California is weird in so many respects and all the smog stuff is a good example of it (I'm pretty sure it all started here and is about 90% about money). California states that smogging a vehicle that's being sold is "the responsibility of the seller" which, in my opinion, really means nothing.

If a willing seller sells to a willing buyer, I think any agreement they might enter into negates the customary rule that the seller smogs the vehicle. It's a bad idea for a buyer to consider such a proposition because he's essentially buying a 'pig in a poke'. If it can't pass smog, it's worth almost nothing ($500, I think, thanks to the taxpayers) in the state of California.