SB100 newbie question

[Got the Bug]

Originally Posted by tiny

Hi guys,

sorry if this has been covered but wasn't obvious to me in reading posts here and the CA DMV site, etc.

Once you complete the kit (in my case planning on an ERA) you do all steps per this DMV page http://www.dmv.ca.gov/vr/spcnsreg.htm prior to your first visit to the DMV, and then are you in the queue for the 500 SB100 certs that are given out on Feb 2 the next year?

Seems like I must be missing something, you can get a temporary registration in order to drive the car for the various inspections right?

I read a google groups thread on this someone posted but it still wasn't clear to me the sequence to get a VIN and temp reg versus getting one of those 500 certs each year!

thanks....Steve

Steve,

Short answer is that in most cases, you can convince the DMV to issue you a temporary operating permit while you wait for January 2010 to roll around. If your car is running, you can drive it to the CHP to have the VIN certified/issued. Keep pushing the appt. out and keep asking for TOPs.

Agree with onefastmustang, if the DMV doesn't indicate that a brake and lamp inspection is required on your paperwork, then you won't need to do it.