Let me apologize to you tomterp, I came off sounding negative towards your post. I love this state for its beauty, I just dispize it's overcrowding and the way it's ran. Being that my vehicle is over 5 years old, it must be smogged biannually. This wasn't an issue until this year when several smog techs refused to smog my vehicle since it didn't have all of the factory components installed. I bought the car used, never changed anything on it, however it has several aftermarket components installed from the previous owner. I had enough after that, and I refuse to pay this state anymore on a car I put less then 2K a year in miles. Since I'm able to register my car in Va due to my job, I decided I'd rather deal with Va then California's rediculos policies; hence why I'm showing extreme intrest in Nats plates if Va decides to print them. Thank you though sir for taking the time to post Ca's policy on regestering vehicles in their state, I hope other Nats fans in my area see this info you posted if they are intrested.