[Milkbar]

So I just recently bought a 2012 335i coupe, needed to go get it smogged to get the title transfer. The only mod on the car was a VRSF catback exhaust. The first place I went to, they ran smog on it and it passed with flying colors. Last minute, some other technician gets involved and says, you have a straight pipe there are no cats. I tried to tell him the cats are located on the downpipe, not in the middle of the car where he kept looking (even on the stock exhaust, the e92 coupes did not have the cat located on the exhaust system). At this point they already passed me for smog and are at the screen where they only need to print me a certificate. Basically, they are trying to reverse it but they can’t. They don’t give me the certificate and tell me I need to weld cats on there. I’m pretty frustrated and they just tell me to leave without even charging me and saying they can’t pass me until that is fixed.

Afterwards, I decide to go to another smog place, this time they are star certified, and there are some BMWs out front so I figure they would know what they’re doing. They run the smog which passes with flying colors (including the visual) and I am given my certificate. Has anyone in California dealt with this and did you run into any trouble with transferring the title? Thanks.