Brilliant!

[Kevin M]

So one of the engineers here was just telling me how he got around smog for 3 years while living in south Reno. He just went to Carson City and got a P.O. box at a Mailboxes Etc. type place. No, that's not sufficient under the law... but when you fill out the address box on the registration form like this:

1234 Something street
#22
Carson City, NV


they can't tell.

[sperry]

Um, how does mail addressed to "1234 Somewhere St. #22, Carson City, NV" get into "PO BOX 45678, Carson City, NV"?

[MattR]

I just passed another smog test today with the Sti. I love it when a catless turbo car can pass smog without even a second glance.

[Kevin M]

Originally Posted by sperry

Um, how does mail addressed to "1234 Somewhere St. #22, Carson City, NV" get into "PO BOX 45678, Carson City, NV"?

Originally Posted by BAN SUVS

a P.O. box at a Mailboxes Etc. type place.

http://www.mbe.com/

[dknv]

Originally Posted by BAN SUVS

... but when you fill out the address box on the registration form like this:

1234 Something street
#22
Carson City, NV


they can't tell.

That's hard to believe, that they have no address-standardization, or validation system in place.

[Kevin M]

I probably wouldn't have believed it either, if I wasn't hearing it from someone who did it.

[sperry]

Originally Posted by BAN SUVS

http://www.mbe.com/

Dude, if you get a Post Office Box, the address is PO BOX #12345. Explain to me how you get mail addressed to a street address into a PO BOX. If MBE uses some other addressing scheme for their mailboxes I can see how this might work, but they are not renting PO BOXes.

What's retarded about this scheme is that you can already register your car anywhere, just go to the DMV in any county, and tell them "I'm registering my car here". You can go to Elko and register your car there if you'd like even if you live (and get mail) in Reno. The rule is that the car's primary location of operation be within the county you're registering it for. You don't have to have an address there, or you can use a PO BOX if you'd like for your mailing address. But if you don't honestly operate the vehicle primarily in that county, you're breaking the law.

My point is, the mailing address has next to squat to do with where you can or can't register your car.

[Dean]

MBE <> USPOBOX
MBE = Street Address + box# just like an apartment #, office suite #, etc.

[tysonK]

Didn't we already cover this a while ago?

[sperry]

Originally Posted by tysonK

Didn't we already cover this a while ago?

This is the internet 2.0. Everything's being done a second (or ninth for that matter) time.

[Bob Danger]

Originally Posted by BAN SUVS

So one of the engineers here was just telling me how he got around smog for 3 years while living in south Reno. He just went to Carson City and got a P.O. box at a Mailboxes Etc. type place. No, that's not sufficient under the law... but when you fill out the address box on the registration form like this:

1234 Something street
#22
Carson City, NV


they can't tell.

Just do what I do, register your car at my parents house. They won't mind, and if my mom complains about it i'll say "hey! what are you doing out of the kitchen?"

[MPREZIV]

Originally Posted by MattR

I just passed another smog test today with the Sti. I love it when a catless turbo car can pass smog without even a second glance.

Long as the check engine light's not prompted "on", and all the rediness monitors are set on an OBDII car, it passes! Even if there are deleted systems, or dummy sensors, as long as everything LOOKS okay when the smog machine asks the car's ECU, you're good!

[MPREZIV]

Originally Posted by Bob Danger

if my mom complains about it i'll say "hey! what are you doing out of the kitchen?"

[AtomicLabMonkey]

I remember hearing about people doing this near rural counties in California. It works fine until the govt. eventually catches wind and starts an investigation to give everyone doing it massive fines and/or jail time.

[JonnydaJibba]

Hmm. I just live at my parent's house. But I pay some chick money to stay at some house in Reno.

[sperry]

Originally Posted by MPREZIV

Long as the check engine light's not prompted "on", and all the rediness monitors are set on an OBDII car, it passes! Even if there are deleted systems, or dummy sensors, as long as everything LOOKS okay when the smog machine asks the car's ECU, you're good!

Yeah, my WRX passed smog w/o issues... and it certainly doesn't even pretend to be stock, not to mention that I was 3 months overdue for smog/registration due to the car being in the shop so damn long.

[tysonK]

Originally Posted by AtomicLabMonkey

I remember hearing about people doing this near rural counties in California. It works fine until the govt. eventually catches wind and starts an investigation to give everyone doing it massive fines and/or jail time.

Pffft, jail time is totally worth running a mad catless bunny killing crazy setup.