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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shovel" data-source="post: 1589964" data-attributes="member: 29855">You won't encounter any problems other than being stuck behind a rented RV going 15mph below the posted limit & getting fat off the delicious Mexican food available all up the coast.  The struggle that California residents have with registering older (or modified) cars has everything to do with how emissions laws are implemented for purposes of registration and that doesn't apply to visitors from out of state. There's legislation currently in the state senate - sb1392 "Leno's law 2.0" - that provides some exemptions but it's a dumb and inconsistent bit of legislation because it provides exemption for pre-1980s vehicles and then rolls annually until 1986 at which point it stops again for no reason.  Vehicles made after 1986 get a partial exemption if they are over 35 years old so a 1995 Mustang would be eligible for the partial exemption in 2030 but I think the visual inspection requirement remains so it wouldn't help Daryl even if he parked the car for 4 years. In my opinion cars over 20 years old make up a small enough portion of the total transportation sector that their exhaust emissions are irrelevant in the big picture - it's a problem that tends to solve itself and the sensible thing would be to federally exempt any 20+ year old noncommercial car from emissions or make a federal minimum standard anyone can meet like "must have a functional catalyst and a muffler" just to avoid absolute wankers ruining it for everyone.    That's coming from someone who values clean air and generally supports laws which protect the environment.</blockquote>