car was caught up in that.  When BAR goes after a tech, they will often flag suspect vehicles that they tested during that time.

There isn’t one. Illegal smog and the state KNOWS. On its history page:

You can’t. The seller slipped a tech some money to pass this thing illegally. The state caught on and it’s been flagged in their system. If you go to the states test history page and enter in the license plate - you get this:

He got an illegal smog and the state caught him. If you go to the BAR smog check history website it says

The title is reported as clean and amazingly, this heavily reconfigured car with an engine older than its body seems to have been able to make its way through California’s labyrinthian registration and emissions certification process. Hell, it even has a Golden State license plate that celebrates that feat.

Listen all ‘yall its a SAUVETAGE

GIMME FULL GIMEE FIRE GIMME ZABBA ZABBA ZA

That’s a $4-5000 transmission right there, just waiting to go kablooey.  You can’t swing a dead cat around the local CL without hitting several needing transmissions listed for under $1,000.

(I would pay real money to see him in *that* particular Malibu)

Followed by liberal application of asphalt.

Chevy Malibu - come see what the buzz is all about.

Naah, you don’t have to let it sit. It’s passed smog. Pay the fees and they’ll hand over the 2020 tags. If you call the DMV and give them the plate number, they will tell you the back fees. If you can get the VIN from the seller, you can plug in the info here and get the total to transfer the vehicle: https://www.dmv.c…

Thank you - I forgot about that. It looks like it also was tested in Sept 2017 and October 2015 which would indicate it wasnt due for its biennial until this year. Either the tag was lost, not installed or stolen (happens a lot) or that the owner just didn’t renew it.

Most vehicles on the road now do not get a dyno (Bar-97) test, they are inspected on the OIS (which is connecting the OBD2 and a visual).

Edit: I used to smog test cars in CA and forgot about the “pre-test”. A person can go into a test facility and ask for a pre-test. This test is just like the real test, the only difference is that the pass/fail result is not transmitted to the state and therefore would not show up in this query.

https://smogcheck.ca.gov/pubwebquery/Vehicle/PubTstQry.aspx says there have been no tests on that plate, so unless they’ve taken it in and specifically asked for a “pre-test” (which does not transmit pass/fail info to the state that then would show up on this report) then it hasn’t been tested.

You can check vehicle smog history in CA by entering the VIN or license plate at https://smogcheck.ca.gov/pubwebquery/Vehicle/PubTstQry.aspx