another way is to buy your comprehensive insurance from someone who will take care of the registration and emissions testing for you.

yes, i know it is cheating. and sometimes i get so pissed off seeing smoke-belchers on the road when i realize that the reason they are still on the road is the same reason i'm beside them -- cheating on the emissions test (not that my car is a smoke belcher, it's clean)

anyway, both me and a friend of mine had good experiences at Toyota Pasong Tamo. 893-8084 or 893-8453 and look for Mark.

my 10-year old car cost about 8,600 to insure (250k coverage) plus i paid around 1,000 more for the registration assistance and emissions testing. i faxed Toyota my OR/CR and that was that. their messenger dropped by 2 weeks later to give me my stickers and new OR.