That is absolutely not how PNO (Planned Non-Operation) works. If you declare PNO before renewal (or something like 90 or 180 days after the due date), you pay a small yearly fee to keep PNO status ($12-18, depending on the car). Then, years later, when you decide to operate it, you simply declare the car operational…

Thought the S13 may be the most familiar :). The Cressida’s HG survived while I had it. Sold it to a guy in Wisconsin who swapped a 1JZ into it:

An ‘86 Cressida in the Valley. I wonder if I know you :P. Let me know if some of these look familiar. These would have been mine back when I lived in the Valley:

That’s a bizarre policy considering 1) there are multi-million dollar neighborhoods in all of those area codes (626 - Bradbury, one of the wealthiest places in all of the US, #1 most expensive zip code in 2010; 951 - the vineyards of Temecula; 909 - fancy-pants Redlands plus all of the areas populated by very wealthy…

Was going to post that the plate ruins it... Guess I don’t need to do that after all :).

As someone who is currently financing a GTI for 66 months with a 0.9 rate, I disagree :P.

Relisted at over $21k by the same seller.

And you just covered what I was going to say. Even low-speed rear-end collisions are presumably pretty nasty for a motorcyclist and these happen quite often in rush-hour traffic. I don't ride but I always make sure to move over and let the splitters pass when I spot them in the mirror. It feels kinda nice to get…

Why do people continue to perpetuate this nonsense? No, you can't just "tell customs" your "race car" is legal. There are specific requirements to import a race car, as specified by the NHTSA itself:

Pull up a PDF of the HS-7 form and you'll see all the exemptions, including that one. The vehicle either leaves with the diplomat or is to be destroyed.