KnifeySpoony Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Anyone on the forum? Running without a plate (like I did for >6 months), so I assume recent build? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillerB Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 It's probably @ralph. We picked up our kits at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralph Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 yeah, that's me alright. I do have a temp operating permit through Sept, and I'm sequence number 95 ('I am not a number...'), but I don't have the actual sequence number paper yet, so haven't been able to visit the BAR ref... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillerB Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 You’re right behind me, Ralph!…I was assigned #86. Once I received Sequence cert, got ref appt for 4 days later. Ref printed/applied SB100 sticker, and handed me paperwork to save (he electronically transferred data to DMV). Visited DMV that afternoon and walked out w/plates 🎉. Ordered custom plates, but they’re backed up 6+ mo 🙄. BTW, love that blue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnifeySpoony Posted August 1, 2023 Author Share Posted August 1, 2023 Maybe I'll see you guys up around Alice's way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralph Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 When did you get your cert?... Relative to paying use tax etc?...I was told a couple weeks, and it's been a month... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillerB Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 From the time local DMV called Sacramento and were issued sequence #, it was approximately a month before I received cert in mail. Cert arrived on a Friday, and BAR ref set appt for following Tues (to my surprise!); hopefully you won’t have to wait very long either. The ONLY thing you need to satisfy BAR is inline PCV. I just (temporarily) inserted a cheap ($6) MBZ PCV, just below intake manifold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralph Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 @KillerBI thought about the PCV -- had a 1970 Europa that had a fake one (plugged w/silicon, but as long as you didn't take it apart it would pass visual (pre-exemption for '75 and prior)). Got any specifics/pics?...is that something you slapped on prior to the appt, or did you have to go back?...or? @KnifeySpoony I've driven up to Alice's a couple times and may make a habit of it. I like taking Empire up out of SC, cutting over to 9 on Alba or Felton/Empire, then up 35; the north bit of 9 is nice too. There's some nice twisties throughout, and, if I'm not mistaken, 35 has braking zones marked (?!!)...between that, the 100octane race gas in Saratoga, and the bmw M flag on the mailbox just south of Alice's, there's very little pretense that this particular chunk of silicon valley isn't for the hoons...#Nerdburgring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnifeySpoony Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share Posted August 2, 2023 Turn left at alices and go down 84/la honda to the coast for some nice sweepers. Even more fun uphill. For a much tighter (but bumpier) route, turn left on Pescadero rd. TBH I'm mostly up there on a bike; I don't drive much on the street. I just ride a bit then pose at Alice's, do some carspotting for a few hrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralph Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 (edited) Yeah, 84 used to be part of my recreational bike loop (leftover from my one lap with this oddball hoon crew: http://www.docwong.com/st-clinc/); my non-17 commute route was empire->alba->hwy9, with 35, 84, stage rd, pescadero, etc. being more of a weekend thing). I'm strictly track-only bike-wise now -- everyone's going more or less the same direction, no one's texting, eating a bagel, putting on make-up, etc., so I find it less aggravating, maybe even safer. Been that way since 2012 when I lost an argument with a coworker's subaru at 7th and brannan in SF, and had to say goodbye to my shifter toe. Ironic, I suppose, that after 20+ crashless years of commuting over hwy17, I'm knocked over at low speed in the city. As it happens, it's probably been 10+yrs since I've spent much time on these roads, hence my surprise at stuff like brake zone markers, great pavement condition on the north end of 9, etc....that's new (to me, anyway)... Edited August 2, 2023 by ralph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralph Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 BTW, I got my sequence cert three days after bitching about it here. Maybe the DMV reads these threads? ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mca Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 (edited) 18 hours ago, ralph said: BTW, I got my sequence cert three days after bitching about it here. Maybe the DMV reads these threads? ;-) Do you have a good reference for the most up to date process for SB100/SPCNS? I started last year for my CSR260 but ran into some problems at the DMV. I've gone through the process previously, back in 2012. This time I went to Torrance DMV (in Southern California) since I had read on older threads that they were knowledgeable in the SB100 process. Not the case I quickly found. Edited August 6, 2023 by mca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralph Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 (edited) I more or less followed these: https://bauerltd.com/the-magical-sb100-registering-your-car-in-california/ ...best advice I got in the process is to make sure that the actual DMV clerk you are dealing with is familiar with SB100, or they are liable to get it wrong; this could be a simple matter of tenure in the job (Santa Cruz DMV has some folks who I swear have been there since I moved here in the 80s). The guy behind the desk handling my case was newish, and a bit of a deer in headlights at first, and I was about to escalate when a coworker overheard the exchange and said "oh, SB100?....I got this...". I was nervous about getting the SPCNS sequence number (not because they would run out -- they don't, nowadays -- but because something might be amiss with the paperwork); I was able to get verbal confirmation on the same trip to the DMV where I filed for it and paid use tax (DMV clerk called the mothership, told me I was #2023095). In short, I wouldn't be afraid to escalate if the person helping you seems to be improvising, and the call to confirm the sequence number assignment is a perfectly reasonable request to make (IMO). There's a few things you have to get right (e.g. have two separate receipts -- one for power-train and another for all else -- if you have only one, that's not good), but they mostly involve things you don't do....like make any mark of any kind on the CHP form (don't even sign it), or populate fields like "Model Year" on any of the forms (in fact, anything you aren't 100% on, probably leave blank and work it out with the DMV folks). For that matter, there are few details in the process notes here that are no-ops here -- e.g. the CHP didn't assign a new VIN for me (used the one scratched into the chassis rail), and lights/brake inspection was not requested. Best of luck! -r Edited August 13, 2023 by ralph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mca Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Thank you, Ralph! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnCh Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 I have split this thread and moved the lengthy PCV conversation to a dedicated thread below and in the correct sub forum. Please remember to start a new thread when dramatically changing a topic to ensure it is easier for people to find when performing a search in the future, and to ensure people see your question rather than ignoring it given the significantly different thread title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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