Registration/Inspection question

grapehead

grapehead

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GF's car is like a year out on both inspection and registration. She lost her license bc she's a dummy and it's been sitting ever since. Needs to get it legal so she can work on getting her license back. Need an inspection first so she can renew her registration.

What are my options here?

Towing it to an inspection place is gonna cost in time and money, but probably the smarter move.

Driving it to an inspection place appears to risk a misdemeanor ticket, which I'm way to old to be messing with, but a little research suggests it to be a fix-it ticket that you go on the court system website, punch in some info, and get it waived/dismissed.

I've had a good long run of no police interaction, and I'd rather keep that streak alive.

What would y'all do? Any personal experiences with this and police leniency/stickin it to ya?
 
Go to the Tag Office and renew the registration. They will tell you that it needs inspecting and can issue you a temporary plate to put on the car so that you can get it inspected and return to the Tag Office to finalize the registration.

Or do as others above have suggested and just drive it to get inspected.
 
Fwiw, the state still isn't enforcing inspections/registrations. My junk was 6 mos out of date before I got it inspected and paid up. No problems. Id just drive it.
 
I'd just drive it there. They aren't pulling people over tags and crap right now. Does it require a full inspection? Or just the safety?


That said, the proper way is to get a temp tag and then drive it.
 
Good to know on the right way to do it with the temp tag.

I’m confident the long term viability will sort itself out. Or not. :laughing:
 
As a inspector.... drive it, make sure all the readiness test are passed/set or it’s just a waste of time. Depending on make/model could be 3 miles could be 1000miles, it’s all about the vehicle drive cycles. I have customers all the time that just never put the new stickers on. The chances of being pulled are slim, but you can explain it and most cops will let it ride. You can go the dmv route and get the temp tag, but who the hell wants to go to them, maybe something you can do online? Also depending on age of said gf maybe it’s time for a upgrade?
 
Update. Battery is dead, charging it currently. Will either reinstall or replace depending on how it tests.

@GMAC 2017 subaru impreza. any insights on how much drive time it needs for readiness?
 
If it makes you feel any better...I typically drive around until I get zapped in a road block. I want to say the fee is only like $25/month, capped at 6 months. Wife's car is currently 13 months out of date and mine is 15 months. Hers actually got inspected about a month ago at the body shop...so I think I'll go ahead and get her back to a month out of date.
 
grapehead said:
Update. Battery is dead, charging it currently. Will either reinstall or replace depending on how it tests.

@GMAC 2017 subaru impreza. any insights on how much drive time it needs for readiness?
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I had a 98 Chevy, with a Sensitive check engine light. I'd generally get my insp. station, to erase the codes, & drive it 15 - 20 miles. It would sail right through, before the light would fart back on. Newer cars, maybe an Inspection station could tell you. Or Google it. You can trust the Net!
 
grapehead said:
@GMAC 2017 subaru impreza. any insights on how much drive time it needs for readiness?
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Honestly I have no idea, maybe call Subaru and see if they will give you the info or google. If it’s got egr just beat the crap outta it some, get the engine temps up to operating and let it cool off a couple hours. That could take care of it. You can get away with 1 unset readiness test (normally evap is most common)
 
While we're talking about inspections, if you live in an emissions county, and get an inspection in a non emissions county, does it count? I live in johnston county which requires emissions, I had to make a delivery in Wilson yesterday and my mom ask me to take dad's truck and get it inspected. Got it inspected and didn't think about the difference until I was back.
 
Battery tested good after 24hrs on a ctek charger, took it for some test drives last night to re-welcome it to the world.

All monitors ready except EGR and EVAP. Gonna put some more dirty miles on it tonight and see if I can get one or both to ready. I googled and found some cheat sheets on subaru forums, gonna give that a shot.

I've been keeping an eye on other cars on the road and still see plenty of 2020 reg stickers. Helps ease my mind.
 
UTfball68 said:
If it makes you feel any better...I typically drive around until I get zapped in a road block. I want to say the fee is only like $25/month, capped at 6 months. Wife's car is currently 13 months out of date and mine is 15 months. Hers actually got inspected about a month ago at the body shop...so I think I'll go ahead and get her back to a month out of date.
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My TJ is 24 months out of date... just sitting in the garage with insurance on it.

Maybe this summer I'll get it caught up. :)
 
awheelterd said:
While we're talking about inspections, if you live in an emissions county, and get an inspection in a non emissions county, does it count? I live in johnston county which requires emissions, I had to make a delivery in Wilson yesterday and my mom ask me to take dad's truck and get it inspected. Got it inspected and didn't think about the difference until I was back.
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If it is registered in an emissions county, they should have done emissions testing on it. Doesnt matter where it is inspected.
 
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