Ben's Car: The Final Chapter

So, this morning I took the car in to a DMV and, as it turns out, the emissions inspection was unneccesary because the car had had one done a year ago. So I got it registered and everything, new plates, the whole nine yards. I now have a whole year to figure out what to do about this problem. I think the best option is trying to obtain a waiver, so that I won't have to pay the insane amount of money to fix the problem, which doesn't injure the car's performance any.
It's a huge relief. One less thing to worry about.