All cars not approved by the California Air Resources Board for sale in CA need to be registered as used cars with 7,500 miles on the clock.

My suggestion: Buy the car out of state; register it to a close relative who lives there; insure the car for your family; take a vacation, circle the country; then buy the CDI from the relative and register it in CA once the odo hits 7,500.

Good luck.

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'91 300D 2.5 Turbo 330K
'00 VW TDI Golf, 190K
'67 BMW R50/2
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