Can anyone explain the Ontario car buying process to me?

"cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44) 05/17/2014 at 17:16 • Filed to: None

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I'm looking to buy a pre-1970 beater for my daily/only car in Toronto because I am an automotive masochist. I've always lived in Texas and Alberta where smog testing and safety inspections didn't exist. I've owned 5 cars and never had one of them inspected.

As I understand it, pre-1988 vehicles are smog exempt in Ontario and it will have to pass a "safety inspection" to be registered. Any hidden difficulties I should know about for registering an old car here?

Thanks in advance!

PS Pic is of my Swift (staying in Alberta) with my dad's truck just because I like it

buford-t-justice > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 05/17/2014 at 17:38

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When I went last year they hooked to my obdII, as the Cel isnt on you should be golden. Not sure about pre obdII

buford-t-justice > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 05/17/2014 at 17:40

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http://www.ontario.ca/environment-an…

jack > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 05/17/2014 at 17:46

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should be easy enough the loop hole to not getting a safety would be to not transfer ownership

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > buford-t-justice 05/18/2014 at 08:16

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Oh my god this means my Suburban gets to stay! I can wipe the OBD2 codes myself and have it pass since it's a '99. Thanks!

VonBootWilly - Likes Toyota, but it's still complicated. > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 05/18/2014 at 13:05

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Just keep in mind they check to see if the systems are "ready" when you do the test. If you just wipe the codes, all your systems will go into not-ready until they see everything is "ok". If your scan tool can check I/M ready for all the systems, if one is not ready when you go in, it'll be a fail. I got this on my 2000 Lexus just becasue I changed the battery the day before the test.

Alexmrb > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 06/06/2014 at 07:52

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Question—why did you choose a pre-1970 beater? It would have been cheaper to buy something from 1990-2000 for about $600 (e.g. the Hyundai Accent, if you REALLY wanted a cheap, crappy car.)

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Alexmrb 06/10/2014 at 00:32

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pre-1987 cars are smog exempt and if I'm buying old I might as well get something with 60's cool

Alexmrb > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 06/10/2014 at 16:26

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Oh. Well, in that case, cool.

Alexmrb > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 06/10/2014 at 16:27

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It's pretty smart, but I don't know if a pre-70's beater will be cheap.