It took some time to repair the damage caused by rodents, during the car's many long winters spent in a barn in Michigan, so that the car could pass an out-of-state smog check. The day after my Solstice was sold back in 2008, it was involved in a 'minor' front-end accident according to Carfax. That accident required the replacement of the door and painting of the door jamb (not so minor - beware of 'clean' a Carfax). The all important Federal Certification Label was not reapplied and I assume that it was lost. California DMV balked at doing the out-of-state inspection because of that - I then had to take the car to the California Highway Patrol to do a VIN check inspection, which it passed. On the return trip to the DMV, there was another hold-up involving the title from back east - it was not filled out correctly. Yet another month passed, I took the new title back to the DMV only to be fined for not registering the car within 20 days. I gladly paid it in exchange for the registration process to finally end! With the smog check and visual inspection behind me and with all the Holiday sales - the Modding was started in earnest! The hardware has been installed... just waiting on my Trifecta tune to turn loose this little red devil!
