i recently found out this new way to beat the emissions test on any car. just get collector plates. it will cost you just a couple of dollars, and they wont be running tests on you. i found this out from a guy with an e36 bmw m3. he has the collector plates, his car should not be street legal, but he beat the system.

what exactly is a collector plate may i ask? and where exactly are you beating these emissions? CALI?

Or you can move down to Ft.Lauderdale or Miami,Florida and
you don't have to worry about emissions at all!!!!!!!!!



O yea I'm a SE-R LIGHTWEIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

Doesn't sound like this will work in cali :(

Vehicles of Historic Value


5004. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any owner of a vehicle described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) which is operated or moved over the highway primarily for the purpose of historical exhibition or other similar purpose shall, upon application in the manner and at the time prescribed by the department, be issued special identification plates for the vehicle:

(1) A motor vehicle with an engine of 16 or more cylinders manufactured prior to 1965.

(2) A motor vehicle manufactured in the year 1922 or prior thereto.

(3) A vehicle which was manufactured after 1922, is at least 25 years old, and is of historic interest.

(b) The special identification plates assigned to motor vehicles with an engine of 16 or more cylinders manufactured prior to 1965 and to any motor vehicle manufactured in the year 1922 and prior thereto shall run in a separate numerical series, commencing with "Horseless Carriage No. 1".

The special identification plates assigned to vehicles specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) shall run in a separate numerical series, commencing with "Historical Vehicle No. 1".

Each series of plates shall have different and distinguishing colors.

(c) A fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be charged for the initial issuance of the special identification plates. Such plates shall be permanent and shall not be required to be replaced. If such special identification plates become damaged or unserviceable in any manner, replacement for the plates may be obtained from the department upon proper application and upon payment of such fee as is provided for in Section 9265.

(d) All funds received by the department in payment for such identification plates or the replacement thereof shall be deposited in the California Environmental License Plate Fund.

(e) These vehicles shall not be exempt from the equipment provisions of Sections 26709, 27150, and 27600.

(f) As used in this section, a vehicle is of historic interest if it is collected, restored, maintained, and operated by a collector or hobbyist principally for purposes of exhibition and historic vehicle club activities.

Amended Ch. 918, Stats. 1984. Effective January 1, 1985.

im sorry, i was extremely tired when i typed this, and i now realize it seems sort of confusing. collector plates are license plates that read "collector" at the bottom. its not historical vehicle license plates, its something completly different. the guy who had these plates had them on an e36 bmw m3, and for those of you not versed in bmw, the e36 was first made in 94, or somewhere around there. our se-r's are probably quite a bit more rare and "collectable" than the m3's, and i am in ohio.