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California natives, whats the best way to go?

1. Revert back to stock - go to ref, go to court
2. Pay bail, take off single exit, turn off cold start and pray
3. Hire lawyer attempt to get dismissed

Option 1: Ideally not too bad, not many mods. Just don't want to possibly get flagged to go to the ref again in the future.
Option 2: risky risky, fine doubles, possible tow etc.
Option 3: lose the money if lawyer cant win and still have to do option 1 or 2.


Update: Dismissed in court.
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California natives, whats the best way to go?

1. Revert back to stock - go to ref, go to court
2. Pay bail, take off single exit, turn off cold start and pray
3. Hire lawyer attempt to get dismissed

Option 1: Ideally not too bad, not many mods. Just don't want to possibly get flagged to go to the ref again in the future.
Option 2: risky risky, fine doubles, possible tow etc.
Option 3: lose the money if lawyer cant win and still have to do option 1 or 2.
Leave that shithole and come to America my friend, we're accepting new residents
 

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I would consider NH a tough state for the annual inspection, but it’s usually just visual and if you aren’t an idiot with a catless DP and RK ti exhaust then you’re fine. Heck we don’t even have income tax. Why do people live in CA?? Oh. I forgot we get like 10 feet of snow a year. I’m just rambling now :)
 

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California natives, whats the best way to go?

1. Revert back to stock - go to ref, go to court
2. Pay bail, take off single exit, turn off cold start and pray
3. Hire lawyer attempt to get dismissed

Option 1: Ideally not too bad, not many mods. Just don't want to possibly get flagged to go to the ref again in the future.
Option 2: risky risky, fine doubles, possible tow etc.
Option 3: lose the money if lawyer cant win and still have to do option 1 or 2.
Used to live in San Diego, for about 18 yrs. Dealt with friends and such who got "reffed." Surprisingly, never got state ref. Best solution is take everything off, revert to stock etc. Pay fine, move on. Possibly put it all back and pay to play, take yr chances or go safer route with mods. I've since moved to a ref free state and no smog test county. Tired of the California BS. Sorry man, best of luck. It's a pain :(
 

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I’ve always wondered what others on this forum would say if I talked about their state the way they talked about mine.
Fragile man tears.
 

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I’ve always wondered what others on this forum would say if I talked about their state the way they talked about mine.
In your defense, there are many other blue states that are bad as well :)
 
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I would consider NH a tough state for the annual inspection, but it’s usually just visual and if you aren’t an idiot with a catless DP and RK ti exhaust then you’re fine. Heck we don’t even have income tax. Why do people live in CA?? Oh. I forgot we get like 10 feet of snow a year. I’m just rambling now :)
Not me an idiot with a Catless dp and rk ti track in california
 

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Not me an idiot with a Catless dp and rk ti track in california
Haha rock that shit bro. When I had my evo, I was full ETS straight piped, illegal tint, non carb intake, GFB blow off set to aggressive and lived in fear. ? Constantly looking over my shoulder, and going into neutral, rolling down windows around cops loll.

"Omg is that a cop, roll down thw window!! Pull into that side street in neutral!!"
 

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Texas Energy Grid Paid Bitcoin Miner $31.7 Million to Stop Working Amid Heatwave

Riot Platforms ended up earning more than three times as much from energy credits than it did from mining bitcoin


Dat shitey Texas grid lol!
Texas energy grid is third world country quality based on the last couple winters. Riot is just using their previously negotiated power agreement that allows them to sell their unused allotment to a 3rd party. So the Texas energy grid is also using Donald trump business tactics of buy high sell low ???
 

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Texas energy grid is third world country quality based on the last couple winters. Riot is just using their previously negotiated power agreement that allows them to sell their unused allotment to a 3rd party. So the Texas energy grid is also using Donald trump business tactics of buy high sell low ???
It might be more appropriate to say that this shitty Bitcoin company is holding the energy grid hostage. Their core business strategy is to use an enormous amount of energy, which stresses a power grid that is already on its knees d/t extreme corruption and gross mismanagement. When Texas needs capacity, the public utility ERCOT (which is funded by taxpayers) has to bribe this Bitcoin company to stop mining. These payments are manifold larger than the revenue of Bitcoins they would've generated in the same time period. The company then takes the money they extorted from taxpayers to offset the cost of mining, making their profit margins even higher.
 

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You got a ref ticket for a noise violation? And you can no longer test for that? Or are you certain you are above the dB limit?
 

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It might be more appropriate to say that this shitty Bitcoin company is holding the energy grid hostage. Their core business strategy is to use an enormous amount of energy, which stresses a power grid that is already on its knees d/t extreme corruption and gross mismanagement. When Texas needs capacity, the public utility ERCOT (which is funded by taxpayers) has to bribe this Bitcoin company to stop mining. These payments are manifold larger than the revenue of Bitcoins they would've generated in the same time period. The company then takes the money they extorted from taxpayers to offset the cost of mining, making their profit margins even higher.
I mean the utility company agreed to the agreement between the two. This is that capitalism that everyone wants but then complains when prices go up. They used their right within their agreement to sell to a 3rd party. That third party just happens to be the utility who originally sold it to them. I’m not disagreeing that they use lots of energy. If one company is holding your grid hostage then sounds like they need to do a better job improving their infrastructure they wouldn’t need to charge such a premium.
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