Hi all,
I know these registration questions get posted to death, but after searching extensively for weeks, I still have many questions.
My main one is regarding emissions testing in King County.
I'm considering a modern car, such as an Ultima, or SLC, and am seeing what appears to be a few different approaches to registration in WA. I see that it could be done as a "kit vehicle", "home built / custom", or coming up soon, "collector".
It looks like the vehicle gets titled either as the year of inspection, or in the case of a replica, the year of the body that it most closely resembles. This is great for a Cobra or GT40, but are modern looking cars (Ultima, SLC, Atom, Noble) being registered as the current model year, requiring them to go through emissions? The reason I'm asking is because I've seen several of these locally, and none appeared to have cats. Living in King County, if I registered this way, could I keep getting waivers for the next 10 cycles, or is there a better approach? Registering in a no-smog county? Can you pass off a SLC as a replica of a 25 year old car, making it emissions exempt?
Now I see that next month, HB 2359 goes into effect. Will this trump the other requirements? Who makes the final determination whether or not if fits the definition of "collectible"?
HB 2359 - 2013-14
15 NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 46.04 RCW
16 to read as follows:
17 "Collectible vehicle" means a vehicle that complies with the
18 following:
19 (1) Is of unique or rare design, of limited production, and an
20 object of curiosity;
21 (2) Is maintained primarily for use in car club activities,
22 exhibitions, parades, or other functions of public interest or for a
23 private collection, and is used only infrequently for other purposes;
24 and
25 (3) Has collectible vehicle or classic automobile insurance
26 coverage that restricts the collectible vehicle mileage or use, or
27 both, and requires the owner to have another vehicle for personal use.
Any guidance would be appreciated. I know I can just keep trying until I get it through, but I don't want to kick myself later for not doing it a different way.
Thanks in advance,
JH
I know these registration questions get posted to death, but after searching extensively for weeks, I still have many questions.
My main one is regarding emissions testing in King County.
I'm considering a modern car, such as an Ultima, or SLC, and am seeing what appears to be a few different approaches to registration in WA. I see that it could be done as a "kit vehicle", "home built / custom", or coming up soon, "collector".
It looks like the vehicle gets titled either as the year of inspection, or in the case of a replica, the year of the body that it most closely resembles. This is great for a Cobra or GT40, but are modern looking cars (Ultima, SLC, Atom, Noble) being registered as the current model year, requiring them to go through emissions? The reason I'm asking is because I've seen several of these locally, and none appeared to have cats. Living in King County, if I registered this way, could I keep getting waivers for the next 10 cycles, or is there a better approach? Registering in a no-smog county? Can you pass off a SLC as a replica of a 25 year old car, making it emissions exempt?
Now I see that next month, HB 2359 goes into effect. Will this trump the other requirements? Who makes the final determination whether or not if fits the definition of "collectible"?
HB 2359 - 2013-14
15 NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 46.04 RCW
16 to read as follows:
17 "Collectible vehicle" means a vehicle that complies with the
18 following:
19 (1) Is of unique or rare design, of limited production, and an
20 object of curiosity;
21 (2) Is maintained primarily for use in car club activities,
22 exhibitions, parades, or other functions of public interest or for a
23 private collection, and is used only infrequently for other purposes;
24 and
25 (3) Has collectible vehicle or classic automobile insurance
26 coverage that restricts the collectible vehicle mileage or use, or
27 both, and requires the owner to have another vehicle for personal use.
Any guidance would be appreciated. I know I can just keep trying until I get it through, but I don't want to kick myself later for not doing it a different way.
Thanks in advance,
JH