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The 3 or fewer vehicles is in the 2nd paragraph under Background. Not exactly sure what they mean, maybe it's late or they are just wording it in circles. The link is below, take a read for yourself. http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/onrdiesel/onrdiesel.htm

You are correct sir. Going the Historic Plate route is not for everybody. Not sure how much and if and how they would actually enforce that, but it is written as such. You could try that but if you ever get pulled over for whatever reason, not sure what would happen, so I wouldn't suggest...

That can be a slippery slope with too many legal ramifications I believe. In a sense, you are really falsifying records to a degree. I think the only type of MV's you could get away with this is the shop trucks and expandable vans, especially if you mod them for RV use, but again, not sure...

This why so many people are bobbing their deuces and 5-tons, another way around the BS I guess. Either that or move to Nevada or Arizona. Edit: They are the CARB, they know whats best for everybody, so THEY say

It is applicable when using MV's for Commercial, if I read it correctly, but you may be correct on the 14,000 and lower weight exemption. The link for the ARB descriptions can be found here: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/onrdiesel/onrdiesel.htm

A Class A CDL will help ease any worries for you. Never asked what year your 923 was, if it isn't more than 30 years old, it wouldn't even qualify for Historic. I'm not too sure on the mods and Historic, I believe it is only the age, and not if the vehicle is period correct, but not 100% sure...

Completely understand and fully agree with you. It would be nice if California, like some other states made it easier to discern vehicles better than that chart Like this: In some States, it is simply put as vehicles weighing 26,000 pounds or less only require what California calls a Class C...

I caught this thread a little behind but I would like to throw my 2¢ in, if I may. Now I know this is a hot topic for those wanting to own and god forbid actually drive a 5-ton in California, but there is some information that is not correct and some that is.The determining factor is going to...